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Grammar - The Importance of Accent Marks
Can you translate the word 'potato' from English to Spanish?

Grammar - The Importance of Accent Marks

This Spanish Easy Review grammar quiz deals with the importance of accent marks. In English we have many words that are spelled the same but have different meanings such as 'row'. A row could mean the lining up of things such as a row of chairs. Row could also be an action verb such as to row a boat. Words that are spelled the same but have different meanings are known as homonyms. The only way we can tell if a word has a different meaning is how that word is used in the context of a sentence.

Spanish also has many words that are spelled the same but they each possess a slight difference over the other.

1 .
yes
se
si
The Spanish word for yes is sí. The first answer means himself/herself/itself. The last answer means I know. The third answer means if but the second answer means yes.
2 .
(a) term
término
términa
termino
termina
The Spanish word for (a) term is término and it is a masculine word. The second answer shows term as a feminine word which is not correct. The third answer means I end or I terminate and the last answer means you/he/she terminates. The first answer, however, means term.
3 .
I danced
baíle
baile
bailé
báile
The second answer is the Spanish word for a dance so it is not the correct translation. Rather, the Spanish word for I danced is bailé with the accent mark on the ending 'e'.
4 .
How?
cóma
como
comó
cómo
The second answer is Spanish for I eat. The Spanish word for how, however, is cómo.
5 .
Your
tu
su
The last answer means his/her/its so it is not what you are looking for here. The first answer shows a wrong accent mark being used so it, too, is not correct. The second answer means 'you' singular familiar and, again, it is not what we are looking for. That leaves the third answer which is the correct Spanish translation of your.
6 .
fingernail
una
uña
uno
uño
The first and third answers show the feminine and masculine form of the word one. The word you are looking for is fingernail so you can now eliminate those two answers. The Spanish word for fingernail is uña.
7 .
only
sólo
sóllo
soló
solo
The last answer is the Spanish word for alone which means that it is not the answer we need here. The Spanish word for only is sólo. The second answer has mistakenly added a second 'l' making the spelling wrong. The third answer has the accent mark on the wrong 'o' but the first answer shows the correct Spanish translation for only.
8 .
What?
que
qúe
quá
qué
The first answer is the Spanish word for that so it is not the correct answer. The Spanish word for what is qué. The second answer has the accent mark on the wrong vowel and the third answer has spelled the word wrong. The last answer, however, shows the correct Spanish translation for the word what.
9 .
potato
papá
pápa
papa
pápá
The first answer is the Spanish word for dad or daddy so it is not what we are looking for here. The Spanish word for potato is papa. The second and last answers show the incorrect use of the accent mark with the word. The third answer, however, is the correct word for potato as this Spanish word does not have any accent mark.
10 .
my
mi
me
The last answer means me so it is not the correct answer. The Spanish word for my is mi. The first and third answers show incorrect translations for my which means that the second answer is the correct Spanish translation for my.
Author:  Christine G. Broome

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