The written accent and the stressed syllable in Spanish

What’s inside

• In canción, which syllable is stressed?
• Which word is spelled correctly ("tree")?
• What does papá, with an accent, mean?
• papa (no accent) and papá mean the same thing.
• Which word means "you" (the subject pronoun)?
• In Él es mi hermano, why does él carry an accent?
• Match each word to its syllables, with the stressed syllable in capitals.
• Which word do you hear?