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In the examples above the words highlighted are nearly the same, with the only small difference of the tilde (accent mark). Te – Direct object pronoun/ reflexive pronoun Note that you can click on the Spanish to hear it pronounced. Spanish, such as other romance languages like French, use tildes to differentiate the meaning of a word.įailure to use an accent mark, or using an accent mark when it shouldn’t be used, can completely change meaning of a word. Regardless of if you have come across this topic before, it is imperative that you regard tildes as an essential part of the Spanish language. Tildes are an important part of Spanish for a couple of important reasons. Here is all of them together: á, é, í, ó, ú, ñ

We started off this article calling them accent marks, but the more specific name for them is “tildes.” In Spanish, there are not a lot of letters that can have a tilde over them, and the ones that do are all vowels except for one. You just need to learn the rules of their use and you will be much better off than if you try to skip over them.

The accent marks used in Spanish actually make the pronunciation and context of the language easier to understand, not harder. It may be tempting to ignore the topic, or to assume that you can get away without using accent marks in your grammar, but I recommend against it. For an English speaker, one of the more challenging aspects of learning Spanish can be to understand and use accent marks.