haha yeah can get pretty nasty ...anyhow here are some tips. hope they help :)
ACCENTS -(á, é, �*, ó, ú, ñ, ü)
if word ends in -n -s or a vowel, the stress falls on next-to-last syllabus.
If you remember that these - está, están, estás - are exceptions, than you remember the rule.
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