Stressed e's and o's Flashcards
(35 cards)
adverbs that are always closed end in…
mente
evole
verbs that are always closed end in…
esti, emmo, este, erono
essi, esse, essero, essimo
evano
esso, essa
when stressed e ends a syllable and is not covered by the rules for open e it is…
closed (e)
when a stressed e occurs on the final syllable, and the verb is è (is)
open (ᵋ )
when the stressed e occurs on the ante-penult (3rd from last syll.) it is…
open (ᵋ)
When the stressed e is followed by s and one or more consonants it is…
open (ᵋ)
when the stressed e occurs in words ending in “ero” (except for nero, vero, spero)
open (ᵋ)
in the conjunction e it is…
closed (e)
when the stressed e is followed by a consonant and a glide it is…
open (ɛ)
when stressed e occurs before a vowel it is…
open (ɛ)
when a stressed e is followed by a consonant and a glide it is... ex. of glides j pieno (pjɛnϽ) w fuore (fwϽrɛ) ʎ soglio (sϽʎϽ) however gli (the) by itself =ʎi
open (ɛ)
besides the exceptions listed previously stressed e is____ when followed by a consonant IN THE SAME SYLLABLE
open (ɛ)
the rules governing suffixes will override both rules. There are 3, what are they?
- nouns that are always closed end in…
eccio, eccia,
eggio, eggia
essa, esse
ezza, ezze
efice, efici
etto, etta… when it indicates a diminutive - adverbs that are always closed end in…
mente
evole - verbs that are always closed end in…
esti, emmo, este, erono
essi, esse, essero, essimo
evano
esso, essa
when a stressed o is always in the adjective ending such as oso (osi,osa,ose) it is…
closed (o)
stressed e followed by a double consonant is_____
unpredictable! Look it up! :-)
stressed o followed by a double consonant is_______
unpredictable! So just look it up already.
stressed o that has a a noun ending of
one, oni
oer, ori
is always…
closed (o)
stressed o followed by l plus c,f,g,m,p,t (carefree gum makes pretty teeth) is almost always…
closed (o)
when stressed o is followed by
mb, mp, mm it is always…
closed (o)
when stressed o is followed by a single “n” IN THE SAME SYLLABLE it is…
closed (o)
when stressed o is in pronouns
noi, voi
it is…
closed (o)
when stressed o ends a syllable and is not covered by the rules for open o it is…
closed (o)
when stressed o occurs on the final syllable and in monosyllables o and oh it is…
open (Ͻ)
Usually when stressed o occurs on the ante-penult (third from last syll.) it is…
open (Ͻ)