Accent and Stress
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Nouns end in "�", are accented on the last syllable; plurals end in "�ll" and are also accented on the last syllable

Oret� "o-re-T�"
Ruknokn� "ruk-nok-N�"
Aeroport� "a-e-ro-por-T�"
Bok�ll "bo-K�LL"
Ramox�ll "ra-mo-x�LL"
Xelmasl�ll "xel-mas-L�LL"

All verbs end in "as", "es", or "os" and are accented on the penult
Bissas "BI-ssas"
Elmassurfes "el-ma-SSUR-fes"
Fsatulmos "fsa-TUL-mos"

Reflexive verbs have a suffix; they keep the stress "moves" to the penult
Kalmosmu "kal-MOS-mu"
Xapolomoshill "xa-pol-MOS-hill"
Fsatulmoshi "fsa-tul-MOS-hi"

All adjectives end in "i" and are accented on the penult
Tipali "ti-PA-li"
Xepolosi "xe-po-LO-si"
Pokexi "po-KE-xi"

When a word has a marker ending "wa", "ho", or "al" are accented on the last syllable
Muwa "mu-WA"
Laden�ho "la-de-n�-HO"
Bok�al "bo-ke-AL"

All prepositions, like "almost" "boke" and some other words like "there" "osse", and a few others are accented on the last syllable

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