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" PAROLE SDRUCCIOLE ," slippery words.
60. In some words (perhaps one out of every eighteen) the tonic
accent falls on the ante -penultimate, that is to say, on the last
syllable but two. Ex.
" tavola," table , " carcere ," prison, " docile," docile, " vendere," to
sell, " compravano," they were buying, " altissimo," very high.
These words are called "parole sdrucciole ," slippery words.
" PAROLE BISDRUCCIOLE," very slippery words.
61. In about eighty words (third persons plural of verbs of the first
conjugation, see rule 176) the tonic accent falls upon the last
syllable but three . Ex.
" terminano," they end, " rotolano," (21) they roll. These words are
called "parole bisdrucciole," very slippery words 1
" PAROLE TRONCHE," curtailed words.
62. There are besides the " parole piane ," " sdrucciole," and "
bisdrucciole," some words which have lost the final syllable , and
are therefore called " parole tronche," curtailed words. The tonic
accent in these words falls upon the last vowel, which is always,
marked by the grave accent ( v ), and is strongly pronounced. Ex.
"carità " (caritade ), charity , " credè " (credeo ), he believed ,
" finì " (finio ), he finished , " parlò " (parloe), he spoke,
" virtù " (virtude ),. virtue .
VERY IMPORTANT RULE.
63. The way adopted to indicate the " Tonic Accent," through-out
this grammar is this : IN ALL THE " PAROLE SDRUCCIOLE " and "
BlSDRUCCIOLE," THE LETTER OR LETTERS UPON WHICH THE
STRESS OF THE VOICE SHOULD FALL ARE PRINTED IN DARKER
TYPE.
No difference is made in the type on " parole piane ," and "
tronche ."
64. 1 It is to be observed that the tonic accent in verbs never
changes its place when a pronoun, or pronouns are joined to it, so
that a " parola piana," by taking a pronoun after it, becomes "
sdrucciola," and when two pronouns are joined to it, it becomes
"bisdrucciola." Ex. " vendete," sell, " vendetelo," sell it, "
vendetemelo ," sell it to me.
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