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May 11th, 2008 by Esteban
Tildes
Why do Spanish speakers hate to put ‘tildes’? From my experience learning and teaching Spanish linguistics I’ve noticed that people simply don’t care about ‘tildes’. They think they’re not necessary as you can get the meaning of a word or sentence without any ‘tildes’. Is it that hard to write a short tiny little line over a vowel once in a while?
I agree… sometimes I understand what I read with or without accents. But… is it correct? NO! It’s not correct, there are rules. And if the rule says you have to put an accent there, put it! Believe me: it’s not THAT difficult!
Therefore, if you’re learning a language and want to be proficient, then you should make a little effort and learn how to write well. And ‘well’ means correctly and ‘correctly means with ’tildes’.
There are some easy rules to learn and with a little practice you’ll simply KNOW that an accent must be placed here or there. Ok, language it’s about communicating and if others get what I say, it’s enough… true. Skipping a ‘tilde’ is not a big deal, but if you’re my Spanish student, I’ll ask you to practice ‘tildes’ once in a while.
Here’s a little example to think about:
Fábrica – Fabrica
Secretaria – Secretaría
Tú – Tu
‘Tildes’ make part of this language for a reason, if not, they wouldn’t exist.
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