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The Double Accent

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  Often in Greek you'll see words that have 2 accents. This happens when a word that has three or more syllables, and is accented on the third syllable from the end (example "ποδήλατο"), is followed by the weak types of the personal pronouns: "μου, με, σου, σας, σε, μας, τον, τους, το, τη, τις, την, τα" or other single syllable pronouns. 
  These weak types, years ago, used to have an accent.
That accent moves to the last syllable of the previous word.
Example: Make sure that you place more emphasis on the syllable with the first accent, because that is where the word takes its regular accent.

 Related Subjects:
Accent
Accent Rules
The Importance of the Accent
Dialitika
Personal Pronouns




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