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"What is it?"
Translation:Cos'è?
August 3, 2013
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If you're not sure, I would start by guessing the accent points down (è grave accent) as that's the majority. There are only a few words where the accent points up (é acute accent). Perché is one of the few words with an acute accent, so that's worth remembering.
Note the accent tells you which way your voice should go, i.e. an accent point up, your voice goes up, and then down for down. Note there's no rule for which words have acute or grave accents, so you just have to learn them.