italian accent marks...

I am unsure of the use of Italian accents,i.e., to the left or right.....Hope someone can explain this for me... Marias explanation of Stare and Essere really cleared things up for me.... Thanks Maria Barb( Canada)

Ciao Barb, fist of all in in Italian only vowels have accent. You can find the " ` " accent on all the vowels but the " ´ " accent in the "e" only. The vowels with the first accent will need to be pronunced very open whereas the ones with second accent is more closed. I hope this helps. Ciao