It is important to mention that in the Santiago variant, the stress goes back to before the last syllable in the present tense forms of the verbs. Therefore, we have: "cánta" instead of "cantâ" , "mêxe" or "mêxi" instead of "mexê" , "pârti" instead of "partí" , "cômpo" or "cômpu" instead of "compô" , "búmbu" instead of "bumbú" . In the pronominal forms, however, the stress remains on the last syllable: "cantâ-m" , "mexê-bu" , "partí-'l" , "compô-nu" , "bumbú-'s" .