[nydel]

from my experience, most words in esperanto should have the emphasis on the second-to-final syllable. this is a good guideline!

mi esTAS STUdando ... sounds weird. mi EStas stuDANdo ... sounds right.

this works almost everywhere because of esperanto's constructed nature and following uniformity.

[schoen]

It's not just an informal guideline, but #10 of Zamenhof's 16 rules of Esperanto grammar from the 1905 Fundamento de Esperanto.

http://www.akademio-de-esperanto.org/fundamento/gramatiko_an...