Italian words are divided into syllables as follows:
h# o/ `4 z7 k" RA single consonant goes with the following vowel.
; A4 g% Q( N4 T: @Italian English
0 j: P# m* k6 g! l4 \8 p. Qca–sa house
/ u4 _8 A! W% v6 G _4 L" {- bpo–si–ti–vo positive3 ]3 ?+ [2 ~$ m' G% Y2 C; z* T
2 P( v T& H' ?8 m; J$ hDouble consonants are divided.
2 W ]6 w! E" q" v p. JItalian English + M9 b# d4 N' J' a9 E0 X- z
bab–bo dad
& b% H( y, h3 S6 ~) M/ m- @ros–so red # y8 Y( n+ F* e
bel–lo beautiful
8 v! [9 c1 w9 ~4 Q: x; `, nat–to act
. h* i& t5 c) _" D- b. S \: v3 D/ F* j6 R/ s9 A9 e
Two consonants, the first of which is l, m, n, or r, are divided.7 G6 L. q" C& [
Italian English
+ M7 A& Z6 m0 n- V7 P1 {0 D0 oal–ber–go hotel
& h* x" I& a+ M: t+ ^( }con–ten–to contented
) m) r! v! j# J! L( S8 b6 Yam–pio ample
- C& F0 F! B; L& Y& j5 y5 I: J- tfor–tu–na fortune" c% @! r0 b+ Z; \6 s" b' m+ {
4 |. P: ~/ G' h: ?5 h6 t" JOtherwise, a combination of two consonants belongs to the following syllable.
R8 Z" x9 [' _# D9 }$ UItalian English 7 V3 o: |) _1 L z& i6 @0 X
ba–sta enough
) s1 Z% G4 V; afi–glio son - Q9 o4 e7 v3 R3 d
pa–dre father 4 |/ U! z9 V/ v4 I/ \
ba–gno bath
# r% M5 n7 W4 E& h! i1 Pso–pra above
0 N( d' p1 }* }& o$ Bsa–cro sacred; M9 A/ a% I2 o6 J
Y; p# F# g1 R9 O
The first of three consonants, except s, goes with the preceding syllable.
& I& p. V& Y2 L. mItalian English
( M/ D% z. l, [/ t" esem–pre always- b, J# s1 I& V
9 E1 ]. m# z- L/ F) L3 Dfel–tro felt ' ?' q5 L9 ^! s- }
mem–bro member
3 ^) J5 i# q* A% imen–tre while8 y9 [# m7 F6 N5 X/ B1 a: A
& _* w$ Q" S' `
BUT
4 c4 B& C2 M; t& S# f5 {8 u. QItalian English
/ g3 k: a9 y) ` ]2 T( [fi–ne–stra window : ]9 j; a4 s7 H! O7 t
pe–sche peaches % h7 M7 ^& F: h$ `, w
mi–ne–stra soup
9 @2 ]2 ~( y) Q- e0 pmo–stro monster
; x2 V1 O6 _# l9 C3 F. \- g* I1 N/ d: l" T+ d/ d3 t8 L: h
Diphthongs and triphthongs are never divided.
; Q" ?! A6 r9 E; l) Z' D+ DItalian English
- c, s+ J# k* R, |8 vnuo–vo new V3 Q( A& k. }$ S9 U3 E7 v5 W% n
mie–le honey 5 ^8 ^. J; e0 c& @5 [+ E. s
per–fi–dia spite
$ E9 t2 V1 L/ g1 S! Zuo–mo man
) L) A% X. r" V9 c# ymai never , z7 `7 s* t( T$ m
lin–gua language
8 j( U4 P* x" qsuoi his
8 t, ?& n/ y) B, q1 a* g1 ?pi–gliai I took( i+ y3 ?7 {5 \ B
, W3 {7 l) A" x# x/ l; m. Q- k4 s
Diphthongs may occur in stressed or unstressed syllables. However, when a diphthong is broken by stress (the vowel i or u directly bears the stress), then the two vowels break into separate syllables.. Z3 `! C8 [2 k% i2 l( h
Italian English
7 Y* C' D' [: h6 Smi–o mine
4 f! I% v1 G" b" {, ytu–o yours
. Q2 L/ b7 A) ]) nspi–a spy - d4 R" e( h: x( {8 ]
ma–ni–a mania ; Y# G$ R: f$ k2 M( \) d
rin–vi–o postponement
5 j7 ^8 A5 N, z& u: Y( \4 Kte–ra–pi–a therapy
& a& B6 Z" s+ e# \al–le–gri–a joy
: O3 V3 a( z5 f3 _3 k2 wfar–ma–ci–a pharmacy |