Italian words are divided into syllables as follows:" v. @5 \$ h/ Z) {
A single consonant goes with the following vowel.6 K3 @: ~; Z! z
Italian English- l# A, b; L& {0 y; q& a
ca–sa house% _8 Y; e3 P& e3 v' E
po–si–ti–vo positive9 s* R/ N6 W( D! k4 H. r1 T' o( c
Double consonants are divided.
3 r6 x! {' ]- S; A6 I" ? Italian English# v, n3 E' N1 u! @8 \4 m( ^- T3 e
bab–bo dad/ G. T2 g$ { c7 ~, v
ros–so red
" c+ z$ F ~, n: e* q bel–lo beautiful# `$ ?7 G. b% [1 `7 v
at–to act
! K: c' k( C: F( R7 q, V- ^5 p6 b Two consonants, the first of which is l, m, n, or r, are divided.5 l1 a1 h# I3 s J( V
Italian English7 @3 y# O9 q/ o' f$ i
al–ber–go hotel; p' o0 p# P% N1 v* Y- j' A/ K, a
con–ten–to contented
* c' o3 `- Z- S! n* X3 X am–pio ample
6 K u: q) y v0 G4 c for–tu–na fortune1 M) K1 P0 J, }
Otherwise, a combination of two consonants belongs to the following syllable.
+ `) |: a# d1 m3 s4 k Italian English+ n( `4 e7 O# R" F
ba–sta enough, J: f/ R+ |3 n1 Q" O; m& n
fi–glio son, U. J% T) {: E" n( S; O3 |7 }
pa–dre father
! P6 r8 O0 j8 }4 _ ba–gno bath
7 w( n8 X; t w# V2 t) | so–pra above
' {. C( Y! z( J6 H: w: B sa–cro sacred% _2 f |% H7 I6 Z: m9 M. L2 i. w
The first of three consonants, except s, goes with the preceding syllable. |