Italian words are divided into syllables as follows:
0 l# a5 I" z' I8 O A single consonant goes with the following vowel.
9 V* H8 n$ o1 j: C* S% f# A Italian English
F% k( F# b$ b( l, E8 r ca–sa house2 M: X3 i* C9 B
po–si–ti–vo positive0 n8 J9 T! [" P; ^* R
Double consonants are divided.+ ]; l2 \8 |* r; N9 K
Italian English- u# e9 a) a) o
bab–bo dad
3 Q1 G3 {1 s$ k' x3 Z) D* N ros–so red
# Q# Z8 _ L' F1 Y4 e bel–lo beautiful
6 h3 b0 r; f3 Y! w8 r0 A# R at–to act
1 W; Y: \5 H* S* o Two consonants, the first of which is l, m, n, or r, are divided.1 R% p. m$ `; O+ s
Italian English D, [# Q" w. Q" D8 ]
al–ber–go hotel
: y' A" @* w: z( g6 g6 a# y con–ten–to contented7 i @5 Z6 [( f" r9 V
am–pio ample: a' f- L0 F, N! S" K
for–tu–na fortune
# D5 X$ R' y! y- o. q. ` Otherwise, a combination of two consonants belongs to the following syllable.; k, n) p: W& |
Italian English3 Q& `, G% m9 Y( z6 Q
ba–sta enough
; n: o. m f5 V9 `2 p fi–glio son: W7 x5 J5 q" u0 Y* h
pa–dre father# `1 L% f' r) S8 V- \& k" y" h' o
ba–gno bath
# c/ I) S, g0 N1 d! T7 H3 W, e- }, k so–pra above2 X% [' G- B' }' w/ Z5 [- S
sa–cro sacred
. u. d2 t0 x8 S2 F4 H The first of three consonants, except s, goes with the preceding syllable.* y4 n+ t; q" b( D# z6 J
Italian English
% x) G4 n) ]7 H; P6 n& s4 a sem–pre always8 @2 h1 k) Z7 B7 s
fel–tro felt+ M# \% I9 J& ~; [, c1 W2 R( w
mem–bro member) r- U& ?, S I7 c
men–tre while4 t& D- `7 ~# m5 a
BUT
) u* a. k2 s0 {6 J! `2 I5 m+ R" F0 y Italian English+ S) k- c; d/ k
fi–ne–stra window% \5 K! @: e2 H( h5 Y# l2 Q
pe–sche peaches( ~& d/ Y# C# m3 c
mi–ne–stra soup4 c5 f; m: e* G* N x. I
mo–stro monster v- ]. X$ g% H3 }
Diphthongs and triphthongs are never divided.
# h* I: o. a7 z& ~8 s8 D& e Italian English
5 z: d" T, M$ ^7 w nuo–vo new
! Q6 u {$ v" ` mie–le honey
9 ?/ ~/ V0 H; t6 ?) n% v per–fi–dia spite9 |6 R2 V$ r' }% H4 l: }/ p& v
uo–mo man' M f1 s" C1 }, y% n( d
mai never
- R$ |$ g# C6 M8 o) |: x4 q" I lin–gua language
1 ?* k8 `: A, s% }( V suoi his
: p; G* l2 z' T4 ]9 \ pi–gliai I took
1 Q& ~' [( E' w d6 J4 e 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.
7 ?! i5 r$ \; V" l Italian English% d1 K( w' S$ b7 ^
mi–o mine
, l. y5 D8 O% [2 l5 b tu–o yours
7 [( \6 B8 o% J" x/ E, T$ B% M! o, I spi–a spy
5 p5 X0 {4 [8 B, k ma–ni–a mania/ Z3 S+ ^0 W& v( o# M
rin–vi–o postponement5 ]/ f+ S# G+ p9 w
te–ra–pi–a therapy
& R0 p5 e5 z) B. u; }9 t# Y al–le–gri–a joy
' z/ C- t7 V( m* y* D4 x far–ma–ci–a pharmacy |