Italian words are divided into syllables as follows:$ ^& ?8 S Q0 d# y
A single consonant goes with the following vowel.- {0 J1 a( ~7 V. ~; x9 t4 Y7 C
Italian English
; F6 \ w/ B. f* w1 a ca–sa house
) b; |) `7 ^, o3 J0 z' J9 c- @3 e! l po–si–ti–vo positive
% l7 m" C( f$ M( z6 _2 ~ Double consonants are divided.& `. }& a1 B- J0 ^5 R
Italian English
2 P9 ^5 X/ E$ k- r/ z8 ?2 } bab–bo dad
8 ^7 P2 |/ P3 u: k: m: [" m ros–so red
- Z3 {4 z) x) l$ `4 b( w bel–lo beautiful
: \, a! ~; |1 a: Z# v at–to act7 l; r; v* b+ ^1 r
Two consonants, the first of which is l, m, n, or r, are divided.9 V) Z1 U. f# X$ _: ?" X3 }) V% u
Italian English7 n4 h9 \* g" f
al–ber–go hotel
, Z* s" ^7 S7 C4 N7 B+ y& L con–ten–to contented2 P( _5 N; M1 O# A5 w- ^4 i
am–pio ample
; @) i& g8 z/ M3 U. f9 m for–tu–na fortune
' }+ C }4 c8 H: h7 d. n, A' s% C) K Otherwise, a combination of two consonants belongs to the following syllable.
9 R9 b0 N0 y" s+ a9 Q/ x1 [ Italian English
6 O2 X+ ?0 U0 `0 D% P' N/ @$ v ba–sta enough
* G2 H5 R2 L: S8 R3 o8 L8 M9 P fi–glio son9 D6 ?2 e O* _4 O
pa–dre father7 \5 d+ a1 V/ o
ba–gno bath& Y1 `1 I4 ?/ L+ x$ N5 V
so–pra above
5 N1 k/ }( b( N1 ^$ u/ G& n sa–cro sacred& [: R$ \5 M) W; y% M5 |+ L: E+ Q% p# m
The first of three consonants, except s, goes with the preceding syllable. |