italian words are divided into syllables as follows:
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a single consonant goes with the following vowel. - H# g) N2 M7 H! A
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italianenglishca–sahousepo–si–ti–vopositive
: L% ?9 F9 y- i# P: ]$ hdouble consonants are divided. 6 O& d) w9 t% A! V: K4 A
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italianenglishbab–bodadros–soredbel–lobeautifulat–toact
( R5 g; \0 O# h3 e4 s4 G1 rtwo consonants, the first of which is l, m, n, or r, are divided.
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& q5 B+ z! n5 D4 a8 Mitalianenglishal–ber–gohotelcon–ten–tocontentedam–pioamplefor–tu–nafortune& K2 J# f7 }: ]9 o i/ @! j6 i/ E7 l& R
otherwise, a combination of two consonants belongs to the following syllable. . X+ c4 h% \' o7 \1 f8 e
# W9 d; e) L3 f+ q& qitalianenglishba–staenoughfi–gliosonpa–drefatherba–gnobathso–praabovesa–crosacred
; ^8 @7 a. i3 p( a+ bthe first of three consonants, except s, goes with the preceding syllable. + O8 \# v& a: B8 D$ w# D
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italianenglishsem–prealwaysfel–trofeltmem–bromembermen–trewhile |