Unit 1: Introduction
1.2 Syllabication
A word is divided into as many syllables as it has vowels or diphthongs (ai, ei, eu, ie, io, ia, ue, uo, etc.). Single consonants are pronounced in the same syllable as the vowel that follows. Note that the capitalized syllables are the ones that are stressed when said aloud.
| CA-sa | house |
| za-PA-to | shoe |
| su-pe-RIOR | superior |
| si-len-CIO-so | silent |
Two consonants are usually divided into different syllables except in combinations of a consonant and l, a consonant and r, and the inseparable sounds ch, ll, and rr:
| es-pa-ÑOL | Spanish |
| a-BRIR | to open |
| con-CEP-to | concept |
| cons-TRUIR | to construct |
| ex-pli-CAR | to explain |
| ba-TA-lla | battle |
