Rules of the syllable in Spanish Why do we say it like that???

La sílaba…syllable  In Spanish all syllables have at least one vowel.  We take into account how the word is pronounced and not how it is written  Remember “letra” y “sonido”

Examples…..  The letter “h” has no sound  The letter “x” has two sounds  The letter “ch” has two letters, but one sound  The letter “ll” has two letters, but one sound  The letter “rr” has two letters, but one sound

How do we separate the sounds???  VCV – one consonant in between two vowels  The consonant will go with its neighbor vowel on the right, and form a syllable  Hora – ho-ra Hour  Perro – pe-rro Dog  Abanico – a-ba-ni-co Fan

VCCV  Two consonants that are the same or different that are next to each other are split VC-CV to form syllables.  Leccion – lec-ción Lesson  Concepto – con-cep-to Concept  Respecto – res-pec-to Respect

CC- Consonant Consonant special rule!!!!!  Any combination of B,C,D,F,G,P,T with either “r” or “l” will not be seperated  Br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr, bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, tl  Abrazar – a-bra-zar Hug/Embrace  Hablador – ha-bla-dor Talker,Chatty  Ofrece – o-fre-ce Offer

Three consonants in a row CCC  This pattern has 2 rules  First we will separate C-CC if the third consonant is “r” or “l”  Imprime – im-pri-me Print  Desplazar – des-pla-zar Displace

2 nd Rule CC-C  We will separate the last consonant from the two previous if the SECOND consonant is an /s/  Obstaculo – obs-tá-cu-lo Obstacle  Transporte – trans-por-te Transport  Only when there is a group combination of ns- C, bs-C, rs-C, ls-C, ds-C, ks-C, can there be two consonants at the end of a syllable

Four consonants together CCCC  These words will be separated by CC-CC and they combine the previous two consonant rules  Instrumento – ins-tru-men-to Instrument  Construcción – cons-truc-ción Construction

Now it’s your turn..Separate the following words using the rules  Calle  Carretilla  Perenne  Dirección  Lector  Transcurrir  Instinto  Atrevido  Madrina  Deprisa  Templo  Influye  Instructor  Subscribir  Tema  Capaz

Respuestas….Answers  Ca-lle  Ca-rre-ti-lla  Pe-ren-ne  Di-rec-cion  Lec-tor  Trans-curr-ir  Ins-tin-to  A-tre-vi-do  Ma-dri-na  De-pri-sa  Tem-plo  In-flu-ye  Ins-truc-tor  Subs-cri-bir  Te-ma  Ca-paz