Define the word "syllable." It's easy, 2 points for nothing.?

Although I pronounce word correctly and use good expressions, thank God, I don't know how to use syllables. I've studied the syllables thing in Grade 1, 2, and 3 still, so far, I haven't found except the so-called complete definition (which is not!), what I understand is(RP):


Cut to are two syllables /'c(Inverted V)t t(showa)/





I don't understand(RP):


Why don't Potato contain 3 syllables /'p(o) tei t(ou)/?





If I have an imaginary word: "imagrop," how would it be pronunced if the m is in the second syllable (with a), now, the first syllable (with i); and what's the difference both pronunciations?





I'd apperiacte any through answer. Please ty to simplify those stuff, 'cuz I don't wanna make something I'm gonna' regret doing. (gut syllables like a fish!)





PS () doesn't mean pronounced if a vowel is after the word, it means a description of an RP character which is not found in the English Alphabet.

Define the word "syllable." It's easy, 2 points for nothing.?
A syllable (Ancient Greek: συλλαβή) is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds. It is typically made up of a syllable nucleus (most often a vowel) with optional initial and final margins (typically, consonants).





Syllables are often considered the phonological "building blocks" of words. They can influence the rhythm of a language, its prosody, its poetic meter, its stress patterns, etc.





A word that consists of a single syllable (like English cat) is called a monosyllable (such a word is monosyllabic), while a word consisting of two syllables (like monkey) is called a disyllable (such a word is disyllabic). A word consisting of three syllables (such as indigent) is called a trisyllable (the adjective form is trisyllabic). A word consisting of more than three syllables (such as intelligence) is called a polysyllable (and could be described as polysyllabic), although this term is often used to describe words of two syllables or more.
Reply:the word "Potato" DOES have 3 syllables!!!!!!!





Po ta to....... (hey, I'm from Idaho, that was an EASY 2 points!)





your imaginary word "imagrop" -- doens't matter which syllable the "M" goes with -- it would be pronounced the same way...what would make the difference is if the "I" (the first letter) is a LONG "I" sound like the word "eye" or if it's a short "I" sound..... as in the word "it".





p.s. what is this RP you have mentioned a couple of times in your question? What is your native language, please?
Reply:A syllable is a basic unit of speech generally containing only one vowel sound. For the purposes of syllable sounds, 'y' is considered a vowel.





Although not in every single case, generally there is one syllable for each vowel in a word. Closed (checked) syllables end in a consonant, open (free) syllables in a vowel.





Since potato has three vowels, it has three syllables:


po|ta|to


In this case each vowel uses its long sound.





In the case of your imaginary word, there are three syllables.


It doesn't really matter whether you choose to group the 'm' with the 'i' or the 'a', so you could have:


im|a|grop or i|ma|grop


Either way, it still has three syllables.
Reply:A syllable divides the word in the English language. And in (RP) it is part of the word.
Reply:Very simple:


A unit of spoken language consisting of a single uninterrupted sound formed by a vowel, diphthong, or syllabic consonant alone, or by any of these sounds preceded, followed, or surrounded by one or more consonants.





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-MM
Reply:Yes, potato has 3 syllables.





When speaking of invented words, without hearing the word, it can be impossible to identify the syllables. Your example is a good one. Imagine the fun that Lewis Carroll had when he invented all those words for the poem Jabberwocky! People who wanted to use those words later had to, for the most part, guess as to their pronunciation after they guessed as to their meaning!





In general, a syllable has one vowel SOUND per syllable. English spelling is so wild, however, that spelling may indicate clearly separate vowel sounds, or it may obscure vowel sounds, or it may obscure syllables where vowel sounds are hidden in the spelling, but noticeable in the hearing.





For this discussion, I'm going to include the sound of the "schwa" or the unvoiced grunt as a vowel sound. A vowel sound is always accompanied by the release of air, either after a stop or a constriction of air.





General rules:


A doubled consonant is a marker of two syllables, separable between the two consonants:


examples:


bab ble, mis sing





A noticeable pause in the pronunciation of a word usually marks a division between syllables. When a vowel has its "long" sound, a syllable break often occurs right after that vowel. When a vowel takes one of its other sounds, it is common for the syllable break to occur a letter or two AFTER the vowel, where the pause can be heard.


examples:


ma ple, sim ple, free dom


fos ter (not /fost er/), es teem (not /est eem/)





When a final "e" cannot be heard at all, its purpose is usually to mark the preceding vowel as "long", even though there may be a consonant in between. It does not have its own syllable, since it has no sound.


examples:


brace


fas cin ate





A pair of different consonants can be separately enunciated sounds or a blended sound; this often depends upon the origin of the word or the root of the word. A blended sound or a CONSONANT pair with one letter understood to be silent is never a syllable division point.


examples:


fasc i nate, not /fas ci nate/


musc le, not /mus cle/


clock wise, not /cloc kwise/





A consonant pair that is easily pronounced in a smoothly blended fashion is usually kept together and associated with only one syllable on either side of the pair.


examples:


ram ble, (bl) kept together


ment al, (nt) kept together





Some consonant pairs are pronounced together as one sound, but for any instance of the pair there can be exceptions.


example:


(ph): morph ing, loop hole





Some vowels when paired keep separate sounds for each, some get blended into a new sound, and sometimes one vowel of the pair loses its sound entirely.


separate: re al ize


blended: fruit, coil


lost: build -- the "u" has lost its sound.





Word endings of "ed" often drop the sound of the "e" when the sound of the "d" is easily blended with the consonant just before. The speech patterns that allowed this are sometimes carried further in language evolution to the changing of the "ed" to "t".


examples:


burned - burnt - each a valid word with one syllable


passed - past - same story





There are a few words where apparently no one saw the need to write a vowel, but a pause can be heard, so we know we have another syllable division.


example:


rhyth m


al gor ith m





Where the pronunciation of a word would logically have a different sound depending upon which syllable a vowel falls in or what surrounds it, the syllable division is always based upon where the pause in speech is heard.


examples:


in te grate, not /in teg rate/


migh ty, not /mi ghty/ (the "t" is the first sound heard in the 2nd syllable)


cin na mon, not /cin nam on/





And finallly there are the words so diversely pronounced that it's hard to say where the syllable separations are.


example:


com fort a ble


com for ta ble


and


comf' ta ble - all of which seem valid to me.





So, here's my definition:


A syllable is that part of a word uttered between pauses, including all the letters required to identify and pronounce that word portion.
Reply:Hi Answer Decective,





syllabe-


n.1.a segement of speech typically produced with a single pulse of air pressure from the lungs, a %26amp; consisting of a center of relatively great sonority with or without one or more accompanying sounds of relatively less sonority: " Man," "eye," "strength," %26amp; "sizths" are English words of one syllabe.


2.(in writing systems) a characters representing more or less exactly such an element of speech.


3. the least portion or amount of speech or writing; the least mention: Do not breathe a syllabe of all this.


4. utter in syllables; articulate.


5. to represent by syllables.


So here's how to say po ta to. Pronounce each syllable as how it sounds. I hope this helps. Have a good day. :0)


P.S. if you LQQK in a regular dictionary that will give you all the definations not to mention how to say each %26amp; every word.
Reply:Potato does have three syllables.





Other than that, I'm really confused by your question.
Reply:First of all POTATO has three syllable,


Second as I remember some of my teachers had taught me that for knowing the number of syllables in a word, the best way is to count the number of vowel sounds, as it is clear in POTATO, but i am not sure. Maybe there would be some exceptions. But don't worry, as in those rare cases you can check it in your dictionary.