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pluiepoco · 06-30-2005, 10:08 PM

é be
já already/yet
sei (I) know
sem without
qual which
pneu tyre/tire

Consonant without vowel cannot make a syllable, so it's said that vowel is the nucleus of syllable construction. Since vowels are divided into open and close, syllables are also divided as open syllable (sílaba aberta) and closed syllable (sílaba fechada).

Syllables form word (vocábulo). Sometimes, a word can have different meanings as of whether the syllable is open or closed:

sede (sé) seat/location
sede (sê) thirst

Words can be divided according to the contained number of syllables into:

monosyllable (monossílabo): Sol Sun
disyllable (dissílabo): hoje (ho-je) today
trisyllable (trissílabo): português (por-tu-guês) Portuguese
polysyllable (polissílabo): humanidade (hu-ma-ni-da-de) humanity

In PT, there is a very small number of monosyllables, and a large majority of words with two or more syllables.

3.2 syllabic division divisão silábica

The rules of syllabic division in PT are mainly described as follows:

1. One vocal letter form a syllable, like: a, o, é.
2. One consonant between two vocal letters will form a syllable with the last vocal letter: mesa (me-sa), mapa (ma-pa).
3. Two consonants together (including cc, cç, rr, ss) belong to respective syllables before and after: assunto (as-sun-to), terra (ter-ra); but two consonants together in ending belong to the same syllable: psique (psi-que).
4. Three consonants together are divided as first two before and last one after: instituto (ins-ti-tu-to).
5. Consonant cluster composed of l or r cannot be divided, which form syllable with the vowel after: branco (bran-co), bicicleta (bi-ci-cle-ta); but new words are formed by prefixing ab, ad, sub or others to some words headed by consonant, where the prefix and the proto-word articulated separately belong to two different syllables: sublinhar (sub-li-nhar). (see "§ 2.8 consonant cluster")
6. Digraphs ch, lh, nh cannot be divided: achado (a-cha-do), mulher (mu-lher), senhor (se-nhor).
7. Digraphs qu (qü), gu (gü) cannot be divided from the vowel after: língua (lín-gua), quinta (quin-ta).

06-30-2005, 10:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
pluiepoco Mr. Genius Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Shanghai, China Posts: 1,192 Blog Entries: 4 pluiepoco came out of the blue	--continued-- é be já already/yet sei (I) know sem without qual which pneu tyre/tire Consonant without vowel cannot make a syllable, so it's said that vowel is the nucleus of syllable construction. Since vowels are divided into open and close, syllables are also divided as open syllable (sílaba aberta) and closed syllable (sílaba fechada). Syllables form word (vocábulo). Sometimes, a word can have different meanings as of whether the syllable is open or closed: sede (sé) seat/location sede (sê) thirst Words can be divided according to the contained number of syllables into: monosyllable (monossílabo): Sol Sun disyllable (dissílabo): hoje (ho-je) today trisyllable (trissílabo): português (por-tu-guês) Portuguese polysyllable (polissílabo): humanidade (hu-ma-ni-da-de) humanity In PT, there is a very small number of monosyllables, and a large majority of words with two or more syllables. 3.2 syllabic division divisão silábica The rules of syllabic division in PT are mainly described as follows: 1. One vocal letter form a syllable, like: a, o, é. 2. One consonant between two vocal letters will form a syllable with the last vocal letter: mesa (me-sa), mapa (ma-pa). 3. Two consonants together (including cc, cç, rr, ss) belong to respective syllables before and after: assunto (as-sun-to), terra (ter-ra); but two consonants together in ending belong to the same syllable: psique (psi-que). 4. Three consonants together are divided as first two before and last one after: instituto (ins-ti-tu-to). 5. Consonant cluster composed of l or r cannot be divided, which form syllable with the vowel after: branco (bran-co), bicicleta (bi-ci-cle-ta); but new words are formed by prefixing ab, ad, sub or others to some words headed by consonant, where the prefix and the proto-word articulated separately belong to two different syllables: sublinhar (sub-li-nhar). (see "§ 2.8 consonant cluster") 6. Digraphs ch, lh, nh cannot be divided: achado (a-cha-do), mulher (mu-lher), senhor (se-nhor). 7. Digraphs qu (qü), gu (gü) cannot be divided from the vowel after: língua (lín-gua), quinta (quin-ta). __________________ 刘晓雨 pluiepoco Home of Asia, 中国语言论坛(Chinese Forum of Languages), 西瓜村 Last edited by pluiepoco; 07-01-2005 at 09:59 PM.
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