what are syllables?

Answer 1

From Wikipedia,

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.

Answer 2

Segment of speech usually consisting of a vowel with or without accompanying consonant sounds (e.g., a, I, out, too, cap, snap, check). A syllabic consonant, like the final n sound in button and widen, also constitutes a syllable. Closed (checked) syllables end in a consonant, open (free) syllables in a vowel. Syllables play an important role in the study of speech and in phonetics and phonology.

Answer 3

a breakdown of a word is a syllable if that makes any sense to you at all? example: break down would be 2 syllables in one word.

Answer 4

In more simple language, syllables are the blocks of sounds that words are made up of. For example the word syllable itself consists of three syllables syll-a-ble. 'Word' is one syllable., 'Happy' is two syllables 'ha-ppy'. Get it?

So in the following sentence I will show the numbers of each word's syllables in brackets aft re the word.

The(1) best(1) and(1) most (1)inventive(3) music(2) ever(2) was(1) by(1) the(1) Beatles.(2). Marvellous(3)

Answer 5

Syllables are simply the sound parts of a word! eg the word:
Spelling is 2 Syllables
Spel-ling cos it has 2 Sounded parts to it

Answer 6

a syllable is a singe word such as house.housemaster would be a 2 syllable word.fantastic is a 3 syllable word fan tas tic etc,,,

Answer 7

i dont quite know how to explain it . but when i was in schools we were told to count syllables just clapping hands to the word and breaking it down

for example - and - has 1 syllable
cof - fee - has two
ex - amp -le - that was 3

sorry but thats the best way i can describe it lol

Answer 8

A syllable is a word part that contains a vowel or, in spoken language, a vowel sound (e-vent; news-pa-per; ver-y).

Answer 9

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.

Answer 10

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.