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							                                     AP Spanish Language                                Syllabification

            The purpose of syllables: The division into syllables serves two purposes:
                 1.          it helps you to pronounce and spell correctly
                 2.          it helps in the application of accent rules

I.       Consonants:

         1.      Two consonants together must be separated (except ch, ll, rr):
                 ven – der                per – so – na             at – las                                pan – ta – lla
                 ter – cer       lám – pa – ra              her – ma – no                        pac – to

         2.      b, c, d, f, g, p, t when followed by l or r are not separated:
                 ha – blar                      ta – bla                 con – tra – to                   a – gri – cul – tu – ra
                 a – brup – to                  re – cre – o             fe – bre – ro                    po – dri – do
                 te – cla             res – frí – o             a – pren – do                    me – lo – dra – ma
                 pul – cri – tud      com – prar                a – ga – de – cer                li – bro

                                     “Blue Cows Don’t Fly Green Planes Today,               Laughed Ryan.”

         3.      One consonant between two vowels joins the following vowel to form a separate syllable (ll, rr, ch = one
                 syllable):
                 ta – za         ma – ce – ta              ta – lla         ca – sa           ba – rro
                 ca – ba – llo           mi – sa                    me – cha         pe – ro            to – mar

         4.      Whe three or more consonants come together, the first two remain with the preceeding vowel and the third
                 consonant remains with the vowel that follows it (unless it is l or r) [ “Laughed Ryan” see # 2.]:
                 ins – ti – tu – to        com- pren – der             sas – tre

II.      Vowels:
                 Vowels are categorized as strong ( a, e, o ) and weak (u, i ).

Hiato:           two vowels together forming two syllables. This is a combination of two strong vowels together. They are
                 always separated as in the following examples:

                 ca – e – mos                           em – le - o                    a – e – ro – pla – no
                 re – a – li – dad             ba – ca – la – o              le – e – mos

Diptongo:        two vowels together forming one syllable: note the following
                 variations:

         a)      combination of one weak and one strong or two weak vowels:

                 vio – lín            au – la                    bai – le               re – me – dio                hue – vo
                 rei – no             ciu – dad                  ru – bio               cuan – do                    rue – do

         b)       if the strong vowel is stressed (has a written accent mark) there is no separation:

                 tam – bién                    bai – láis                    na – ció                       fué – ra – mos

         c)   if the weak vowel is stressed (has a written accent mark) there is a separation:

                 ca –í –da                     rí – en                       tí – os                        re – ú – ne
                 dí – a                        Ma – rí –a                    re – í - mos

Triptongo:       three vowels together forming one syllable (one strong in the middle of two weak ones)

                 a – ve – ri – guáis                    lim – piéis
                              AP Spanish Language   Syllabification
Divide the following words into syllables:


como
clase
mucho
gracias
adiós
felicitaciones
español
cuaderno
universal
historia
repitan
favor
filosofía
papel
profesor
día
perdón
lápiz
página
café
extraterreno
estupendo
sensacional
supuesto
calificación
ensayo
implementación
almohada
durmiéramos
aéreo