The syllables are the set of phonemes that are pronounced in a single stroke of voice and make up the phonic nucleus.
There are two types of syllables:
- stressed syllables. They are those on which the accent falls and, therefore, are pronounced with greater force. For example: ispiritual, rombo, section.
- unstressed syllables Known as “soft”, they make up the rest of the syllables of a word, which lack accent, so they are pronounced with less intensity. For example: ispiritualromboo, section.
The tonic syllables are those that carry the accent of the word, but do not necessarily carry an accent:
Unstressed syllables and stressed syllables are found in all words that have at least two syllables.
Stressed and unstressed syllables in monosyllables
In the case of monosyllabic words, their only syllable can be stressed or unstressed, depending on whether or not they have an accent:
- tonic monosyllables. When articulated with graphic accent. For example: HE (verbal form of knowing and being), from (verb form of giving), than (interrogative and exclamatory pronoun).
- unstressed monosyllables. When its only syllable is unstressed. For example: I know (reflexive personal pronoun), from (preposition), what (relative pronoun or conjunction).
Classification of words according to the stressed syllable
Depending on the location of the stressed syllable, words are classified as:
- acute. The tonic syllable is the last. They have a tilde if the word ends in N, S or a vowel. For example: dogtionSaltteawithsea.
- serious. The tonic syllable is the penultimate. They have an accent when the word does not end in N, S or a vowel. For example: withpain, plususeful, SWpa, sawgives.
- Esdrújulas. The tonic syllable is the penultimate. They always have an accent. For example: opthymus, dadjaro, Ixico, musica.
- sobresdrújulas. The tonic syllable is the one before the one before the last one. For example: youmeasuredly, repifear it.
Examples of stressed and unstressed syllables
Stressed syllables with tilde Stressed syllables with prosodic stress unstressed syllables
aI yelledtail alphabetgivesriver action
to theboom todeath buocear
Pubbarbaridad caminot
ACsay goodfidude sweetenerranyou have
limeass cabaI cry ispagives
Dogcún dogtar excelyousimo
ECrámica cerdo financió
cochoco leratheyou gestureto
comshort fuckingplusmore hablah
givesnes costo hurtba
fosforum cross hinotjo
frankcophone diccionariver hurgar geometrito enotjo ilimitado
glándula fruncir lustro
gráfica Yora monstrue
habitaass libro natureral
heygnaws light I neededdad
Yofraud madre once imoresea genesfil planta
jurisdictiontion month potop
kiitmetro ninedad whatlaugheddo
thegrima orthobutday romboydal
maíz peace I feltwhileto
seathrow fishciI amgives
Ixico deepeneddad taxi
nation surroundedado trabajo
eitherxímoron romance tronco
protectsrá withouttagma urbanot
russuper ticoficie vigives
yesmonkey sogo Walter
termometer termo xylophon tristillgulo urucool Alreadytea
seetick goesAC zanACgives
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