I clicked on "Add a Comment" but I should have clicked on "Answer the Question". Here is a much easier version of the comment: Dividing Words Into Syllables There are four ways to split up a word into its syllables: 1. Divide between two middle consonants. Split up words that have two middle consonants. For example: hap/pen, bas/ket, let/ter, sup/per, din/ner, and Den/nis. The only exceptions are the consonant digraphs. Never split up consonant digraphs as they really represent only one sound. The exceptions are "th", "sh", "ph", "th", "ch", and "wh". 2. Usually divide before a single middle consonant. When there is only one syllable, you usually divide in front of it, as in: "o/pen", "i/tem", "e/vil", and "re/port". The only exceptions are those times when the first syllable has an obvious short sound, as in "cab/in". 3. Divide before the consonant before an "-le" syllable. When you have a word that has the old-style spelling in which the "-le" sounds like "-el", divide before the consonant before the "-le". For example: a/ble, fum/ble, rub/ble, mum/ble and thi/stle. The only exception to this are "ckle" words like "tick/le". 4. Divide off any compound words, prefixes, suffixes and roots which have vowel sounds. Split off the parts of compound words like "sports/car" and "house/boat". Divide off prefixes such as un/happy, pre/paid, or re/write. Also divide off suffixes as in the words "farm/er", "teach/er", "hope/less" and "care/ful". In the word "stop/ping", the suffix is actually "-ping" because this word follows the rule that when you add "-ing" to a word with one syllable, you double the last consonant and add the "-ing".

My first question is 'Why are you asking about syllable separation?'. By the way, note that it's 'syllable separation', not 'syllables separation'. When we make a compound noun, the first noun is always singular. So, if you are wondering about syllable separation in order to split words when you are writing, this is very easy indeed - the simple answer is 'don't'. We don't split words across lines. Don't begin a word on a line if there isn't space to write the whole word. Just start a new line and write the whole word at the beginning of the new line. If you're wondering about syllables in order to improve your pronunciation, this is also easy. Each syllable has one vowel sound which may or may not have a consonant before and after it. Note that this has nothing to do with the number of written vowels - we are talking about sounds here. A vowel sound can be a single phoneme or a diphthong. You can check the number of syllables in a word by looking in a dictionary. For example, if you look for 'temperature' in the Cambridge Learners' Dictionary, you'll see this: tem.prə.tʃər This tells you that there are three syllables /tem + prə + tʃər/. A very simple way to find out if you are saying the right number of syllables is to put your hand under your chin, and count the number of times that your chin moves downwards. For the word 'temperature', it should move down three times.

I am a native English speaker from the US. Syllables are not as obvious in written English because they way it is spoken is not always the same as it is written. But if you know how the word is spoken then it is easy to find the syllables. I think Latin languages are more predictable in that way. English is a strange language! for example: TEMPERATURE: TEM-PE-RA-TURE (one vowel per syllable, the "E" is silent) but in normal conversation it sounds like TEM-PRA-CHUR AIRPLANE: AIR-PLANE (silent "E", AIR is one syllable like ER, not A-IR) I am from California, it may be different in other places.

Rubem I have some good news for you. In English we break words into syllables in a way that is very similar to your Portuguese language. Here are the methods: Dividing Words Into Syllables There are four ways to split up a word into its syllables: 1. Divide between two middle consonants. Split up words that have two middle consonants. For example: hap/pen, bas/ket, let/ter, sup/per, din/ner, and Den/nis. The only exceptions are the consonant digraphs. Never split up consonant digraphs as they really represent only one sound. The exceptions are "th", "sh", "ph", "th", "ch", and "wh". 2. Usually divide before a single middle consonant. When there is only one syllable, you usually divide in front of it, as in: "o/pen", "i/tem", "e/vil", and "re/port". The only exceptions are those times when the first syllable has an obvious short sound, as in "cab/in". 3. Divide before the consonant before an "-le" syllable. When you have a word that has the old-style spelling in which the "-le" sounds like "-el", divide before the consonant before the "-le". For example: "a/ble", "fum/ble", "rub/ble" "mum/ble" and "thi/stle". The only exception to this are "ckle" words like "tick/le". 4. Divide off any compound words, prefixes, suffixes and roots which have vowel sounds. Split off the parts of compound words like "sports/car" and "house/boat". Divide off prefixes such at "un/happy", "pre/paid", or "re/write". Also divide off suffixes as in the words "farm/er", "teach/er", "hope/less" and "care/ful". In the word "stop/ping", the suffix is actually "-ping" because this word follows the rule that when you add "-ing" to a word with one syllable, you double the last consonant and add the "-ing". Hope this helps...