Las sílabas

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Repaso: Vocales

Review: Vowels

Vocales

• a, e, i, o, u

• In Spanish, the letters are pronounced exactly as their alphabetic letter

Sílabas

Syllables

Sílabas:

• In Spanish,

• Whenever possible, you should break up words so that each syllable contains a consonant followed by a vowel.

• A consonant between two vowels belongs to the syllable with the second vowel.

• Ex: "mañana" = ma - ña - na

NOTE: Two Consecutive Consonants

• Two consecutive consonants will generally belong to separate syllables.

• However, if the second consonant in a consonant pair is r or l, the consonant pair is NOT separated into different syllables.

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Ex: amarillo = a - ma - ri - llo

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Ex: carro = ca - rro

NOTE: Three Consecutive Consonants

When three consonants appear together, the first one will generally belong to a separate syllable.

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Ex: inglés = in - glés

NOTE: Strong & Weak Vowels

• Strong ( a, e, o) & Weak (i, u)

• IF two weak vowels DO NOT separate into different syllables Ex: ciudad = ciu - dad

• IF one strong & one weak vowels DO NOT separate into different syllables

• (unless weak has an accent) Ex: tío = tí - o

• IF two strong vowels separate into different syllables (even if they are identical) Ex: creer = cre - er

​Resumen

​3 oraciones

​Tradiciones familiares

​Lee la historia y subraya las palabras que tienen dificultades para leer. Usando las reglas de sílabas, desglose las palabras que identificaste.

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​Read the story and underline the words you have difficulty reading. Using the syllable rules, break down the words you identified.