| A single consonant goes with the following vowel. | ca-sa | house | ||
| po-si-ti-vo | positive | |||
| Double consonants are divided. | bab-bo | dad | ||
| ros-so | red | |||
| bel-lo | beautiful | |||
| at-to | act | |||
| Two consonants, the first of which is l, m, n, or r, are divided. | al-ber-go | hotel | ||
| con-ten-to | contented | |||
| am-pio | ample | |||
| for-tu-na | fortune | |||
| Otherwise, a combination of two consonants belongs to the following syllable. | ba-sta | enough | ||
| fi-glio | son | |||
| pa-dre | father | |||
| ba-gno | bath | |||
| so-pra | above | |||
| sa-cro | sacred |
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