Ch 3 - Syllabification and Pronunciation

Question 1

What are the 2 rules of syllabification?

Answer 1

1) Every syllable must begin with one consonant and have only one vowel
2) There are only 2 types of syllables: open (end with a vowel) and closed (end with a consonant)

Question 2

What are the 3 types of syllable classification?

Answer 2

1) tonic: the accented syllable is called the tonic
2) pretonic: syllables occur before the tonic syllable
3) propretonic: any syllable occuring before the pretonic syllable

Question 3

The Daghesh in a begadkephat is a __________ if preceded by a vowel

Answer 3

Forte

Question 4

The Daghesh in a begadkephat is a ___________ if preceded by a consonant

Answer 4

Lene

Question 5

The Shewa is __________ if the previous vowel is short

Answer 5

Silent

Question 6

The first of 2 contiguous (side-by-side) Shewas within a word is __________

Answer 6

Silent

Question 7

The initial Shewa is always __________

Answer 7

Vocal

Question 8

The second of 2 contiguous (side-by-side) Shewas within a word is __________

Answer 8

Vocal

Question 9

A Shewa after an unaccented long vowel is __________

Answer 9

Vocal

Question 10

The Qamets Hatuf occurs only in a __________ and __________ syllable

Answer 10

Open…unaccented

My tooth fell out and left an open space. Now all my words are unaccented.

Question 11

The Qamets prefers an __________, pretonic syllable or a closed, __________ syllable

Answer 11

open…accented

The bar in Quatar is open for pretonics and is closed for accented dresses

Question 12

Short vowels prefer either __________, unaccented syllables or __________, accented syllables

Answer 12

closed…open

The short bus is closed for unaccented business.
Or open for accented business.

Question 13

Long vowels prefer either __________, accented syllables or __________, pretonic syllables

Answer 13

closed…open

Long dresses close the accented mind from business.
Or
Open with pretonics drinks