Pronunciation and orthography
In Slovak, every syllable must contain a vowel or a diphthong:
mám | one syllable |
o-tec | two syllables |
pí-sať | two syllables |
cvi-če-nie | three syllables |
Beside vowels and diphthongs, the consonants //r, ŕ, l,// and //ĺ// can be "syllable-forming".
stĺp | one syllable |
vlk | one syllable |
pr-šať | two syllables |
vŕ-ba | two syllables |
ja-bl-ko | three syllables |
zmrz-li-na | three syllables |