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Originally Posted by james_chew_84 Could you please me what open and closed syllable are?. Sorry for being ignorant. |
A syllable is made up of a vowel:
EX: The word 'a' is a syllable.
A syllable can start with a consonant:
EX: 'no' is a syllable. It's a CV syllable. C for consonant and V for vowel.
A syllable can end in a consonant:
EX: 'not' is a syllable. It's a CVC syllable. It ends in a consonant.
A syllable that ends in a consonant is called a closed syllable, whereas a syllable that ends in a vowel is called an open syllable:
Syllables
V: a (open)
CV: no (open)
CVC: not (closed)
VC: an (closed)
CCVC: star (closed)
CCVCC: start (closed
The word
you ([yu:]) is an open syllable: it ends in a vowel.
The word
you've [yuv] is a closed syllable: it ends in a consonant.