OK, so we actually lose a syllable there.

对，所以们实际上少了一个音节啦这里。

There are two syllables in the word " button" .

“button”这个词有两个音节。

Well, he used the syllables from United.

他用了United这个词的音节。

If it has one syllable, add " ER" .

如果是单音节形容词，就词尾加 “er”。

Along the southern coast, these checked tone syllables have a final stop sound .

国南部的海岸地区， 入声字有一个塞音韵尾。

So here it goes — what is a syllable?

那们开始吧——什么是音节？

There are three syllables in the word beautiful.

beautiful 一字有3个音节。

You're missing a syllable, but I like it.

你漏了一个音节，不过很喜欢。

He enunciated every syllable, as if he were talking to someone mentally handicapped.

他一字一顿说得清清楚楚的，仿佛是跟某个弱智的人说话似的。

The verb is the second syllable.

动词是第二个音节是重读的。

If it has three syllables or greater, we add " more" .

如果有三个或三个以上的音节，就用 “more”。

In this case, we count the syllables from the end.

这种情况下，们从末尾开始计算音节。

Now, it does have six syllables.

这个单词有六个音节。

The word “painting, ” for instance, has two syllables. The stress is on the first syllable.

例如，单词 painting 有两个音节，重音第一个音节上。

Stress means that you pronounce some syllables more strongly than others.

重读的意思是，念一些音节时比其他的要念得更重。

It's not that different because it's an unstressed syllable.

这并没有什么不同，因为它是一个无重音的音节。

Child by child, they learn by singing each syllable while playing.

一个孩子接着一个孩子，他们一边玩一边唱每个音节来学习。

We don't need that extra syllable.

们不需要额外的音节。

It can be a vowel sound, a consonant sound, a whole syllable.

不发音的可以是元音，也可以是辅音或是整个音节。

Can I bor-- car-- Those are the two stressed syllables.

Can I bor-- car-- 那两个是重读的音节。