re-pre-sent-a-tive
The word representative has five syllables. The syllables are divided as rep-ri-sen-ta-tive.
rep-re-sen-ta-tive
There are two syllables like so: danc-ing.
There are two syllables like so: de-cline.
cof-fee
There are three syllables like so: sci-en-tist.
Five
hos-pi-tal
The word is all one syllable.
One. When you are trying to figure out how many syllables are in a word put your hand under your chin and say the word. How ever many times your chin hits your hand is how many syllables are in that word.
There are four syllables like so: Pe-des-tri-an.
If you put your hand on your chin and slowly say edition, there are 3 syllables.