cof-fee
Two. Cof/fee
2 coff-ee. every time your chin moves down when you say a word is how many syllables are in the word.
Coffee has two syllables.
There are two syllables like so: de-cline.
There are two syllables like so: danc-ing.
There are three syllables like so: sci-en-tist.
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.
The word is all one syllable.
hos-pi-tal
put. Eg: I will put the coffee on the table In this sense, place is a better word.
If you put your hand on your chin and slowly say edition, there are 3 syllables.