cof-fee
Two. Cof/fee
Coffee has two syllables.
2 coff-ee. every time your chin moves down when you say a word is how many syllables are in the word.
There are two syllables like so: danc-ing.
There are two syllables like so: de-cline.
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.
hos-pi-tal
The word is all one syllable.
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.