Whe-ther has two syllables.
The word write has got one syllable.
There are 2 syllables. Type-write.
There are two syllables. Writ-ten.
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There are five syllables. Ir-re-sist-a-ble.
Gar-net.
You separate the syllables with a hyphen.
The word "transfer" consistsof 5 different syllables and two of them (the r) appear twice. So to write the word you have to use 6 syllables
daugh-ter
Syllables are the 'beats' in a word, e.g. 'chair' has one syllable but 'ta-ble' has two. Try clapping as you say a word - the number of claps is equal to the number of syllables. The number of syllables has absolutely no bearing whatsoever on the use of apostrophes - that is determined by factors such as whether a noun is singular or plural, and whether it ends in an 's'.
Tree only has one syllable - the entire word.
sug . gest It is a 2-syllable word.