And it's restricted to the beginning of syllables.

它被限制在音节开头。

So one syllable adjectives — add -er, and three syllable adjectives use 'more' or 'less'.

音节词加-er，三个音节词用 more 或 less。

Let's try it with five syllables now.

来试试5个音节读法。

But it still has the length of a stressed syllable.

可是它还是有重读音节长度。

Five words are going to be shorter than one word with one syllable.

五个词比一个音节词还短。

There is no word longer than two syllables in the entire sentence.

整句话里没有超过两个音节词。

Well, it's all about syllables. What's a syllable?

嗯，因为音节关系。什么是音节？

The number of syllables in the word depends on the number of vowel sounds.

词中音节数量取决于元音数量。

Spanish, however, is a syllable-timed language where each syllable is given more equal timing.

西班牙语则是以音节为基础节奏，每个音节时间分配比较均等。

This is true for words with three or more syllables.

这个规则适用于三个或三个以上音节词。

This is because we don't take this much time for unstressed syllables.

这是因为非重读音节时长非常短。

And typically, the pitch of my voice will be going up for those syllables.

通常，我音调会随着音节变化而升高。

But there's a slight difference in how we say the first syllable.

但是我们对于第一个音节发音略有不同。

It’s a two-syllable word with stress on the first syllable.

这是一个双音节字，重音放在第一个音节.

The arrival of a monosyllabilic president was a field day for American satirists.

对于美国讽刺作家来说，音节总统到来是一个绝好机会。

The number of syllables in a word is decided by its number of vowel sounds.

一个词中音节数量是由元音数量决定。

Four-syllable word with second syllable stress.

四个音节词，第二个音节重音。

Now, this is monosyllabic, remember monosyllabic is basically words with one syllable so like my name Gabriella.

现在，这是音节，记住音节基本上是一个音节词，比如我名字 Gabriella。

But what about two syllable adjectives?

但是两个音节词呢？

That makes the anchor of the stressed syllable 'really' a little bit more clearer.

这使得重读音节主音 really 更清晰了一点。