Complex sentence: Swahili has no diphthongs; in vowel combinations, each vowel is pronounced separately so the Swahili word for "leopard", "chui", is pronounced; that is, as two syllables.
Split into simpler sentences: Swahili has no diphthongs; in vowel combinations, each vowel is pronounced separately. Therefore, the Swahili word for "leopard", "chui", is pronounced; that is, as two syllables.