The word personality has five syllables.
Persists has two syllables. The first syllable is per. The second syllable is -sists. The number of distinct vowel sounds in a word determines the number of syllables.
The word 'skipped' has one syllable.
"Its" has one syllable.
The word "to" has one syllable.
There is 1 syllable.
it has one syllable
There is 1 syllable
In the word "the", there is one syllable.
one syllable
There is 1 syllable.
one syllable--and syllable is missing an "s". You should say "How many syllables is winked?"
Mean has only 1 syllable.