"First person" has three syllables.
There are two syllables. Per-son.
Twen-ty first has three syllables.
5 syllables
"First" has one syllable.
second
The first syllable is stressed.
There are 2 syllables in smoky. Smo- is the first. -ky is the second.
The word gazes has two syllables. The syllables are GAZ-es. The stress is on the first syllable.
The word latter is 2 syllables. Lat-ter.
Phonetically it's 'Few sha ... Two syllables, with accent on the first.
There are six syllables. Oc-to-ber - thir-ty-first.
There are two syllables in the word whirling. The syllables are WHIR-ling. The stress is on the first syllable.