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um-brel-la
second
Yes. Lots of words start with a schwa that sound like umbrella, e.g. about, another, abut, astound.
No. It has a short U (uhm) sound for the first syllable.
The U and E have short vowel sounds, and the A has a schwa sound.
"Its" has one syllable.
With the stress on the first syllable. The first 'a' is short (as in 'cat') and the other two are indeterminate.
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.