English: How to Pronounce TH Consonants [θ] + [ð]: American Accent
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How to pronounce “th” sound in the word “with” ? θ or ð sound?
@@brucevaughan1024 you can use both
But i prefer to use the second one because it's easy
@hi6747 Listening comprehension is hard! I don't slow down much, if at all, for my videos, so my users can get used to understanding everyday speech. Also, so they can hear an example of natural speech as their work on their pronunciation! That is why I have optional captions to go with the videos, to help you understand. :)
Best,
Rachel
Check out my video on linking the TH, it might help!
@STYLERFELLA In this case you just need to do it in repetition. Take a word combination that is difficult for you, and to it as slowly as you need to do it right. Then increase speed over and over as an exercise, but never do it so fast that you're never doing it incorrect. Sometimes repetition isn't fun, but it's the only way to change habits!
The only way is slow and precise practice. Practice the position over and over! Then try it at the ends of words, then sentence fragments "truth of", "month of", etc. If you've lost the correct position, go back and drill the sound alone again.
It is the same mouth position as described in this video. If you're having difficulty, slow down and hold out the vowel before moving into the TH sound. Practice this way until the transition is more comfortable.
Usually unvoiced, but some people will make it voiced when it links into a voiced sound, especially a voiced TH (with them, for example).
@ballandpaddle All the languages in which this sound occurs can be found:
en.wikipedia (org) /wiki/Voiceless_dental_fricative
Rachel. You're the best English teacher I've ever seen on RUclips.
@xiaochenhao Did you see the video I just uploaded on linking the TH? It will help.
I think that works with unstressed words that begin with the voiced TH, but that it's impossible to make the voiced TH without the tongue tip between the teeth.
It's possible that it's contributing to the problem. Focus on the point of contact between: 1) the bottom of the top teeth and 2) the top of the very front part of the tongue. Then just let the jaw be relaxed, but don't worry about what the bottom teeth are doing.
Hi Rachel, just gave this sentence to my students. They find it difficult. "They think these three thin things are theirs" Now they will watch this video :) thanks for everything.
Thank you Mrs. Rachel.
You're welcome Ramzy!
I don't think there are specific rules for that, you just have to learn on a case-by-case basis.
Well, the only way to be able to do it fast in a sentence is to be really comfortable and have it be a habit, which just comes from repetitious practice!
thank you. pronouncing these sounds get easy for me when I let my tongue touch lower lip.✨
You're welcome Ayten!
I was always making mistakes with pronouncing "TH". Thanks to your video I knew how to pronunce "TH" exactly and felt more confident when speaking. Thanks much again and best wishes to you
+Tran Thi Ngoc Tran awesome!
For me is so hard to pronounce the "th" in some words. I don't know it's because mine native language is Portuguese. 🤔
TH é um som que não existe em portugues então é normal que vai ser dificil para vocês. Igual o som nasal do "ão" em portugues é extremamente dificil para nos gringos.
I feel your pain :)
Same
@@barryinglaterra For us, native Portuguese speakers, it's not only a matter of difficulty. Besides that, we feel very ankward and afraid of accidentally spitting on the person in front of us! 😫😬 At least when you, native speakers of English, try to pronounce the ão sound, you may feel awkard, but you don't run the risk of accidentally spitting on us! Lol
Hi Marian, check out a NEW video on the TH-SOUND here: ruclips.net/video/ZZmO6Z6YTmY/видео.html
It sounds like you're using your lips to make the sound rather than the tongue. I've had students do this as well. It's a hard habit to break, but repetitious training can certainly help. Watch yourself in a mirror---make sure your bottom lip isn't moving up. Touch your tongue tip to the bottom of your top teeth rather than your bottom lip.
Oh my goodness. The sentence is quite tough for me, especially when I try to speak faster. Thank you Rachel!
You're welcome!
Thank you very much. You did a great work. From the first time I see you clips, I make a habit to see them everyday. It helps a lot.
Hello Hung, there is a NEW video on the TH-SOUND here: ruclips.net/video/ZZmO6Z6YTmY/видео.html
lily i just want to say that youre amazing. even though this video is like 4 years old. great job
Thank you. You've helped me a lot 😊
Rachel, thank you so much! I've had trouble pronouncing θ for the last 20 years before stumbling upon this video.
This is exactly what I need for my esl Spanish students....thanks!!!
Thanks for the succinct yet precise explanation!
(Native English speaker studying linguistics)
My pleasure Michelle!
It also hs to do with lung capacity, I think. I always pronounce th the same way you taught, when the voice reaches ores' ears it sounds not'thick" so instead when I put the tip of my tongue behind the lower teeth, with upper teeth still biting the tongue,then it sounds a lot better.
Best explanation I've seen so far on youtube!
Thank you very much, I really want to learn the letter th and now have you
Hello Khac, there is a NEW video on the TH-SOUND here: ruclips.net/video/ZZmO6Z6YTmY/видео.html
thanks for posting this. I have a final over this in an hour and this has been a life savor!
Amazing job! So glad you made all those close ups in slow motion! 🙏💎💖👏🏻🥰😘
Thanks Analu!
I can't believe I was using th as pronouncing both t and h simultaneously in all circumstances, and my English is C1 level. This video helped me a lot, and I am kinda embarrassed now that I never noticed that I wasn't pronouncing correctly. Jeesh...
Thank you, Ma'am! You're really of help! I can work out the "th(voiced & unvoiced)" when they're said on their own, but I have a tricky problem with saying them as part in a sentence. Now I finally found the key! And besides, your kid, the toddler👶 used by you as a subject to study how a native learn American English from scratch(in another video of yours "learn English like a baby"), is really cute! 🤠
I study(playback) your tutorial video over and over again.
You're very much welcome!
This is really useful & educational video! In my mother tongue, there is no word which requires the place of the tongue as 'th' pronunciation.
Thank you so much for your help, Ms. Rachel
Are very a good lesson and intelligent woman. thank you
Thank you so much Rachel! And I thought it would be better if you shoot the slow motion part in higher fps (like in the iPhone slo-mo mode which captures video at 120 frames per second that produces amazingly good slow motion video)! Really appreciate your work!
hello, I appreciate you. your vedio is so great!!! I love yours. I practice pronounciation with you everyday. thank so much.
awesome!!
Great, Thank you so much! this is very useful for my students.
Hi, Rachel!!! I have a question. is this sound [θ] pronounced in these words (within, without, withdraw, withstand, withhold and et cetera ; where is the word with )or this [ð] one? They are pronounced differently in different dictionaries.
Actually - 'with' can use the voiced OR unvoiced TH - so it's whichever you prefer. I've noticed it's more common to hear the unvoiced version. :)
Thanks for the valuable information about Th sound. My advanced students of English love to watch your videos. Most phoneticians and speech pathologists, however, claim that tip or center of the tongue should barely touch the upper teeth. Only sides of the tongue should lightly contact them. Hence, the air would effortlessly travel through the center of the tongue. Would you agree with that? Greetings from Brazil.
+Jair Luiz Alves da Silva Filho Yes! I would. I would also recommend that the middle and back of the tongue be lower in the mouth and relaxed. The "effortless" quality of the air passing the tongue and teeth is imperative for a clear TH consonant sound.
+Rachel's English Thanks so much for your prompt reply and the added tip, Rachel. I loved the tip and I will share it with my students. Best of luck and Happy New Year.
+Rachel's English а по русски разговариваете?
Hi, Rachel! I would like to know if sometimes the TH sound seems the D sound or the T sound. I mean it is more dental plosive than dental fricative. Thanks!
really nice video! It helps me a lot. I will practice more and more TH sound everyday. Thank you Rachel. :)
Hello Minh, there is a NEW video on the TH-SOUND here: ruclips.net/video/ZZmO6Z6YTmY/видео.html
thank you so much 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
You're welcome!
Thank you very much.
Ooo! That is a tough one!
Thanks
Cause a lot of you guys can do fine with tongue in between teeth , but a lot of Asians as I know of, they just can't make th thick enough, (physical reason?) so I suggest like one of the comments said, placing the tip of tongue behind the lower teeth., esp. for Asians.
right :) I'm Asian and can't deny that "th" is too difficult for me T^T I try to pronounce correctly but still not well.
Is this because we Mongoloids have shovel shaped incisors?
Aaron Bogatch. Thank you my friend.
it's very helpful Rachel, thank you! nevertheless I'd like to ask you if you could upload a video explaining how to pronounce the word "true". I've been studying English for a very long time and I also thing I'm already pretty good at the pronunciation but I can't still figure out how to pronounce the word "true".
Find this video very helpful. Thanks
That's great, Viviana!
I am a learner from China, and i have to say that the most difficult sound is TH sound. Especially "it is THe ..." or " of THe..." how to pronounce sentences like them? should we open mouth and put tongue between teeth or just touch closed teeth?
Could you please make a vid to show me how to pronounce th + er, such as mother, father, further, weather? Please. This cluster is too hard for me. thanks a lot.
There's one thing I don't understand... how do you pronounce the th sound in sentences like "on the floor" and "the wheel of THe car"? are there in this sentences some reduction of the th sound?
Dear Rachel, thank you so much. That really helps!
Dear Kathy, there is a NEW video on the TH-SOUND here: ruclips.net/video/ZZmO6Z6YTmY/видео.html
@rachelsenglish
thanks. I will do this. For me even repetition is fun, because I know what my goal is - to speak well and correctly :)
that's exactly what I need.thanks,teacher!
I have to sign in to like your video. Thank you so much, it is really helpful.
Hello Thuong, check out a NEW video on the TH-SOUND here: ruclips.net/video/ZZmO6Z6YTmY/видео.html
Can you teach us how to pronounce harder words like "synthesize" or "widths"?
For words like 'synthesize', pronounce the /n/ with your tongue between the teeth, so the tongue doesn't have to move to say /nth/ separately.
super.. thank you ma'am
Thanks for all those fantastic videos on pronunciation Rachel. But can you emphasize on 'THR' sound as well? I've got a problem when pronouncing the 'THR' sound, like in the word 'throne' or 'throughout'. Thanks and hello from Thailand. :D
I didn't catch up your sample sentence here. I thought of using these lily of ballet rather than those sony rogers. I think it has incorrect spellings.
Hi,at first thank u). But can we say just d for example this is = dis is.? Or thank u =tank u?
Are you drop the N consonant in word " than" at the sample sentence ?
Besides Icelandic, are there other Germanic languages which also have this sound?
What about th at the end of the word ? It's kind of hard to pronounce it as f.e. unvoiced th in fast speech . How's that sound ?
Rachel, can you please help me a little bit? I pronounce "th" sound well I think, but it's hard for to pronounce it in some hard combinations with other words. for example: with distance, this thing and some more. what can help me? because I actually can pronounce it without mistakes, but not with a good speed. thanks!
Hi Rachel, i have problem of pronouncing TH sound at the end of syllable. For ex, breath /breθ/ and breathe /briːð/. Could you show me how to pronounce them?
I can barely hear the sound. It is a little better in some sections, such as where you are moving your lips.
That's really cool. I never thought of any of this.
Hi teacher, thanks for your good videos.
I have a little dought..
So what happen if I do can pronounce "what's in the car" without omite the tongue position for the đ sound?
Am I gonna sound weird or something like that?
Hope your answer! Greetings from Mexico!
Hello and thank you! You won't sound "weird" if you have trouble creating the TH sound - it is difficult for lots of speakers. There are some accents in the States that use a D sound for the voiced TH sound. So, you may sound like you have an accent - but you won't sound strange!
Hello and thank you! You won't sound "weird" if you have trouble creating the TH sound - it is difficult for lots of speakers. There are some accents in the States that use a D sound for the voiced TH sound. So, you may sound like you have an accent - but you won't sound strange!
thank you for this video ! Is it possible to know when we have to pronounce each sound (voiced & unvoiced)? I mean, how do I choose the sound when I see a word with "th" for the first time? Is there any rule?
Thank you so much for this!
Hello Maduya, check out a NEW video on the TH-SOUND here: ruclips.net/video/ZZmO6Z6YTmY/видео.html
Great way to teach this!
hey, sorry for interrupting you, but i slightly have an underbite and my teeth are a little crooked and i only know how to speak english yet i have problems with the TH sounds. im getting braces, expanders, etc soon from my orthodontist, but i was just wondering if my underbite and slightly crooked teeth could cause me to pronounce the TH wrong?
I read the sample sentence in the video. I solved it. ^^
Hi!! Why "of" is represented with "ov" ,I saw you video about "v" and "f" , so my question is when "v" is at yhe end of the word sounds like "f" (unvoiced sound)
Fantastic!
hi rachel! i have problems pronouncing th at the and. like month,mouth, truth...how can i correct it??
Really helpful. Thanks Rachel!
Hello Arefeh, there is a NEW video on the TH-SOUND here: ruclips.net/video/ZZmO6Z6YTmY/видео.html
thank you teacher
Hello Thieu, check out a NEW video on the TH-SOUND here: ruclips.net/video/ZZmO6Z6YTmY/видео.html
I really appreciate your suggestion.
Hello NOK, there is a NEW video on the TH-SOUND here: ruclips.net/video/ZZmO6Z6YTmY/видео.html
I find it a bit tricky to pronounce the "rth" sounds in words like birthday and worthy. Whenever I try to do that it sounds awkward. Thanks, anyway.
I can still not do it, thanks or three sound horrible by me, I try and try but it doesn't work
it sound like tree istead of three
Hey you do you but you whistle so loud for your "s" sound. You should consider fixing that for yourself or using some kind of mic filter. Especially as a speech teacher
Thanks you so much !
I know both Russian and Ukrainian and the "TH" sound is extremely difficult for me too. Especially in "THis"
Hello Владислав Гуменюк there is a NEW video on the TH-SOUND here: ruclips.net/video/ZZmO6Z6YTmY/видео.html
Hi Rachel, I can't see the difference between "the" /ðə/ and /də/.
it is immensely helpful, Rachel! Although English is my 2nd language, but i didnt know i got TH all wrong till i saw this video. You basically dissected the whole tongue and lips movements. Great work, must taken you day or days?:)
Why I hear most people use 'd' instead 'th' , such as 'this that they those' they say 'diss dat day dose'
林鹤翔 That's not a big mistake, but also not the proper way to pronounce TH sound.
Good 2 front upper teeth, especially for eating vegetables, very sharp, so Rachel can smile like Lola Bunny.
Thanks Rachel! You video is very helpful. Do you have one to differentiate the voice of "nn" and "ng"?
Ye Liyu I do: ruclips.net/video/1th5v7dXRjk/видео.html
Hey Rachel! Tell me what is the position of the tongue when we pronounce "to this" or "bathtub"? Is it the real 't' sound in there?
Hello Dmitriy, there is a NEW video on the TH-SOUND here: ruclips.net/video/ZZmO6Z6YTmY/видео.html
The TH sound in the word 'with' is with [θ] or [ð]?
Is Greek small letter theta is used for English?
Hey, people, a question for you all, how do you pronounce the word "with" and "with you". Do you pronounce the last one like "wicha" or "wichu"? For example," I will be wicha forever". Sounds good to you or not?
+Aaron Bogatch It's just 'with' + 'you'. Try not add in any sounds but the ones that you need.
Harrison Owen Really? So you should not say "I wanna be rich", you should say "I want to be rich". You should not say "I gonna asker", you should say "I'm going to ask her". You should not say "I shoulda toldim" you should say "I should have told him". And for your information, "withu/a" is not adding words, it's subtracting words, you fucking airhead!
+Aaron Bogatch You were asking a question, and I responded. With 'him' and 'her', I recommend not emitting the 'h', but it's extremely common to use 'gonna' and 'wanna' etc. in casual conversation.
I don't give a shit what you recommend. I will always say "I lover very much" or "I lovim very much". And I will always say "I wantcher love" (I want your love), "I needjer love" I need your love). Who are you? A Martian or what?
Aaron Bogatch I think there's a misunderstanding. I was simply answering your question. Why did you ask if you didn't want a response?
thanks. this was quite helpful
Hello Eruk, there is a NEW video on the TH-SOUND here: ruclips.net/video/ZZmO6Z6YTmY/видео.html
raphel, i am a speaker from hk.
Why i hear native speakers sometimes say 'THink' like 'dink' but sometimes it's like voiced TH?
***** Really? I didn't know that. Most E teachers taught me pronounce "d" cuz this way looks like native speakers. Do native speakers think
''d" sound is stupid??? I mean in this case. Now, I'm confused.