How to pronounce the article THE - 3 rules| Accurate English
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- Learn how to pronounce the article THE. The and a vowel sound.
You will learn the three rules.
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When I was young, I kept on asking why Rihanna’s song “take a bow” has this different “the” pronunciation! The lyrics goes like this “and THE award for THE best liar goes to you”. I even asked my family and they never explain it to me. And it makes sense now.
That's a great example!
AccurateEnglish thank you so much! You made my day.
I sing in a choir and we use this rule consistently. Amazing how many people don't know this. Canadian and American English speakers seem to be lazier in their pronunciation often.
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As a native English speaker, I never noticed that we pronounced “the” two different ways. I suppose when you are born into a language, you take it for granted, and don’t think about the subtle differences.
Exactly,and this is the case in any language by the way. I wonder when some native speakers feel strange when nonnative speakers get excited to know the rules. If you know the rule you can explain and justify why a word is pronounced in a certain way. Because without the rules, there are situations where a lot of natives can’t explain why . And that’s the case in any language, as I mentioned before😀
I'm a native Arabic language and I know that rule😄
There are 4 different ways to pronounce "the": (1) thah, (2) thee, (3) dee, (4) dah.
georg cantor, that’s incorrect. Never in my life have I used, or heard, “the” pronounced as “Dee” or “dah.” It must be slang, which is not proper English.
@@georgcantor7172 thanks just the explanation I'm looking for
Hi, Lisa. Your lessons are not only accurate, but they are concise and clear. I love them very much.
I don't have the answer to this question, however I'm learning a lot with the best professor in the world and i hope you can have a long life alive for continue teaching us English.
I want to say that you are the best teacher, you go straight to the point, not like other "teachers" that talk and talk and not explain the details like you do. thank you so much
Thank you. That's my goal. The teaching should be straight to the point and clear.
@@AccurateEnglish I Respect YOU Madam..
Actually it's "the other teachers WHO talk and talk". Not the teachers THAT talk. Learn some grammar. This a grammar forum.
@@dan1of10bechtold6 It can also be 'that'.
Not so. THAT refers to things, WHO refers to people. It cannot be THAT if the reference is to a person.
A million likes for this video. It's a pet peeve of mine. I never realized the actual rules, until I saw David Letterman explain it to a juvenile guest of his. I guess we just grew up doing this instinctively.
That’s I’m a native English speaker and I didn’t know this was a rule, but surprisingly I already speak like this and hadn’t even realized it 🤔
Native speakers don't need to learn these rules. They follow them automatically.
@@AccurateEnglish I still find it interesting how we just instinctually follow these rules
That's why people don't score a 100 in a grammar test even if they are a native speaker of that language. This goes for every language 😀
@@richasharma581 Haha that's true. I teach SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) to Chinese students and there is a question like "someone should of done something", and all of them can easily spot the error because they know the rule of "should have done" very well. Actually they don't understand why even some native speakers do it wrong lol (the reason is they do it based on the pronunciation instead of rules)
I am not a native, but realized the same.
Your videos are gold, thanks so much. I've learned english starting 3 years old. But I never got rid of my german accent. In your lessons you address exactly those details, which I were never able to figure out myself. There are no words for how glad I am that I've found you. You're awesome.
Madam, I am feeling the presence of soul in your teaching method.
I'm actually a native English speaker and I didn't know this was an actual rule 😂
Naiz Muha Most native speakers don't know the rules of English.
And then we wonder why “gringos” can’t learn a sentence in Spanish 🤦🏻♀️ and then they say Latinos are taking away their jobs blah blah blah!
Angelica Delgado Most adult native speakers of any language can't tell you half the grammar rules.
Brem well I do know the grammar rules of my language, but I understand your point !
Angelica Delgado Yeah plenty of people understand the grammar rules of languages but the average person doesn't.
If you ask what the rule is for word order in questions they don't know, because it's not usually a grammar rule you learn in a native language. That is something you learn by repitition at home before you ever take a grammar lesson at school.
You’re are the best online teacher I've ever seen in my life. You did an outstanding job.
You 've made it easy for all dearest and that's how each English teacher must teach. Would be glad if you could help our learners with other videos with the "th" rules. (D, F, T). You are number one!!!❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks ma'am, I didn't know this trick before.
hawraman goran sane here
Laelia Cattleya sorry? I didn't understand?
hawraman goran it’s same here and not sane here lol typo error. I mean i also don’t know te trick before same as yoy when to use the the-y and the
Laelia Cattleya yeah, alot of new things we learn nowadays.
Laelia Cattleya where are you from?
Make sure you focus on "vowel sound" not the actual vowel.
The umbrella /ði:/
The university /ðə/
Even though they both start with the vowel U, "umbrella starts with a vowel sound but "university" doesn't.
Here oval doesnt acts so. I mean in University.
@Mika Hamari The schwa is lazy pronunciation that has become so widespread that it was adopted as correct. That makes it impossible as a non native speaker to know how to pronounce it. London with 2 "o" pronunciations is completely normal for most ESL students and they look at you sideways when you tell them neither of the Os is pronounced as an O. And native speakers think its odd that they have to explain that. Native speakers don't see how mental English pronunciation actually is until they have to teach it.
*A University*
*An Umbrella*
Right Sir..... Vowel *Sound* and not only Vowel Letters.
I think with these words Indefinite Article should be used unless it is used in possessive sense or already referred to or if it is some specific.
In general sense, Indefinite Article is used for these two words.
@@theemperor2506 I think the correct article should be used at the correct time whether it is indefinite or definite.
@@bremCZ
Now you got my point Sir
That's exactly what I wanted to say
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An Indian not a native speaker, have been speaking the right way without the knowledge that such a rule exists. Amazing teacher! amazing content! Thank you!
Short, simple and to the point. An excellent teacher. Thanks a lot.
I learnt this rule unconsciously when I was a small boy. It’s sad to notice that the rule is being forgotten by most young Australians (spoken English is not taught well in schools. The number of teachers who speak English clearly is getting smaller and smaller!
(I live in Australia). It’s very common now just to hear thuh elephant or thuh ardvark.
Everything flows better if you say thee wherever possible and appropriate to the rule. I’m also a singer, and noticing that it really shows up in a Singer’s work when they try to do the short vowel in the middle of a phrase. The vowels just don’t connect. It wrecks the vocal line. It’s all a bit depressing really !
Geoffrey melbourne Australia
Ps: it is also very common to hear the average Australian young man speaking an entire sentence without a single consonant.
Excellent lesson. I'm surprised when I realize that this little trick is automatic for people speaking English as their mother tongue. And how confusing it must be for people learning English as a second language. Excellent explanation! 👍
I,m a middle aged native born American with a Bachelor,s degree in Economics,not to blow my own horn too much,friends.But I,ve had a little trouble sometmes,not knowing for sure just how to pronounce"The" in certain cases.This short video on how to pronounce"The" in different situations was quite helpful,I must say.Kudos to the dear lady in the video,and God bless her.
No doubt one of the best explanations of the rules that I've ever seen, 'cause you kept it simple but very clear... Thanks a lot
I wish you were my English Teacher at school. You make so much sense. Excellent!
It was a great confusion for me while teaching an English subject to my students,but now its clear.thank you so much ma'm. and thank God that i found you as my teacher ❤
The best English teacher ever , thanks
Thank You for your time, for teach me pronunce best the English. You are the best. Regards from Juárez México
You teach even with the minor details Ma'm. This channel is a treasure. I think I got the best educator from RUclips for lifetime. Thanks a ton and loads of love from India❤
As a native speaker this is really interesting since I never learned this rule and never thought about it. However, like most native speakers, I speak sloppy English and use the soft pronunciation more often that the hard pronunciation even in places where I should be using the hard pronunciation.
Hi there, I've been speaking English on daily basis for my work here in the good ole USA for over 10 years. Yet I find your videos amazingly helpful.
God bless you my Gorgeous woman!. 20 years I couldn't figure that out .Your explanations are so clear.A big thank you to you.
thank you very much for this. English is my second language and I only learned at 24y.o. that I've been pronouncing "the" as "ze" all my life. It's taking some effort to unlearn it but it's getting gradually better.
Splendid, after more than 20 years , I finally now know how to use it, Thanks a ton
I'm definitely showing this to my students. It's short, clear and accurate. Thank you!!
Bless you. I was beginning to think I was the last person in America that actually knew the rule, and practiced it in my everyday life. Hearing other people only using the schwa pronunciation (no matter what the next word is) drives me NUTS! I actually have to force myself to say it incorrectly.
Great English class! it goes straight to the phonetic rules
Oh. News to me. Never knew this. Never heard about this rule.
*Thanks a Million*
Love and Respect from India
I am not a native speaker, and I wasn't aware of these rules, but I was following them automatically. Such an advanced lesson. Thanks!
I am a beginer from Vietnam. Thank you so much. Love you 3000 ❤❤❤🤗🤗
I don't know why not a lot of people make subscript in this chanal?! I think this chanal is most important because Mrs teach us the phonetic.l am Egyptian and I am very happy to watch this chanal.thank you so much..
Hi, Egyptian! how is it going, the pyramids aren't broken yet
It's true. So, what about pyramids?
Ricardo Bespalhuk thanks for your replied .l know that this chanal stopped about many years,but I talk about this way witch she teach us. the phonetic way.l learn Arabic by this way witch is very succeed.
Alex Alex are you ask me about pyramid?!I will answer you the . pyramid will be very fine,if you visit it.and if you want visit it l Wil help you...😍😍😍😍
Thanks for invitation. I visited Egypt and the pyramids couple times. It was about 7 years ago (2010). Civilization with shops and buildings was almost near pyramids :(. Then I thought in (2020) people would build their buildings between the piramids. I hope it isn't happend?
What an amazing explanation teacher.
You deserve more subscribers teacher.
The way you teach the nitty gritty of the language is amazing.
Nice talk. Learnt something new today. We say "the" in the way you indicated without realizing there is a rule behind it!
Thank you so much! After your teaching in this video, I achieved 96% of accuracy in Elsa app :) I've been trying to pronounce that properly for centuries lol and I couldn't.
This is really helpful.
Im gonna watch all your videos for me to study :)
Great video for us teachers who aren´t native speakers and get asked such questions in class. Thanks a lot!
As a bilingual, I’ve always wondered this but I only bothered to look up the difference now. Thank you so much!!
Thanks for how and when we have to pronunciate..very effective style of mouth movement.
Native speakers of English do this without reference to rules. It is just part of natural speech patterns from childhood.
Thank you so much.
You're great! Informative but concise. Thank you.
Thanks Lisa! Your classes are very useful!
Thnx for reminding me the rules I almost forgot
Dat was de best English lesson.
Good morning Ms. Lisa Mojsin, thank you very much for sharing. "You are the best"!, now i know how to say it right. Have a good day, take care.
U are the best teacher I've ever met in my entire life🙂☺️👍
I've literally corrected my English teacher on this! 😂
How did the teacher took it ?
@@winwinshinebrightimalive3763 yeah ????
How did the teacher took it
@@manjuramu7406 take*😒
English is a Crazy Language.
Here, in India, we call it a Funny Language.
Especially, with silent letters.
Same word is pronounced differently if used in different Tense eg. The word *Read*
Same word is pronounced differently if it is used as a different Part of Speech eg. The word *Export* , pronounced differently if used as a Noun and differently if used as a Verb.
There are so many rules and many a times that rule is broken and called *Exception*
I need to learn Pronunciation of each and every word separately. I will go nuts one day ;-)
O God, Have Mercy on me.
And even more crazy when an Indian speaks it!!
Lisa madam, your teaching is absolutely outstanding.
Thank you Lisa. You're THE best.😊
Though I knew that "thee" is before vowels and "thuh" before consonants, I never noticed this linking "y" spoken in fast speech.
Well not really. Y is just the sound you get when going from ee to a vowel.
Ok. But how do you say "the end"? Is this "the ee end?
Impressive...native English speaker...never realized the "y" sound when using thee (the)
Angel me too.
I hadn't either as it's not a purposeful "y" sound. A subtle "y" sound happens automatically (and unavoidably) when "thee" is connected to a vowel, and that's enough. Native speakers do not emphasize it. If I were teaching English I wouldn't even mention it.
Thanks everything is clear now !
Great class ! Excellent teacher !
A long term query got cleared so effectively under 2 minutes, thanks a ton
You are the best
You are The unparalleled 😃👌💐
One with a consonant and one a vowel 😁☕️
Nice , why don't see it video before 🤩🤩
you hit the nail on the head..thankyou
I listen to your lesson about the "the" again and again when I have a doubt. Thanks for the tips.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS MY GOOD TEACHER
I’m a native English speaker and sometimes I make my th’s with my tongue slightly behind my upper front teeth and sometimes I don’t. It’s a conditioned reflex action that is difficult for a nonnative speaker. Some dialects of English use exactly the position behind the teeth but achieve only the “da” or “de” sound.
Outstanding teacher ! Thank you !
I LOVED this video so much. Thanx a million 💕
U r so great
pawanendra kumar even in spelling my dude c'mon :l
Raikloxus YT he’s using slang
Now i know that I’ve been pronouncing ‘The’ almost 50% wrong. Thanks a lot for sharing such informative video.
Wow teacher you are the best teacher I ever seen in my life
Thanks ma'am. Your way of teaching is impressive. Thanks once again.
Now I know y they sound different.. otherwise I was just using it naturally and sometimes I would feel weird if I use the wrong pronounciation 👍
I wonder if the 'y' sound at the middle applies to british accent as well..
They have an R sound --- between any two words if the first ends in a vowel sound and the following begins with a vowel sound. In classic British English, "Hugh is running" sounds like "Hugh-r-is running."
Nope, linking sounds are just for American english
@@ivanajeremic250 the English do link vowel sounds with an R though ...
@@xaphre yeee but they are babies for Americans ;)
@@ivanajeremic250 Ha, so right you are! 😂
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I had learned all these rules long long ago BUT never thought I was going to need these one day so I rarely paid any information, excuse from a lazy bug 🐛 . LOL 🤣
Anyway, thanks a lot. You have helped a lot of people like me. I am lucky to have a chance to recover this before it gets forgotten completely 😄
Again thank you for your amazing work sowing the seeds of communication among us all💐
Short and to the point . really loved this video.
Informative! But should have mentioned the rule of having to pronounce "the" as "thee" for adding emphasis. Only then would this video have been "thee" most helpful video :P
What are the rules?
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Thank God I didn’t die before learning this very simple and very very important rule of pronouncing the word "The"! Thank you teacher.
Thanks Ma'am for a superb explanation about the pronunciation of definite article "the".
How to pronounce "at the" and "in the"? They sound like there are a "d" sound.
@Walrus Bellhop Thanks a million! This is what I was looking for as I have been struggling with it!
Ok so when the next letter is a consonant we say "the" as "dah", otherwise we say it as "thee", right? Cool 😄
Anna Almost, when the next sound is a consonant sound.
For example
The umbrella /ði:/
The unicorn /ðə/
The u in unicorn is not pronounced as a vowel.
The honour /ði:/
The house /ðə/
The H in honour is silent and so the first sound is the o sound.
Think of the consonant sound rather than the consonant itself.
@@bremCZ
Yes Sir
Vowel *Sound*
Consonant *Sound*
So many rules need to be followed and then these same rules are broken and called *Exceptions*
@@theemperor2506 Which exceptions to this rule are you speaking of?
Hi my name is Nasir Khan from India. Your videos are informative. Thanks for uploading such videos.
I love your lessons!
Thank you. 😊
How to pronounce " The year ", professor ?
Like the "y" was a consonant, I think.
@@bwalker77 sounds right to me too
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Btw, when this English Language came into existence and who was it's originator. Either he was a Lunatic or wanted to push everyone into insanity.
*Just Kidding*
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I love English Language.
*Still Kidding*
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Fantastic!! Thank you so very much!!
You are an incredible teacher. You are wonderful.
When you see a video that teaches you HOW TO PRONOUNCE something as insignificant as the word "the", you realize how crazy and absurd this language is
I'm a native speaker, and when she said it's sometimes pronounced "thee" I thought "no...," but when she explained it, I realized she was right! I guess I never really paid attention before.
But for this rule, I think it makes sense, because saying “the end” (as in the regular “the” and not “thee”) in a sentence at full speed is awkward because you need to pause a bit in between both words and do a glottal stop, which is the sound between the words “uh” and “oh” in “uh oh”.
When we speak quickly, the more natural pronunciation is “thee end” because it blends together and allows for faster, less awkward-sounding communication
yep. Europeans have the hardest languages
If English is not your first language, it is SO HARD to speak and understand. (reading and writing is much easier in my opinion.) You can't just look at a word and say "Oh that's how it's pronounced," because it constantly changes, ESPECIALLY OU. (though, thought, through, thorough, rough)
I agree with you English is just crazy
English is kind of stupid sometimes, is ridiculous how the English language complicate things unnecessarily! 🙄
Angelica Delgado A lot easier than other Romance languages that have gender for nouns and tens of verbal tense suffixes.
Jeong-hun Sin oh yes that’s for sure! is a lot easier to learn English as a second language than any Romance language. My first language is Spanish and I find so easy to learn Italian,French and Portuguese, obviously belongs to the same family, but being said that, when your first language is Spanish and you are learning English lots of things will never makes sense and also you can find many things unnecessary as I said before.
Is believed that the English language is the language with the most extensive vocabulary, literally sometimes you have like 5 or 6 words for the same little thing, is like “really?” why don’t pick just one? 😂is a beautiful lenguague though!
Yes. Crazy.
Especially, with silent letters.
Same word is pronounced differently if used in different Tense eg. The word *Read*
Same word is pronounced differently if it is used as a different Part of Speech eg. The word *Export* , pronounced differently if used as a Noun and differently if used as a Verb.
There are so many rules to be followed and then rules are broken and called *Exceptions*
I need to learn Pronunciation of each and every word separately. I will go nuts one day ;-)
O God, Have Mercy on me.
I want to thank this teacher , because she teachs in simple way and her makes vide short so that we don't tire from learning. Thank you teacher. I have learnt pronunciation THE.
I love the way teach very simple and practical
Thanks
Excellent. Love your teaching.
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Thank you Lisa. Very useful. Appreciate it.
These videos are of great help.. to correct ones vocabulary!!
Fantastic explanation thank you Lisa
Amazing class!! Thank you. I'm from Brazil. You helped me so much
thankful prof. Lisa
This video made my day. Thank you very much. Greetings from México.
Thank you so much.
Earlier I was confused, but now it's clear.