[Music]
well hey there I’m Emma from English in
this lesson I’ll go over the
pronunciation of the th sounds I’ll
remind you how to make the sounds
because actually there are two sounds
made by the letters th and I’ll give you
some guidelines to help you to decide
when to use each sound and more
importantly we’ll practice using these
sounds in sentences because that’s when
it gets tricky before we get started I
want to say a huge welcome to my newest
subscribers I’m looking forward to
taking you on an English language
journey if you haven’t subscribed to my
channel yet then you can do it just by
hitting that red subscribe button right
there okay so the th sounds are really
common really common in English though
not many other languages use these
sounds so if you’re having trouble
pronouncing the th sounds then don’t
feel bad about it you’re definitely not
alone but the good news is you can
improve this sound and you can start to
feel more natural as you’re using it but
you have to commit improving your
pronunciation is like going to the gym
the first time you’re gonna suck at it
but each time that you go back and you
work those muscles a little bit more the
easier it will get and the better you’ll
feel about yourself right so remember
that the tongue is also a muscle and you
need to strengthen it you need to
workout so let’s review the position of
the tongue open your mouth
and push your tongue through just a
little not like this like this put your
finger there if you’re unsure about
where to stop your tongue
notice that the tongue is not completely
relaxed there’s a little tension if you
rub at the bottom of your teeth with
your tongue
can you feel the tension in your tongue
this is the same amount of tension that
you need to hold the th position the
tongue is not completely relaxed its
lifted and running through the middle of
your mouth if your tongue is too high in
the mouth up behind your teeth you’ll
make that or the
sound and if your tongue is not coming
through your teeth if you keep it inside
you’ll make a or as sound so you really
must pay attention to the tip of your
tongue it must come through between your
teeth now as I mentioned there are two
th sounds a voiced sound and an unvoiced
sounds now both of these sounds use
exactly the same mouth position it’s
just that the sound comes from a
different place voiced consonant sounds
are made using the vocal cords so once
you’ve got your teeth and your mouth in
position and you make a sound here you
should feel a buzzing mmm
it might even tickle your tongue a
little unvoiced consonant sounds are
made by air pushing through your mouth
so it’s the air that creates the sound
so keep your tongue and your mouth in
the same position make sure you’ve got
some air in your lungs and push the air
through so this is the unvoiced th sound
so when should you use the voiced or the
unvoiced sound that’s a great question
because both sounds are represented by
the same letters and I wish I had a
simple answer for you I know that you
like it when I have a simple explanation
of why this rule is like that and when
you should use it but unfortunately in
this situation there are lots of
exceptions but there are some guidelines
that I’m going to share with you guides
that will help you to make a decision
and help you to use the correct th sound
remember their guides not rules but
let’s focused on the unvoiced sound
first made with air so a th at the
beginning of content words is usually an
unvoiced th sound so content words are
words that provide the meaning in a
sentence
there are nouns verbs adjectives adverbs
words like think and thought and thirsty
and thankful and theory
so the th at the start of content words
is usually unvoiced now if there is a th
in the middle of a word before a
consonant it’s usually unvoiced bathtub
faithful worthless and the th at the end
of a word is usually unvoiced month
strength warmth teeth v there are some
exceptions though and I’m going to talk
about those in just a minute
now the voiced th sound mm made using
your vocal cords hmm
so if there’s a th at the beginning of a
structure word
they’re usually voiced so structure
words sometimes called function words
are different to content words because
they don’t have a lot of meaning in
English sentences they’re grammatical
words they don’t tell us a lot of
information but they’re important to the
structure of English sentences so
structure words are words like this that
those these the there then or then
so all of these words I mean some of
these words are very very common English
words right they’re very very common so
learning to pronounce the different th
sounds is really important if you want
to sound natural when you speak English
there is a noticeable difference now a
th in the middle of the word when it’s
between two vowel sounds is usually this
voiced sound bother worthy mother now I
said the th is usually unvoiced at the
end of words but except if the word ends
in th e like bathe breathe and blows so
these are pretty good guides but there
are always exceptions out there English
there are exceptions like smooth and
cloves and frothy all of these words are
breaking the rules and there are more
actually if you can think of any more
please add them to the comments so that
we can talk about some of the exceptions
in the comments but anyway now that
you’ve got through most of these
guidelines it’s time to practice so I
want you to repeat after me throw those
things throw those things to fear throw
those things to Theo there are three of
there are three of them over there ready
at 3:30 on Thursday a thousand of those
thrilling thinkers will gather at 3:30
on Thursday a thousand of those
thrilling thinkers will gather I love
tongue twisters can you think of your
own th tongue twister I think I thought
I if you can think of one put it in the
comments so that we can all practice
together put your th tongue twisters
write down in the comments and let’s
practice whoo what workout well done to
you I mean your tongue might feel a
little exhausted after that so you can
take a break now but make sure that you
come back to this lesson tomorrow or the
next day and practice again it’s just
like doing sit-ups right each time you
do it it will get a little bit easier
well that’s it for this lesson I really
hope that you enjoyed it please make
sure you give it a like and subscribe to
my channel because I make new lessons
here every single week thanks for
watching and I’ll see you in the next lesson
well hey there I’m Emma from English in
this lesson I’ll go over the
pronunciation of the th sounds I’ll
remind you how to make the sounds
because actually there are two sounds
made by the letters th and I’ll give you
some guidelines to help you to decide
when to use each sound and more
importantly we’ll practice using these
sounds in sentences because that’s when
it gets tricky before we get started I
want to say a huge welcome to my newest
subscribers I’m looking forward to
taking you on an English language
journey if you haven’t subscribed to my
channel yet then you can do it just by
hitting that red subscribe button right
there okay so the th sounds are really
common really common in English though
not many other languages use these
sounds so if you’re having trouble
pronouncing the th sounds then don’t
feel bad about it you’re definitely not
alone but the good news is you can
improve this sound and you can start to
feel more natural as you’re using it but
you have to commit improving your
pronunciation is like going to the gym
the first time you’re gonna suck at it
but each time that you go back and you
work those muscles a little bit more the
easier it will get and the better you’ll
feel about yourself right so remember
that the tongue is also a muscle and you
need to strengthen it you need to
workout so let’s review the position of
the tongue open your mouth
and push your tongue through just a
little not like this like this put your
finger there if you’re unsure about
where to stop your tongue
notice that the tongue is not completely
relaxed there’s a little tension if you
rub at the bottom of your teeth with
your tongue
can you feel the tension in your tongue
this is the same amount of tension that
you need to hold the th position the
tongue is not completely relaxed its
lifted and running through the middle of
your mouth if your tongue is too high in
the mouth up behind your teeth you’ll
make that or the
sound and if your tongue is not coming
through your teeth if you keep it inside
you’ll make a or as sound so you really
must pay attention to the tip of your
tongue it must come through between your
teeth now as I mentioned there are two
th sounds a voiced sound and an unvoiced
sounds now both of these sounds use
exactly the same mouth position it’s
just that the sound comes from a
different place voiced consonant sounds
are made using the vocal cords so once
you’ve got your teeth and your mouth in
position and you make a sound here you
should feel a buzzing mmm
it might even tickle your tongue a
little unvoiced consonant sounds are
made by air pushing through your mouth
so it’s the air that creates the sound
so keep your tongue and your mouth in
the same position make sure you’ve got
some air in your lungs and push the air
through so this is the unvoiced th sound
so when should you use the voiced or the
unvoiced sound that’s a great question
because both sounds are represented by
the same letters and I wish I had a
simple answer for you I know that you
like it when I have a simple explanation
of why this rule is like that and when
you should use it but unfortunately in
this situation there are lots of
exceptions but there are some guidelines
that I’m going to share with you guides
that will help you to make a decision
and help you to use the correct th sound
remember their guides not rules but
let’s focused on the unvoiced sound
first made with air so a th at the
beginning of content words is usually an
unvoiced th sound so content words are
words that provide the meaning in a
sentence
there are nouns verbs adjectives adverbs
words like think and thought and thirsty
and thankful and theory
so the th at the start of content words
is usually unvoiced now if there is a th
in the middle of a word before a
consonant it’s usually unvoiced bathtub
faithful worthless and the th at the end
of a word is usually unvoiced month
strength warmth teeth v there are some
exceptions though and I’m going to talk
about those in just a minute
now the voiced th sound mm made using
your vocal cords hmm
so if there’s a th at the beginning of a
structure word
they’re usually voiced so structure
words sometimes called function words
are different to content words because
they don’t have a lot of meaning in
English sentences they’re grammatical
words they don’t tell us a lot of
information but they’re important to the
structure of English sentences so
structure words are words like this that
those these the there then or then
so all of these words I mean some of
these words are very very common English
words right they’re very very common so
learning to pronounce the different th
sounds is really important if you want
to sound natural when you speak English
there is a noticeable difference now a
th in the middle of the word when it’s
between two vowel sounds is usually this
voiced sound bother worthy mother now I
said the th is usually unvoiced at the
end of words but except if the word ends
in th e like bathe breathe and blows so
these are pretty good guides but there
are always exceptions out there English
there are exceptions like smooth and
cloves and frothy all of these words are
breaking the rules and there are more
actually if you can think of any more
please add them to the comments so that
we can talk about some of the exceptions
in the comments but anyway now that
you’ve got through most of these
guidelines it’s time to practice so I
want you to repeat after me throw those
things throw those things to fear throw
those things to Theo there are three of
there are three of them over there ready
at 3:30 on Thursday a thousand of those
thrilling thinkers will gather at 3:30
on Thursday a thousand of those
thrilling thinkers will gather I love
tongue twisters can you think of your
own th tongue twister I think I thought
I if you can think of one put it in the
comments so that we can all practice
together put your th tongue twisters
write down in the comments and let’s
practice whoo what workout well done to
you I mean your tongue might feel a
little exhausted after that so you can
take a break now but make sure that you
come back to this lesson tomorrow or the
next day and practice again it’s just
like doing sit-ups right each time you
do it it will get a little bit easier
well that’s it for this lesson I really
hope that you enjoyed it please make
sure you give it a like and subscribe to
my channel because I make new lessons
here every single week thanks for
watching and I’ll see you in the next lesson
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