🎉Great news!🎉 Our brand new Sounds American website is up and running!🚀🎊 There's lots of content on pronunciation.🤓You can start with the article about the /ð/ sound: soundsamerican.net/article/consonant_sound_voiced_th_as_in_this
I feel that I am improving with this sound and the other unvoiced one... The problem is that I don't know if I pronounce them correctly, but I keep practicing, following the way you pronounce them. Even though I have some insecurity with English sounds, I keep practicing them until I can pronounce them. These videos are good, since not only do you speak slowly (I use the subtitles in my language to follow along, as I can't understand many things and your slow speech allows me to read and follow the video at the same time), but the pronunciation of the sounds is detailed as well. Thank you for making them available to us, English language learners.
I really appreciate your work! For the Ukrainians both consonant sounds /ð/ and /θ/ are quite difficult to pronounce. It is often heard /z/ and /s/ instead of these sounds. Your videos are extremely helpful. After practicing my pronunciation is becoming better and more natural. Thanks a lot!!!
+Олена Розводовська , Олена, thank you very much for your feedback! We're glad to hear it! Please stay tuned for more videos we'll be posting! Let us know if you have any questions :).
Thanks to everyone who participated in *this WORDS HUNTING CONTEST #2!* The task was to find the longest words with the voiced /ð/ sound. Here’re the top five submitted entries: 1. otherworldliness 16 letters 2. weatherproofness 16 letters 3. brotherlessness - 15 letters 4. brothers-in-law 15 letters 5. thenceforwards 14 letters We must admit, that we even learned some new words :). The two longest words are: *otherworldliness* and *weatherproofness*. Both words contain 16 letters, but the word *otherworldliness* was submitted 2 hours earlier. It means, that the prize goes to *our winner Hendra Polover!* Congratulations, Hendra!
Hello techer, I have been practising TH since You told me. Today my teacher said to me wow You improved TH. this is why thanks, And everyday I practice a lot for pronounciation
Starting it from video 1. I'm already in the bpo industry which caters American but i wanna sound more native or at least reduce my native Filipino accent. Again, thanks for this channel 😊
*WORDS HUNTING CONTEST #2 IS NOW OPEN* WANTED: *the longest* English word with the consonant sound /ð/. REWARD: $25 Amazon gift card. Hello there, fellow American Accent learners! In this contest you’ll have to *find the longest English word with the consonant sound /ð/*. All you have to do is to post word(s) you’ve found as comments to this video. The winner will receive a *$25* Amazon gift card. *TIPS:* · The voiced consonant /ð/ is always represented by the combination of letters ‘th’. · ‘th’ sounds as the /ð/ at the beginning of function words, e.g. “this” (4 letters long). The function words are mostly (but not always) short. · ‘th’ is also pronounced as the /ð/ between vowels, e.g. “smoothing” (9 letters long). *RULES:* · Any word with the consonant sound /ð/ will be a valid contest entry · The longest word of all will be the winner · The entries will be accepted as comments *to this video only* · If two or more words of the same length are submitted, the earliest submitted entry will win · The contest ends at 12pm (PST), Thursday, December 15th, 2016. · One word = one entry, please.
Thank you so much. I have always hated this sound because I had trouble pronouncing it. I speak Russian, so for me it is something between "з", "ф" and "в", I cannot connect them. But after this video I finally understood how to pronounce it and I even almost succeeded. Ok, I need more practice 😅
Thanks so much for doing this. I have been working in T-mobile's customer care call center and their customers are rude with people's bad pronunciation so I started to watch your videos and now They can understand me more 😂🤙🏻🤙🏻
+hjh jhg , yes, it's hard for many people, due to the /ð/ and the /l/ sounds occurring together. Try to practice it like this: /ð/--> /l/ -->/ðl/, hold the /ð/ longer (ð-ð-ð-ð) and then add the /l/. Good luck and please let us know how it goes! 🙂
Esse video é incrível...não vi nada igual....profissionalismo....criatividade.! As veses me sinto incapaz por não fazer o som adequado....vou repetir quantas vezes for necessário...antes desse vídeo pensei em procurar uma Fonodiologo ....Agradecida vou seguir voce e compartilhar seu video....
I’ve been in Egypt for a year now, studying Arabic, and improving my English, which I started learning in the fifth grade in 1975. I am now 61 years old.
awesome!!! super!!!! now I can finally say it correctly!!! I cannot thank you enough! these videos showing the position of the tongue, and mentioning if it's voiceless, or with vocal cords being involved, it's the best in learning phonics, and speaking almost like a native. it's great!
Great video! I just can't stop watching your all videos. Thank you so much. However, I am sorry that there is no video explaining consonant blends like pr- str-. Would you post a video describing how to pronounce consonant blends?
Thanks for sharing this video. I am happy to know that ‘th’ in word ‘smooth’ is voiced sound because ‘th’ is mostly voiceless at the end of the word, like North. Are there any other English words like smooth, e. g. ‘th’ is voiced sound at the end of the word?
Your videos are awesome, I think my pronunciation is better now. A tip, try to learn one phoneme a day, trying to learn more than one is a lot for our minds since is something new for us.
Hello SoundsAmerican! I have a few questions concerning the phone [ð] since I have been struggling with this sound for soooo long. And I also teach English to someone else, so it's really important for me to know the answer. Disclaimer: I really tried to look for the answers on the internet, but there is a huge mess in the sources and information available, many sources claim something different (plus I really prefer to ask someone American about this because I focus on American English). 1) In your video, there is clearly stated that you are supposed to make the sound with your tongue in between the teeth, just slightly touching the upper teeth, letting the air through just a bit in order to make that "hdhzz" sound. But to be honest, it seems to me that many native speakers do not even make the "zz" sound in the phone. And I am not talking about the Irish or some parts of Chicago - when I am watching an American movie, I mostly do not even hear the "zz" part of the sound in the speech of the actors. To me, the phone [ð] sounds very often like [d], especially when the actor is speaking quickly. As if natives stopped the flow of air with their tongue instead of letting it through. => Is it really that common for Americans to pronounce [ð] that clearly, making even the "zz" sound in the process? Or is it just a textbook ideal that most people do not adhere to? 2) The clear distinction comes when I am watching some British actors - to me, it seems that [ð] is much more carefully pronounced in the UK. Is it just a feeling of mine, or is it true? 3) The last question is connected to the related phone [θ]. If there is some Spanish speaker reading this, I would appreciate any help in this. - In the IPA transcription of many Spanish-English dictionaries, the European, peninsular Spanish contains this sound [θ] in many words. But when I am listening to some English-speaking people pronounce the sound [θ] in their English words (think, thing, thanks, through, etc), I hear the phone [θ] often a bit differently, sounding less s-like and more like going into [f]. => Can I really use the same sound the European Spanish uses or not when speaking English? Thank you very much for your answers! :)
Hi there.. Thank you for the good work you have done over the year. I have a problem with the word "WITH". It has the final sound " ð" but for me it seems like the "θ". Please help me
You're not mistaken. Most Americans pronounce "with" with the voiceless /θ/: /wɪθ/. This is one of the many differences between British and American English.
We really love this channel. But we don't know how to record our pronunciations and compare with the speaker. Pls introduce us some apps or how to do that. Thanks so much.
It would be great if you could make a comparison video between /d/ and /ð/ sounds. I'm a spanish native speaker, and it's really hard for me to hear the difference between those sounds. I think that I can make the sounds, but hearing the difference in a sentence is really difficult for me.
+AJ Lobo, it depends on many factors, such as your level of English knowledge, if you have studied phonetics at all, what are you looking to get as a result of your studies, etc. It's hard to give recommendations otherwise :).
+AJ Lobo , This book would be good: Fundamentals of Phonetics: A Practical Guide for Students by Larry H. Small. It comes with Audio and practice exercises. (www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Phonetics-Practical-Communication-Disorders-ebook/dp/B006Y0XRVE/ref=mt_kindle?_encoding=UTF8&me=)
Awesome stuff, Sounds American! Keep going! Practical question now - I have a friend who is suffering to pronounce th sound this morning after number of B52 cocktails last night. Looks like a common mistake :) any hints how to address it? :)
Hello there :), Sure! Speech therapists are well aware of this problem. Your friend needs to know the exact moment when the distortion occurs. To figure it out, your friend should drink a B52 and right after that pronounce a phrase: “ this B52, that B52 and the other B52”. Repeat these steps until the / ð/ gets distorted. Once your friend knows the exact number of B52s, the things will get a lot easier. He just needs to consume this amount before practicing any American English sounds.
Hello Sounds American Channel! I prefer to include the IPA forms of the words in my own vocabulary-list and I use US version of Cambridge Dictionary but I've noticed some of the words are written differently comparing with your videos. E.G. there (in Cambridge Dictionary it is /ðeər/ and in your video it is /ðɛr/). So my question is what do you use as a source. Thanks and Greetings from Turkey!
Hello there, Such a good question! We like the transcription that Cambridge Dictionary provides, our notation is just slightly different. For example, we use /ɛ/ and /ɚ/ instead of the /e/ and /ər/ symbols that they use. As for the source, well, that's a little complicated, because IPA notations vary and we tried to find something more or less standard. So we consulted a number of linguistic and speech therapy manuals when deciding on which symbols to use. The main idea was to avoid ambiguity as much as possible and keep the accuracy. Here's a good article on American phonology on Wiki (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English#Phonology) , the IPA for General American that they list is very close to what we use. The only difference is the R-Colored Vowel sounds, we don't use the usual /r/ instead of /ɹ/. The /ɹ/ symbol is not supported by all fonts. Hope this helps!
I kept thinking this... if I'm going to teach your videos... which comes first? Is there any correct order to teach the IPA? SEND HELP! 💗💗💗 I teach English to Korean students.
First of all, we love teachers in our community! If you have any other questions or feedback, please, let us know. About the correct order - to be honest, it's hard to say where you should start because you know your students and their needs best. Usually, we recommend starting with the IPA, but we are still working on that video. However, since we also love our Korean audience, we created a special playlist. This playlist is built to help Korean speakers work on their American accent in the most efficient way. Check it out; you might find it helpful. ►Here's a link to our post about the Korean playlist: th-cam.com/users/postUgy7l3TDcI_iya-ILhd4AaABCQ ►Here's a link to the playlist itself (make sure to check the text inside the playlist): th-cam.com/play/PLYJV5Moz9cfzvIuKz5net-zQq8YK5EZMe.html In any way, let us know if we can help you in any other way (here or via email).
@@SoundsAmerican Thank you for your response. Well, I started from CVC short vowel sounds. I am now moving to consonant blends and digraphs. I will definitely watch your playlist and share to my students. By the way, I would like to know where can I download the app that you use when practicing the words.
This sound is one of the hardest sounds I've ever had to master. It's been three months and still I'm not satisfied. Thank God, I have T and D sounds in my native language. I hear people from romance language family pronounce it as dental stop. Sounds funny to me. Though, I have these dental stops in my language.
+ngoc bich bui thi Hello there, we provide illustrations and detailed description for how every sound is pronounced in our videos. This includes positions of lips, tongue, and their movements. Is this what you're asking?
Great question. You definitely don't want to use the /d/ sound unless you want your accent to sound pretty strong. First of all, the letter 'S' in "i *s* that a person" represents the /z/ sound, not /s/. Second, to pronounce that phrase, you need to blend the /z/ and the /ð/ sounds. It's pretty hard to do at first, but trust us, totally possible after some practice. The trick is learning to transition. If you can make both sounds in isolation, then you should be able to get to the point where you can say them both together. Start pronouncing these sounds pretty slow and gradually increase the speed moving to towards conversational speed. Let us know if it helps!
+ Md Al-amin We're using our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet. We're planning to do it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!
I'm a German native speaker. We don't have this sound. This one is definitely the most difficult one haha. I hope I will be able to pronounce it right soon
Hello friends. Here's my question: how can I know, when I see a "th" in a word, if I must pronounce the /ð/ or the /θ/ sound? Is there a way or I'll just have to memorize how to pronounce it in each word?
+Chopper Not exactly, the /t/ sound is made when you contact your alveolar ridge behind your upper front teeth with a tip of your tongue. The /t/ sound is voiceless. The /ð/ sound is made when you put the tip of your tongue between your teeth (not the lips). The /ð/ sound is voiced.
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🎉Great news!🎉 Our brand new Sounds American website is up and running!🚀🎊 There's lots of content on pronunciation.🤓You can start with the article about the /ð/ sound: soundsamerican.net/article/consonant_sound_voiced_th_as_in_this
great
You make simple, difficult things. Best way to illustrate the combination of the toungue and air flux.
Thank you for your feedback, glad you like our lessons!😀👋
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I feel that I am improving with this sound and the other unvoiced one... The problem is that I don't know if I pronounce them correctly, but I keep practicing, following the way you pronounce them. Even though I have some insecurity with English sounds, I keep practicing them until I can pronounce them. These videos are good, since not only do you speak slowly (I use the subtitles in my language to follow along, as I can't understand many things and your slow speech allows me to read and follow the video at the same time), but the pronunciation of the sounds is detailed as well. Thank you for making them available to us, English language learners.
Thank you so much for your contribution to the English learning community.
I really appreciate your work! For the Ukrainians both consonant sounds /ð/ and /θ/ are quite difficult to pronounce. It is often heard /z/ and /s/ instead of these sounds. Your videos are extremely helpful. After practicing my pronunciation is becoming better and more natural. Thanks a lot!!!
+Олена Розводовська , Олена, thank you very much for your feedback! We're glad to hear it! Please stay tuned for more videos we'll be posting! Let us know if you have any questions :).
Thank You. I think this is the best video for me to learn the ‘TH’ Sound.🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿.
Thanks to everyone who participated in *this WORDS HUNTING CONTEST #2!*
The task was to find the longest words with the voiced /ð/ sound.
Here’re the top five submitted entries:
1. otherworldliness 16 letters
2. weatherproofness 16 letters
3. brotherlessness - 15 letters
4. brothers-in-law 15 letters
5. thenceforwards 14 letters
We must admit, that we even learned some new words :).
The two longest words are: *otherworldliness* and *weatherproofness*. Both words contain 16 letters, but the word *otherworldliness* was submitted 2 hours earlier.
It means, that the prize goes to *our winner Hendra Polover!*
Congratulations, Hendra!
Excuse me where can I find the sound of H.?
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Hello techer, I have been practising TH since You told me. Today my teacher said to me wow You improved TH. this is why thanks, And everyday I practice a lot for pronounciation
Really happy to hear that! 😁 Say Hi to your teacher.
I have pronunced Th , thanks Sounds American , Your Channel so useful
I never thought that I've been doing it wrong. Thanks to this channel ❤️🇵🇭
Glad it was so helpful!
Starting it from video 1. I'm already in the bpo industry which caters American but i wanna sound more native or at least reduce my native Filipino accent. Again, thanks for this channel 😊
I just can't stop watching your all videos..
👍👋
*WORDS HUNTING CONTEST #2 IS NOW OPEN*
WANTED: *the longest* English word with the consonant sound /ð/.
REWARD: $25 Amazon gift card.
Hello there, fellow American Accent learners!
In this contest you’ll have to *find the longest English word with the consonant sound /ð/*.
All you have to do is to post word(s) you’ve found as comments to this video.
The winner will receive a *$25* Amazon gift card.
*TIPS:*
· The voiced consonant /ð/ is always represented by the combination of letters ‘th’.
· ‘th’ sounds as the /ð/ at the beginning of function words, e.g. “this” (4 letters long). The function words are mostly (but not always) short.
· ‘th’ is also pronounced as the /ð/ between vowels, e.g. “smoothing” (9 letters long).
*RULES:*
· Any word with the consonant sound /ð/ will be a valid contest entry
· The longest word of all will be the winner
· The entries will be accepted as comments *to this video only*
· If two or more words of the same length are submitted, the earliest submitted entry will win
· The contest ends at 12pm (PST), Thursday, December 15th, 2016.
· One word = one entry, please.
Thanks a lot. After practicing with your videos, now I can see the change in pronunciation. Thanks again.
Love you guys! Thank you for your work and help!
This is the best vid for learning the ð sound ever👍
Thank you very much. I can inhibit my inertia of English after seeing these videos and following the rules 👍👍
Thank you for the lesson
Thank you for this lesson!
Thank you so much. I have always hated this sound because I had trouble pronouncing it. I speak Russian, so for me it is something between "з", "ф" and "в", I cannot connect them. But after this video I finally understood how to pronounce it and I even almost succeeded. Ok, I need more practice 😅
That's great! Glad to hear that!
i have been searching for this for long time .thank you so much!
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thank you very much for these excellent videos
Thanks so much for doing this. I have been working in T-mobile's customer care call center and their customers are rude with people's bad pronunciation so I started to watch your videos and now They can understand me more 😂🤙🏻🤙🏻
+Lenny Noé Mirón Salazar , this sounds awesome! We're very glad to hear that! How long had you been practicing until you saw the improvement?
amazing video for / ð / sound.
Super helpful, thanks
it difficult to pronounce smoothly. especially this part.
+hjh jhg , yes, it's hard for many people, due to the /ð/ and the /l/ sounds occurring together. Try to practice it like this: /ð/--> /l/ -->/ðl/, hold the /ð/ longer (ð-ð-ð-ð) and then add the /l/. Good luck and please let us know how it goes! 🙂
Esse video é incrível...não vi nada igual....profissionalismo....criatividade.!
As veses me sinto incapaz por não fazer o som adequado....vou repetir quantas vezes for necessário...antes desse vídeo pensei em procurar uma Fonodiologo ....Agradecida vou seguir voce e compartilhar seu video....
I’ve been in Egypt for a year now, studying Arabic, and improving my English, which I started learning in the fifth grade in 1975. I am now 61 years old.
Great explanation.Thank you.
Thanks teacher
awesome!!! super!!!! now I can finally say it correctly!!! I cannot thank you enough! these videos showing the position of the tongue, and mentioning if it's voiceless, or with vocal cords being involved, it's the best in learning phonics, and speaking almost like a native. it's great!
+Raphaelly Raphaelly Glad you liked it! :) We always strive to make our videos as explanatory and comprehensive as possible.
I love this serious of video that shows us how to pronounce right vowels and consonants.thank you for your effort.you're so great
Glad it was helpful!👋
i finally can pronounce this consonant after years. thank you so much 🙏🏻
Great!
So brilliant as usual! I am Arabic that is why I find easy to learn because we have that sound. ذ 'th'e
That's great!
Thanks a lot
I love this channel so much 😍
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thanks a lot for your videos!
Thank you very much. So lovely get to know your channel!!
You are so welcome!
Good lesson
Great video!
I just can't stop watching your all videos.
Thank you so much.
However,
I am sorry that there is no video explaining consonant blends like pr- str-.
Would you post a video describing how to pronounce consonant blends?
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Thanks 😊
Thank you! Your videos are so good and help me a lot of.
+Mary Dc , you're very welcome! Glad to hear it!
Thanks for your lecturer. It's so interesting :)
+Bich Nguyen , you're welcome! Glad you liked it!
thank you
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this help me A LOT! thanks!!
+Anjelina23 , we're very glad to hear that! :)
Thanks for sharing this video. I am happy to know that ‘th’ in word ‘smooth’ is voiced sound because ‘th’ is mostly voiceless at the end of the word, like North. Are there any other English words like smooth, e. g. ‘th’ is voiced sound at the end of the word?
Your videos are awesome, I think my pronunciation is better now. A tip, try to learn one phoneme a day, trying to learn more than one is a lot for our minds since is something new for us.
Thanks! 😃
Thank you!
thanks
Thanks for your channel. It is difficult to pronounce word: Choir; Jewel, Jaguar, Coward and until video 14, definetively for me, query!
what a great video !! Keep going :))))
Glad you liked it! Of course, just stay tuned! 😀
Hi Vietnamese guy :))
I same you
In albania we have “dh” which is pronounced excatly like this.It sound like th(which also is a letter in albanian) but just a bit different.
Thank you! Good to know!
These videos are very good, they communicate the subject well. that wave, I did not have them before to learn. Thasnk for post.
Keep up your wonderful work!
+Truong Binh we will! Thanks!
Thanks teachear❤
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Hello SoundsAmerican!
I have a few questions concerning the phone [ð] since I have been struggling with this sound for soooo long. And I also teach English to someone else, so it's really important for me to know the answer.
Disclaimer: I really tried to look for the answers on the internet, but there is a huge mess in the sources and information available, many sources claim something different (plus I really prefer to ask someone American about this because I focus on American English).
1) In your video, there is clearly stated that you are supposed to make the sound with your tongue in between the teeth, just slightly touching the upper teeth, letting the air through just a bit in order to make that "hdhzz" sound.
But to be honest, it seems to me that many native speakers do not even make the "zz" sound in the phone. And I am not talking about the Irish or some parts of Chicago - when I am watching an American movie, I mostly do not even hear the "zz" part of the sound in the speech of the actors.
To me, the phone [ð] sounds very often like [d], especially when the actor is speaking quickly. As if natives stopped the flow of air with their tongue instead of letting it through.
=> Is it really that common for Americans to pronounce [ð] that clearly, making even the "zz" sound in the process? Or is it just a textbook ideal that most people do not adhere to?
2) The clear distinction comes when I am watching some British actors - to me, it seems that [ð] is much more carefully pronounced in the UK. Is it just a feeling of mine, or is it true?
3) The last question is connected to the related phone [θ]. If there is some Spanish speaker reading this, I would appreciate any help in this.
- In the IPA transcription of many Spanish-English dictionaries, the European, peninsular Spanish contains this sound [θ] in many words. But when I am listening to some English-speaking people pronounce the sound [θ] in their English words (think, thing, thanks, through, etc), I hear the phone [θ] often a bit differently, sounding less s-like and more like going into [f].
=> Can I really use the same sound the European Spanish uses or not when speaking English?
Thank you very much for your answers! :)
Very Good!
+Carlos Joel Sarmiento Ramos , 😀👋
Great channel, thank you so much :)
+Adam from Poland , 😀👋
Well explained
+Emerald Coral Glad you liked it!
It's really great! Thanks :)
+林宜嫺, glad you liked it!
Thanks
No problem
Interesting is ðæt I þought ðis sound was only present in iceladic and in feroese. Example:
Dansið- Dance
informative!
Happy to hear that!
Hi there.. Thank you for the good work you have done over the year. I have a problem with the word "WITH". It has the final sound " ð" but for me it seems like the "θ". Please help me
You're not mistaken. Most Americans pronounce "with" with the voiceless /θ/: /wɪθ/. This is one of the many differences between British and American English.
A great video. I'd like to ask you about how to pronounce this sound (voiced interdental) in connected speech. It's tricky.
P-E-R-F-E-C-T !
Can you address the difference between ð and þ
We really love this channel. But we don't know how to record our pronunciations and compare with the speaker. Pls introduce us some apps or how to do that. Thanks so much.
+NHật Quang Đặng You can use our own app when it's on the market :)
It would be great if you could make a comparison video between /d/ and /ð/ sounds.
I'm a spanish native speaker, and it's really hard for me to hear the difference between those sounds.
I think that I can make the sounds, but hearing the difference in a sentence is really difficult for me.
Great suggestion! We'll add it to our plans.
your completely right.. I went back and practice th sound :( so hard to latin people
When saying "and thus", do we connect the two words and pronounce just the "d" in "and" instead of pronouncing both "d" + "th"?
no, you can drop the "d" - this is called connected speech. www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/connected-speech
An' thus
hello. what book would you recommend me to study American Phonetics? thanks
+AJ Lobo, it depends on many factors, such as your level of English knowledge, if you have studied phonetics at all, what are you looking to get as a result of your studies, etc. It's hard to give recommendations otherwise :).
Well, I´m taking the phonetics course at college. I meant a book that explains the symbols, rules, how to transcribe, etc.
+AJ Lobo ,
This book would be good: Fundamentals of Phonetics: A Practical Guide for Students by Larry H. Small. It comes with Audio and practice exercises. (www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Phonetics-Practical-Communication-Disorders-ebook/dp/B006Y0XRVE/ref=mt_kindle?_encoding=UTF8&me=)
smooth is different because it's a content word and there isn't a vowel after the (th) but we pronounce it like function words.Why?
thanks you
+Lee Đỗ , you're very welcome!👋😀
nice!
Awesome stuff, Sounds American! Keep going!
Practical question now - I have a friend who is suffering to pronounce th sound this morning after number of B52 cocktails last night. Looks like a common mistake :) any hints how to address it? :)
Hello there :),
Sure! Speech therapists are well aware of this problem.
Your friend needs to know the exact moment when the distortion occurs. To figure it out, your friend should drink a B52 and right after that pronounce a phrase: “ this B52, that B52 and the other B52”. Repeat these steps until the / ð/ gets distorted.
Once your friend knows the exact number of B52s, the things will get a lot easier. He just needs to consume this amount before practicing any American English sounds.
Sounds good! Logging off to practice :)
Longest words with voiced th sound are weatherproof, Brother-in-law, Brothers-in-law, thenceforth.
Hello Sounds American Channel! I prefer to include the IPA forms of the words in my own vocabulary-list and I use US version of Cambridge Dictionary but I've noticed some of the words are written differently comparing with your videos. E.G. there (in Cambridge Dictionary it is /ðeər/
and in your video it is /ðɛr/). So my question is what do you use as a source. Thanks and Greetings from Turkey!
Hello there,
Such a good question!
We like the transcription that Cambridge Dictionary provides, our notation is just slightly different. For example, we use /ɛ/ and /ɚ/ instead of the /e/ and /ər/ symbols that they use.
As for the source, well, that's a little complicated, because IPA notations vary and we tried to find something more or less standard. So we consulted a number of linguistic and speech therapy manuals when deciding on which symbols to use. The main idea was to avoid ambiguity as much as possible and keep the accuracy.
Here's a good article on American phonology on Wiki (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English#Phonology) , the IPA for General American that they list is very close to what we use. The only difference is the R-Colored Vowel sounds, we don't use the usual /r/ instead of /ɹ/. The /ɹ/ symbol is not supported by all fonts.
Hope this helps!
Do you have any android apps that we could practice with? It is an awesome channel.
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code for the letter ð
CTRL+SHIFT+U = underlined u
underlined u + 00f0 = u00f0, press enter, ð
I kept thinking this... if I'm going to teach your videos... which comes first? Is there any correct order to teach the IPA? SEND HELP! 💗💗💗 I teach English to Korean students.
First of all, we love teachers in our community! If you have any other questions or feedback, please, let us know.
About the correct order - to be honest, it's hard to say where you should start because you know your students and their needs best. Usually, we recommend starting with the IPA, but we are still working on that video.
However, since we also love our Korean audience, we created a special playlist. This playlist is built to help Korean speakers work on their American accent in the most efficient way. Check it out; you might find it helpful.
►Here's a link to our post about the Korean playlist: th-cam.com/users/postUgy7l3TDcI_iya-ILhd4AaABCQ
►Here's a link to the playlist itself (make sure to check the text inside the playlist): th-cam.com/play/PLYJV5Moz9cfzvIuKz5net-zQq8YK5EZMe.html
In any way, let us know if we can help you in any other way (here or via email).
@@SoundsAmerican Thank you for your response. Well, I started from CVC short vowel sounds. I am now moving to consonant blends and digraphs. I will definitely watch your playlist and share to my students. By the way, I would like to know where can I download the app that you use when practicing the words.
In our videos, we're using our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet. We hope to make it happen soon. Stay tuned!
@@SoundsAmerican Thank you! Hope it will go out soon. 💗
tks so much! :))
+Swordr STR Glad you liked it!
This is especially hard when you have an overbite and a small tongue😭
I came here to research and fill about danish /ð/ sound. 🇩🇰🇬🇧
This sound is one of the hardest sounds I've ever had to master. It's been three months and still I'm not satisfied. Thank God, I have T and D sounds in my native language. I hear people from romance language family pronounce it as dental stop. Sounds funny to me. Though, I have these dental stops in my language.
Hello there, Mehedi Hasan. Hope this video will help you make progress with this sound, we know that it can be challenging.
Admin can list mouth shaped mouth of all sounds ,please
+ngoc bich bui thi Hello there, we provide illustrations and detailed description for how every sound is pronounced in our videos. This includes positions of lips, tongue, and their movements. Is this what you're asking?
@@SoundsAmerican thanks
I can't do the ð sound after the s sound, like in "iS THat a person". Should I do the d sound or should I try doing the ð sound?
Great question. You definitely don't want to use the /d/ sound unless you want your accent to sound pretty strong.
First of all, the letter 'S' in "i *s* that a person" represents the /z/ sound, not /s/.
Second, to pronounce that phrase, you need to blend the /z/ and the /ð/ sounds. It's pretty hard to do at first, but trust us, totally possible after some practice. The trick is learning to transition. If you can make both sounds in isolation, then you should be able to get to the point where you can say them both together. Start pronouncing these sounds pretty slow and gradually increase the speed moving to towards conversational speed.
Let us know if it helps!
@@SoundsAmerican oooooh so the "s" in "is" is actually a /z/ sound... That helps a lot!
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I wonder if native speakers pronounce "/ð/ sound"as a letter" d" when they make long fast sentence or not ?
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Don't you have any application?
If yes,
Please share link
+ Md Al-amin We're using our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet. We're planning to do it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!
@@SoundsAmerican when will we get the application?
its very difficult to differentiate the voiced "th" and the voiceless "th"
I'm a German native speaker. We don't have this sound. This one is definitely the most difficult one haha. I hope I will be able to pronounce it right soon
Sure. Just practice regularly and you'll definitely be able to pronounce it. Let us know if you have any questions!
Olá: Por que em SMOOTH o TH tem som de /ð/, vozeado?
nice post...
+Mick Sam, thank you! Glad you liked it!
Hello friends. Here's my question: how can I know, when I see a "th" in a word, if I must pronounce the /ð/ or the /θ/ sound? Is there a way or I'll just have to memorize how to pronounce it in each word?
+Marquito L Hello there! It's explained here: th-cam.com/video/qC0l6GQZtM4/w-d-xo.html 🖖
Oh I've seen that video but i missed that part. How could that have happened? 🤞🤞 Hahahah ty :)
I have a quick question: the sound is like a T with the tongue in between the lips?
+Chopper Not exactly, the /t/ sound is made when you contact your alveolar ridge behind your upper front teeth with a tip of your tongue. The /t/ sound is voiceless. The /ð/ sound is made when you put the tip of your tongue between your teeth (not the lips). The /ð/ sound is voiced.