Are You Pronouncing THE wrong? - Learn the ADVANCED Rules HERE!

👉 In this English Pronunciation lesson I am going to teach you how to correctly pronounce THE at all times!
👉 Many students mispronounce this word because there are some tricky rules and exceptions to rules that can be confusing.
👉 There are two ways to pronounce THE in English. /ðə/ and /ði:/. The first rule is that if THE is before a word beginning with a consonant (like MAN) then we pronounce it /ðə/. The man (/ðə mæn/). But if THE is followed by a vowel then it is usually pronounced /ði:/ as in The Energy (/ði ˈɛnəʤi/). This seems simple, but sometimes in english a word can begin with a consonant letter which is silent, such as in hour (/ði ˈaʊə/) so here we again use /ði/ because the first SOUND is a vowel sound.
👉 To make things even more confusing, sometimes in English a word can begin with a vowel letter, like the word 'ONE' but the first sound is actually a CONSONANT SOUND, /wʌn/, so here we need to say /ðə wʌn/ because one begins with a consonant sound but when we LOOK AT the word it looks like it begins with vowel sound.
👉 Watch the video one or two times until you are CONFIDENT that you understand everything and your pronunciation of THE will be PERFECT!
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😀 Also, for anyone wondering, I'm James, an English teacher from the UK so in this video I'm speaking with a British English (Modern RP) accent.
👀 These lessons use the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to teach English sounds.
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00:00 Intro
00:48 ð sound
01:48 The First ‘THE’
03:09 Exceptions to 1st THE
05:02 The 1st Rule
05:18 The Second ‘THE’
07:16 Exceptions to 2nd THE
08:35 STRESSING ‘THE’
10:44 Practice Sentence
11:32 TEST
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Hi James,
I do not know how to type in IPA, but the answer is 3 words pronounce with first sound (the home,, the meter, the magic) and 3 words pronounce with the second sound (the energy, the honor, the one)
Thank you very much for your wonderful English Pronunciation!!!!!!!!!

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The one was consonant sound likely wan

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3 the(I) and 3 the(a) sound

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Top

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there is British teacher on TH-cam says is OK use them as you want

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2(Òi:) and 4(Òಠಿ)

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4 the sound

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the first two are with long E , the rest are with shwa sound.

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De appear one

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thi energy, thi honour
the home, the metro, the knight, the magic, the one
2 di
5 de

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2 di
5 dah

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Di had 2 and de had 5

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3 4

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Professor James is the man : di or da,?

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5 thi 1 thı

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Is it British English??

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I am British, yes.
However, “THE” is pronounced the same in both American English and British English.