How to Pronounce TH | The ULTIMATE Guide for English Learners!
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This is the ULTIMATE Pronunciation Guide for the TH sounds in English! (Yes, soundS... Because there are two!) In this lesson, I'll be sharing some super tips so you know when to use the voiced and voiceless sounds, improve your pronunciation skills; express yourself clearly in conversation; and ultimately, give you more confidence to speak in English!
Although the TH sounds are difficult for English learners, in this lesson, I'll break it down for you... I promise you lots of pronunciation tips and practical ways to improve your TH pronunciation! Let's do it!
IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT PRONUNCIATION: My video lessons are created to help English learners to improve their pronunciation and speaking skills. Please note that the pronunciation of some of these words differs between English accents. I speak with an Australian English accent 🙂
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00:00 Introduction
00:57 Why this is important
01:48 Th tongue position
02:55 Voiced and unvoiced th
03:51 When to use voiced or unvoiced sound
04:34 Unvoiced th sound
05:51 Voiced th sound
07:38 Th sound exceptions
08:10 Th practice
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First I cried when I saw all the English tenses now I'm crying because of the th pronunciation
You think English tenses are bad? Try German or Russian lmao
@@AlexBigShid As a native German speaker, I can fully agree.
At least it's not French
@@AlexBigShid As a Russian native speaker, I fully agree. I didn't think our language would be so hard to learn for foreigners😅
English tenses is the easiest I've encountered
I think I thought that everyone will be thankful to this teacher for these worthy theories.god bless you
Shehantha Fernando fantastic! This is a great sentence that everyone can practice with!
Thank you! Thou art right on these things!
Why not ? 😡😡
Thank you Shehantha. Keep up the good work!
@@JesusChristIsLord__ B b
Avoiding saying "th" sounds actually made me better in English because I had to think of different ways & learn new words to say what I wanted, lol.
Same 😂
Like in this video she prononced loathed and i was like just fucking say *i hate you* lmao but then again thats why i still cant prononce the damn TH even after years
@@noonesaidthat7630 i was 3 when i started learning english and i got everything except this “th” and i always got roasted for it. i couldn’t tell the difference until 6th grade. and i just found out today loath isn’t pronounce loav
@@cobana4730 bruh same I've been saying it like tursday for Thursday and dem for them. People just never corrected me but instead made fun of me :/. I just started practicing the th sound this week.
Edit: Dang it’s been a month and also I’m saying it right now :) it wasn’t even that hard lol.
@@Sai_Bruh I feel that the voiced 'th' doesn't vibrate too much when native speakers used it. So I almost think is a 'd'. Does your 'th' vibrate when you pronounce it? "Thus" vs "Does" for ex?
When I'm practising the TH sounds I sound like a person with a lisp🙄
Izabella Geber relatable
I honestly feel the same!
Sooo true😂😂
FifTHhh
Same sis
this is the beginning of a new life for me, seriously.
Way to go, Eden
Same lol
I wish you all the luck in the world!
for real me too
1:52 position of a tongue
3:12 voiced th
3:29 unvoiced th
4:44 usage of unvoiced th
5:52 usage of voiced th
Thank you!
Thanks!!!
Thank you!
I never liked the TH sound, to be honest, so all should pronounce the TH sounds like a normal D or a half D or a T or a half T / airy T etc, because TH is the one sound that keeps English pronunciation from sounding really pretty to the ear, and it makes one’s mouth look funny, and even the words can sound funny, in a way! Three should be pronounced close to tree, not like that sound that is more similar to free! Then and breathe and that etc sound way better when pronounced den / breade / dat etc than they do when pronounced the way most pronounce them, which can sound close to zat / ven sometimes! Plus, there is a way to get a sound that is similar to the TH sound without making the funny face / mouth, which sounds a tad less airy or a bit fuller!
I used to think that the TH sound came from Greek, but I recently found out that OId English also had it, unfortunately - but honestly, languages such as Modern English and Modern Welsh shouldn’t have kept the TH sound!
Normal pp: "Thanks for that"
Me: fanks for dat
Me: Fanks for vat
Lol, literally the same for me
I speak english so i say thanks for that
@@MicahFranco I speak english so I say “You missed the joke.”
me: what the helll.....
For the ones who keep coming back to practice
The words: 5:00
The sentences: 8:15
Good work. Keep it up. "THANKS"
Finally a native english teacher who 1. Realized it is important to speak about and 2. Also gives a perfect and thoroughly explanation. Thank you very much Emma!
Hi Emma, You are a great teacher. My example of tongue twisters are: 'Nothing is worth thousands of deaths' or 'Elizabeth's birthday is on the third Thursday of this month'. Best wishes.
That killed my tongue 😵
For god sake
Oh shot
I can say this ez but through THROUGH MAKE ME WANT TI DIE
I don't know how to pronounce deaths in plural 💀 and my death in singular is just deaf lmao
zanks for ze great help. zese zhings don't usually help me ze way i want zem to, but great job!
hahahahhaha hahahah
Alman
But i dont like to say zey zem i like to say dem dey :) 😣
@Mystic ØwØ ガチャ would you like to chat together to practise English am upper intermediate and iam taking IELTS.if you don't mind send me any of your social media accounts
Fanks for ve great help. Vese fings don't usually help me ve way I want vem to, but great job!
Frow vese fings to Feo.
Vere are free of vem over vere.
I used to just “feory” and “mouf” all the time and “finking” my pronunciation is enough accurate... also “dis”, “dat”, “de”, “dose”...
Same, I sometimes unconsciously still do.
Easily done, David. Well done for progressing with your pronunciation
That works all the time lmao 😂
Nahhhh... you guys don't how difficult it is to pronounce them in the so called proper way. I think now I pronounce them correctly, ...but man, no one can tell at least I really get a foreign native friends or what.
It's so much easier for me to just pronouce it the way you used to 😭
I feel like I pronounce single words with th correctly, but if I have to speak fast it's just impossible and my tongue twists
Because you did not practice regularly.
Tickles that?
@Shion Just take your time and you’ll gain speed, and even for native English speakers, you might have to slow down in the middle of a sentence.
@@aidenheinz4237 thank you it's much better now :)
@@shion3948 did u improve?…
The least thing I have ever expected in my life is going back to relearn how to do the "th" sound.
Same
Three thin thieves thought through thoroughly Thursday through Sunday
😆 That's a good tongue twister!
You are devil)
oh god...no
i only got to "three thin-" before making a "d" or "t" sound :<
I'm gonna start using this tongue twister more often to practice. Thanks for sharing. lol
Dang i prononced Sunday as freaking THunday
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Ohhhh...it's so difficult! I must practice a lot
According to your name you might be a Spanish speaker. If that's the case, the TH in think is pronounced the way the people from Spain pronounce the c in number "cien" (not in sien). On the other hand, the voiced sound, the TH in "other" is similar to Spanish D betheen vowels, for example in "cada".
@RFT ups, wrong guess
Take your time Ricardo. Start slowly, record what you say and listen carefully to how a native speaker pronounces the words. Most importantly - have fun!
Hello my teacher Emma. How have you been?
1-"He threw three free throws"
2-"A bother from another mother"
3-"Three thin thieves thought a thousand thoughts"
Goodbye, Love and kiss for you from me.
Naifs POF these are brilliant! Thanks for sharing them!!
Note: “A *brother* from another mother”
I swer, they are very easy sentences for a Spanish people. The difficulty is in other sounds.
Hi Emma, Everything is so great about your videos and your presentation - very professional, and thorough. I would like to make a suggestion as a fellow teacher that might tie up the distinction between the two sounds and allow your students to target the difference between them. In your final practice period, in the text area of your screen, you could annotate which words are using the voiced or unvoiced "th" by placing that IPA character below the associated "th".
My favourite TH tongue twister for my students!!
Also love this lesson, it's a very clear and easy way to express the TH sound, which can be so so hard for most people!
Even though I have no problem speaking with the ‘TH’ at the beginning, I do have an issue speaking the ‘TH’ when it is at the middle or at the end of the word......😥💙
"Though"
*TH*
SAME 😭
And tbh the video didn't help at all. I still cant differenciate her THs. They sound different but it all sound the same when i say it
@@noonesaidthat7630 Try imitating the feeling you get when pronouncing v and f or z and s
Very informative. 'Th' is the only sound I have trouble pronouncing, even though I've reached fluency more than 5 years ago. However I don't speak it that much because there's no one for me to speak to. But I have tried for so long to get the sound right, always trying the way my highschool teacher showed when it came to tongue position but I was actually just making the 't' sound because my tongue was up and behind my teeth. Now at least I know how to do it properly and even managed to get it right a few times so I'm extremely grateful to this short video.
6 hours later and I feel way more confident about the way I pronounce the 'th' sound. This video really helped.
@@vali69 That is good. I learned to speak the TH sound with Gavin Roy. I'm really confident with my pronounce, my problem is when there is a lot of th words. For exemplo, the sentence "that there's nothing there". There are the two kinds of th sound.
I was born in America but I have pronunciation problems, I use an app called “speech jammer” or “microphone live” (first one is fav because it doesn’t play it right away so you can say it and then hear it instead of right away, although it may cause a headache due to echos) on iPhone. Put on headphones that have a mic, and it allows you to hear self to see how you sound. This is because you sound different than you think. Idk if this will help you, but I’ve tried it today and it is helping me with my confidence
I don't have a problems with TH in the beginning of the sentence, but only in the middle. So that is my weak area the middle. The enthusiasm and strength is little tricky for me. But to be honest I think I'm getting better.
"with" is so difficult!
Thanks Emma for your expertise in teaching and maintaining cheerfulness.
You are just amazing, as usual. I've literally been learning English with you and I still keep on improving every time I watch any video of yours.
Emma, your diction is so perfect!! You've helped me a lot when I was an intermidiate student. And even now I keep watching your videos, cause theres always something new to learn and cause its so relaxing to hear you. Thanks a lot for the content!!!
Thanks for this, mmmEnglish, this was the thing I needed for my thirsty thought thing (brain).
👏👏👏
I recently realized that I was pronouncing 'th' by touching my tongue to the alveolar ridge instead of bringing it slightly outside of my mouth. This video has helped a lot, thank you!
The outstanding teacher who knows how to make the concepts cleared , without breaking the rhythm of focus at the students end.❤❤❤❤
Wow !!! This video is very useful for the pronunciation of "TH". Thanks Emma👍🏻
I'm glad to hear that Bouchka! 😊
Thank you Emma!!! I’ve been trying to learn how to pronounce this for years! A lot of times people used to ask me to repeat what I said because I was pronouncing it sooo wrong. Now people actually understand what I mean 😂!
I thought this video was about brushing teeth 🤣
The misused nature related term willow must be edited out and changed - purity terms that are tree / plant / flower related or other nature related terms cannot be in someone’s name or yt name, and such terms only reflect me!
Anwy, I never liked the TH sound, to be honest, so all should pronounce the TH sounds like a normal D or a half D or a T or a half T / airy T etc! Because TH is the one sound that keeps English pronunciation from sounding really pretty to the ear, and it makes one’s mouth look funny, and even the words can sound funny, in a way! Three should be pronounced close to tree, not like that sound that is more similar to free! Then and breathe and that etc sound way better when pronounced den / breade / dat etc than they do when pronounced the way most pronounce them, which can sound close to zat / ven sometimes! Plus, there is a way to get a sound that is similar to the TH sound without making the funny face / mouth, which sounds a tad less airy or a bit fuller!
I used to think that the TH sound came from Greek, but I recently found out that OId English also had it, unfortunately - but honestly, languages such as Modern English and Modern Welsh shouldn’t have kept the TH sound!
Hi Emma! A great tutorial, as usual. Could you please make a video on pronouncing difficult combinations of sounds, like 'is the same', 'loathe such phrases'.
A little suggestion is to leave a bit longer pauses to repeat ling sentences. Even though my English is advanced, I often can't finish on time.
Thank you again for all your great videos!
Lovely teacher , lovely lesson very helpful . Thanks a lot it is very thoughtful of you teaching us "th" sounds. I
always have problem with this sound.👍👍
I am a freshman in Vietnam
Thanks for your tips
God bless you
Amen
Thanks Emma! I completely agree with your point about the tongue as a muscle - so many learners (and teachers) neglect this crucial element. Your explanations and examples are fantastic - thanks for the inspiration (:
Thanks Al!
Thank you very much.
Emma, I learned how to pronounce the TH sound from your video!
You are a very good teacher.
At first i was like... Unvoiced and voiced ??? What ? but then afterwards... THIS IS AWESOME !!!i get it now !
I love your pronunciation... I want to learn to speak like you
i have been struggling for many years to find the right pronunciation of this th but just with your few minutes of explanation ,I have overcame the burden on me. This word th is the commonest used in english but also the most difficult for thousand of english language learners to pronunce correctly . thanks you emma for you personal endeavour to help us to use these differencies in english. I ve been following you on youtube but today explanation have healed my wound of th pronunciation.
I think this video is thrilling. Therefore I watched it thousands of times this month. The teacher is the most excellent on earth. I love her method and I'm very thankful to her 🤗💜
Good tip about the tension in your tongue on the "th" sound. I was having a lot of trouble pronouncing this sound before and would pronounce think as "sink" or "fink" or "tink". I will try to keep this in mind from now on. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
I love your teaching and I learnet a lot. Must special 'th' sounds
Hi Emma, the best as usual 👏, thanks for awesome tips 🙏
Muhammad Kamran thank you!
Whenever I watch your videos, i get enjoy, I love your teaching style . God bless you.
Oh my goodness Emma, I make my children to watch your video to practice how to pronounce Thursday and birthday. My daughter asked me why we didn't pronounce the letter (i) in birthday. I told her as you told me English isn't phonetic language.and I explained it to her, and your video helped me too. 😍. Thank you so much😘😘
I can really understand the voiced and unvoiced sound for "th." Thank you 😘
So happy to hear that Lim 😍
You always give us the best of you thank you teacher
Eli Lopz 502 thanks for always supporting me!
I hate having a speech impediment so this really helps out, thank you very much!
This indeed the BEST th EXPLANATION EVER! I really mean it! Thanks, Professor Emma!
Thanks so much!! You are UNICA👍🏻😊
I'm 11 and english to my 3rd laugage, and I have an annoying japaness accent on my english even though I'm chinese. But this helpped a lot! TY
F̶1̶R̶3̶ It’s ok, don’t worry)
I have a strong accent too
EXCELLENT! As a teacher I really appreciate this!! Very well done!! Thank you! :)
I'm very thankful for this lesson, it has removed a lot confusions
i finally can pronounce the TH in "Through" Thank you very much 😅 it's just a difficult word (I'm from Germany) and i was always scared to read aloud texts that contain this word. 😓
THANKS A LOT XD one day I totally forgot how to pronounce the th sound. I was trying to correct a kid who said it wrong, but when I tried to teach him how.. I forgot!. It´s been a year and GOD I´M SO HAPPY XD. FOR REAL THANKS A LOT
Haha glad you now remember how to pronounce it! 😅
Thank you. The mouth shape breakdown with profile picture and imagery helped someone make a new sound.
Exactly what I was looking for... thanks Emma...
Finally I undestend ! You're awesome ❤
Thank you, Miss Emma!
As an Indian, I find it quite challenging to pronounce the 'th' sound as well as the 'v' and 'w' sounds(I end up interchanging the sounds in sentences). On top of that, I go back to my old way of pronouncing words when I am in conversation with someone whereas, I nail them when practising alone.
This is so bizarre!
Let me tell you something , your lesson helped me big deal in my fluency , you see I'm a native arabic speaker with an Egyptian Dialect and in our day to day language we use both the S sound and the TH sound as the same for Example there is a name we use and it is literally written and pronounced "Tharwat" in the formal arabic but in our dialect we pronounce it " Sarwat " so there is almost no Egyptian know how to say that sound Thanks from Egypt Right next to the Great Pyramid of Giza
hope you come and see Egypt when things become right again
Thank you so much for such easy explanation!
It's really helpful. In every new lesson you give us new things. It's really good for us. Thanks so much. Lot of love from alriyadh saudia Arabia . ☺ . ☺
I'm really glad you enjoy my lessons! Which English sounds are most difficult for you to pronounce?
I am an English learner and the th sound has been the sound that I've struggling the most with.
I hope this lesson made it easier for you!
Omg I waited so long for this video… no idea how I missed it💕💕
It was great
Perfect. I m using elsa app to improve my pronunciation and I was unable to pronounce th sound at end of the word. For example bath, path, month etc. But your trick to keep a tounge in between upper and lower teeth worked so well.
You are a great tutor
Hey Emma. Thank you so much for this great lesson. My tongue twister is this,
The thin thieves thought a thousand thoughts.
Sorry to comment on such an old comment, but you have a period (.) at the end of a sentence, and punctuation (,) in between, so instead of “Hey Emma.” it would be “Hey Emma,” Hope this helps a bit
Through thick and thin we'll always be together.
Great job Ma'am ☺️.You teach very perfectly and I think anyone can understand your videos clearly.🤗💖
I am thankful of your helmsman tips it is really sidekick too. Now it helps to articulate.
When I’m practising the TH sounds I sound like a person with a lisp
I crave watching a video on Heteronyms, Emma.
I thank Timothy for being thoughtful.
Hi Emma, I really benefited a lot from your videos as I am doing this in school and was having issues, I have my test tomorrow and this was quite the asset in studying!
Nice video Emma... the imitation method to learn English is very good one..
Thanks, Amine! I'm glad you find it helpful!
Thank you so much! My english teachers never explained how to place the tongue to make the different sounds. Now it is much easier, I'm finally getting the right pronunciation.
Tongue placement is very important and will help you reduce your accent! So glad you found this lesson useful Sara 😘
Who's want practice English with me
You are amazing. It looks like you know the way i will try with wrong way and correcting before happening. Thank you so much
Finally i get how to pronounce this sound . Thanks a lot .
When you're Dutch and you make fun of English people not being able to the velar fricative but you can't pronounce the dental fricative
"I think I thought I saw you try" R.E.M Losing My Religion At 9:14 min
Thank you so much, teacher!
Your video is the best I've seen. Very clear! Thank you!
Looking nice & informative. Waiting from a long time
Yes Emma “Th” is weird it can be understood through tough thorough thought, though. Like that for example 😄😄
😂👌👌
I've been looking for this confused 'th' sound... Here you go, I got you! Thank you. 👍
Thank you...I feel I found the simplest teaching how to pronounce english correctly. God bless you.
Thank you dear Emma, could you help me in these two words *breath* and *breathe* ?! My brother embarrassed me with that 😅
you'll find that in the dictionary.cambridge.org
Hope it helps
Breath is a noun and breathe is a verb.Breathe means taking a breath.While breath is the process of inhaling and exhaling.I guess you know urdu so I can explain it like breath is Saans and to breathe is saans lena.
Sentences:
Breath : Sit down , take a deep breath and then think.
Breathe: The carbonmonoxide made it difficult to breathe.
I hope it helps!
It is like an arabic pronunciation.
In arabic we speak like this as u r speaking.
Thanks Emma
This one is simple for you then! Which English sounds are most difficult for you to pronounce?
@@mmmEnglish_Emma
Madam
I m a learner so i need to learn all English sounds to pronounce.
I want you to teach me all sounds of English language to pronounce.
Thanks a lot.
I'm so thankfulk and thrilled for the energy of this video. I love what you do and how you do it. The love you put into your teaching inspired me. Much love and blessings for you 💗🙏🙌
😍
Thank you so much, teacher Emma. God bless you always..
I thought I thought of thinking of thanking you.
Thank You !!! I will practice here everyday until I will succed.
Thank u so much. All your lessons are used to be very helpful. Thank u once again
Wow!! this video is very helpful.thank you ma'am for such great video.🙌😁
Shreya Sharma I’m so glad to hear that!
God Bless you
😊👍😁
Many thanks for very good instruction
extremely useful lesson!!!! love you!!!!
hi Emma! How are you doing... I want to know more about infinitive and gerund
I have two lessons on that topic 😊
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th-cam.com/video/v2_Qic03XFI/w-d-xo.html
thank you for this lesson.
i'm from indonesa student,i am studying English in indonesia,.
it's difficult to pronunciation "th" i am going to practice again and again.
Thanks so much. I never understood this difference until i watched this clip.
"I think that the theory of relativity is thrilling!!!" Thank you!!! You are a thoughtful and charismatic teacher!!! Mme Anna Graham
As an American, I can't help noticing how you say "Tee Hayche" instead of "Tee Ayche" 😂
I'm Brazilian and l had no Idea It could be pronounced the way she does :)
And when she says ' through' It sounds like 'true' to me...