How do you pronounce th properly?

it's always frustrating for me to say words with the because my dialect doesn't have them.

My th sound is diffent depending on the letter that appears before or after it.



E after the th as in words like:

The
Then
Plathera

The th will be pronounced as a (d)

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R after the th in words like

Three

The th will be pronounced as a (t)

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E before the th in words like

Teeth

The th will be pronounced as either a (t) or (D)

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I after the th in words like

This

Will be pronounced as a (z) or (D)




Other words

Third (te)
Path (atf)


Any way to fix the mispronunciations ?

This is why English needs the letter þ (thorn) back.

þis is why English needs þe letter þ (þorn) back.

Edited 3/31/2016 15:19:16

th' wee glaiki' bampo' dinnae e'en ken hoo tae wri'e doon werds, ken?

th' wee glaiki' bampo' dinnae e'en ken hoo tae wri'e doon werds, ken?

Translation: Scotland is just a shitty version of Wales. /s

Edited 3/31/2016 15:39:07

þorn

... really clement really

I usually pronounce th as ths (The s is nearly silent)

what kind of English dialect are you talking about talking fan? it is more like you are pronouncing it like a French person.

Yeah you're from UK and don't know how to pronounce "th"?
Just put your tongue between teeth and make a sound. There. You got it.

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When you pronounce "The" you pronounce it as a D.

I am pretty bad at English pronunciation, but I usually pronounce it like (f) sound, it's somewhat like, as for words like "the" and "this", I say sometimes (z).

Edited 3/31/2016 23:13:56

what kind of English dialect are you talking about talking fan? it is more like you are pronouncing it like a French person.

I don't know what dialect Im speaking , i feel so out of place when I talk to my freinds who can pronounce th but not so much who can't pronounce th.

I hate words that have the voiced th (θ) but I don't mind the unvoiced th (ð).

As a child I never was able to pronounce "θ" because from what I heard the th would be pronounced like (t) , (D) , (z) or (F). FYI I'm 17.

Edited 4/1/2016 07:22:57

mmmh I never heard of any English dialects where th is pronounced (t) or (d) or (z), perhaps you have some personal difficulties of pronunciation that's all. I myself have difficulties pronouncing 'th' since this sound does not exist in French, so I replace it usually with a d, a t or most of the time a z (the French usually pronounce th with a z for the word "the" so it would be "ze").

Btw, many people used to tell me English is easy, sure it is, grammatically easier than French or any Romance languages (although many other languages are also easier grammatically speaking such as Chinese since you do not have for example to conjugate verbs for example), but in terms of renunciation English is one of the most difficult language, something Native speakers do not necessarily realize, but some sounds aren't pronounced in many other languages, and there are so many irregularities in pronouncing words that it is a real mess, this was my personal opinion :)

Koala, your personal opinion is pretty much right. The rules in English are bent so much, it's stupid. There are so many things you have in English that you just have to accept, like "margarine"... Why is the G soft, like in hedGe? The G is supposed to be hard, like in Golf, or haGGis, because an A follows it. If an A follows it, the G is hard, not soft. There are so many exceptions, irregularities, and odd-words that it becomes a mess.

And yeah, for people who grew up outside of an Anglophone country, pronouncing "th" is sometimes hard. Easiest way: put your tongue between your teeth, open your mouth, and make an "S" noise. It will hopefully come out as "th" if you did it right.

Koala, your personal opinion is pretty much right.

Yep, and I consider also French as one of the most difficult language, in terms of grammar, stupid rules (like plural in words after the verb to be but not for words after the verb to have, or many way to write a sound whereas it is the same like: eau, o, au which are all pronounced O, or ein, in, ain also pronounced the same way, or accents which are useless such as è or ê pronounced similarly, etc.), because you know "French has to be sophisticated"... Result of this? Most of the French youth cannot write correctly French, congrats to the French Academy!

And yeah, for people who grew up outside of an Anglophone country, pronouncing "th" is sometimes hard. Easiest way: put your tongue between your teeth, open your mouth, and make an "S" noise. It will hopefully come out as "th" if you did it right.

Yes sadly you know for a foreigner while speaking you have some "automatisms" so most of the time you do not pronounce some sounds correctly unless you work hard on your pronunciation sure.

I am pretty bad at English pronunciation, but I usually pronounce it like (f) sound, it's somewhat like, as for words like "the" and "this", I say sometimes (z).

^ This.

The "Th" is english showing it is a barbaric language, "Thr" being full all-out uncivilized at it's peak.

I like to pronounce it like: th

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVWvkZbhgAc&index=9&list=PL96C35uN7xGLDEnHuhD7CTZES3KXFnwm0

French really isn't that bad Koala

French is definitely easier than English; if I learned both for the same time, I would probably speak French better. The only really tough thing in French is the subjunctive tense, but the big Romantic tongues generally seem to be easy.

French isn't too bad. It includes a lot more Latin-derived words, which is good, and the only real downside is you have to memorise a ton of shit, like with the conjugations.