How to pronounce the θ sound (/θ/ Phoneme) - The English ...

θ Sound: How to pronounce the θ sound (/θ/ Phoneme) ... Hi there this is the θ sound. As in the words: ... The θ sound is from the 'Consonants Pairs ... θSound:Howtopronouncetheθsound(/θ/Phoneme)ColinMunroNovember13,2020ShareThisPostShareonfacebookShareonlinkedinShareontwitterShareonemailHitherethisistheθsound.Asinthewords:thing/θɪŋ/think/θɪŋk/through/θruː/Theθsoundisfromthe‘ConsonantsPairs’groupanditiscalledthe‘Voicelessdentalfricative’.Thismeansthatyoucreatefrictionbetweenthetongueandtopteeth.HowtopronouncetheθsoundThe/θ/phonemeismadethroughthemouthanditisUnvoicedwhichmeansthatyoudon’tuseyourvocalchordstomakethesound.Itisdefinedbypositionofyourtongueandteethanditisafricative,whichisasoundthatisproducedbyhighpressureairflowbetweenanarrowspaceinthemouth.Inthiscaseitisbetweenthetipofthetongueandthetopteeth.Toproducethesoundyouhavetostickoutyourtonguealittle.Thiscanfeelveryunnaturalforsomepeoplewhoarenotusedtoit.Butitisessentialtoproducethesoundcorrectly.Restyourtopteethonyourtongueandforceairoutbetweenyourteeth.HowtheθsoundisSpelledThe/θ/phonemeisnormallyspelledwiththeletters‘th’asinthewords:
Asinthewords:three/θriː/something/’sʌmθɪŋ/month/mʌnθ/both/bəʊθ/ExamplesHerearesomewordsthatbeginwiththe/θ/phoneme:thank/θæŋk/third/θɜːd/thousand/ˈθaʊzənd/throw/θrəʊ/Herearesomewordswiththe/θ/phonemeinthemiddle:nothing/ˈnʌθɪŋ/anything/ˈeniθɪŋ/author/ˈɔːθə/method/ˈmeθəd/Herearesomewordswiththeθsoundattheend:health/helθ/north/nɔːθ/truth/truːθ/mouth/maʊθ/So,that’sitfortheθsound.ImproveyourpronunciationsubscribetoournewsletterforpronunciationtipsEmailSendPrevPreviousvSound:Howtopronouncethevsound(/v/Phoneme)NextæSound:HowtoPronouncetheæSound(/æ/Phoneme)NextMoreToExplorePronunciationngsound:Howtopronouncetheŋsound(/ŋ/Phoneme)Thislesson isaboutthengsound,(/ŋ/Phoneme),asinthewords:thinkthingwalkingItisasoundfromtheSingleConsonantsgroup.HowColinMunroSeptember9,2021Pronunciationi:Sound:Howtopronouncethei:sound(/i:/Phoneme)Thei:soundisaVowelsoundcalledthe‘CloseFrontUnroundedVowel’.Soyourtongueishighandatthefrontofyourmouth.ColinMunroSeptember9,2021DoYouWantToImproveYourPronunciation?GetourfreephoneticsappDownloadTheEnglishLanguageClub©2020TheEnglishLanguageClub.AllRightsReservedStayintouchandgetBonusContentandNotificationsofUpcomingvideos,coursesandactivitiesStraighttoYourInboxYourEmailSubscribeGotomobileversion