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Pronunciation of TH - English lesson
The 'th' sound |
Two 'th' sounds in English: |
'Voiceless' / 'soft' sound. /θ/ | 'Voiced' / 'hard' sound. |
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Listen to these 2 sounds:
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Our first sound will be 'soft th' which is /θ/ and the second sound will be 'hard th' which is /š/ Our first sound, the soft th, is for words like 'think' : /θɪŋk/ There are two words which have the same spelling : mouth /maʊθ/ (nom: bouche) |
The sound /θ/ |