/TH/ SOUND (ETH)

/TH/ SOUND (ETH)

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Pie de foto: : ETH

PRONOUNCING /TH/ (ETH)

     TONGUE TIP: IS PLACED BETWEEN THE TEETH     AIRSTREAM: IS CONTINUOUS WITHOUT INTERRUPTION     VOCAL CHORDS:  ARE VIBRATING

DO NOT SUBSTITUTE SOUNDS

    IF YOU SUBSTITUTE  [d] for (eth):                                                              they will sound like day                                                               lather will sound like ladder                                                               breathe will sound like breed

AT THE BEGINNING                               IN THE MIDDLE                             AT THE ENDTHE                                                                  OTHER                                       BATHETHIS                                                                 MOTHER                                    CLOTHETHEN                                                               FATHER                                      SMOOTHTHEM                                                              BROTHER                                   BREATHETHAT                                                               GATHER                                      SOOTHETHEY                                                                 EITHERTHOSE                                                             NEITHERTHERE                                                              LEATHERTHESE                                                            TOGETHER

LET'S PRACTICE!

HINT

 THE LETTERS /TH/ FOLLOWED BY  " e" are usually pronounced with (Eth) soundEXAMPLES: THE      THEM     OTHER       BATHE

                              THE PHOTO ALBUM DAUGHTER: MOTHER, I LIKE THESE OLD PICTURES. WHO’S THIS? MOTHER: THAT’S YOUR GREAT GRANDMOTHER DAUGUTER: THE FEATHERED HAT IS FUNNY! WHO’S THAT MAN? MOTHER: THAT’S YOUR GRANDFATHER. HE WAS FROM THE NETHERLANDS DAUGHTER: I THINK KNOW THESE PEOPLE! AREN´T THEY UNCLE TOM AND UNCLE BOB? MOTHER: THAT’S RIGHT. THOSE ARE MY BROTHERS. THEY ALWAYS BOTHERED ME! DAUGHTER: THIS MUST BE EITHER FATHER OR HIS BROTHER. MOTHER: NEITHER! THAT’S YOUR FATHER´S  UNCLE DAUGHTER: WHY ARE THERE OTHER PEOPLE IN THIS PHOTO? MOTHER: THIS WAS A FAMILY GATHERING. WE GOT TOGETHER ALL THE TIME. DAUGHTER: MOTHER, WHO’S THIS “SMOOTH” – LOOKING MAN? MOTHER: SHHHHHHHHH. I’D RATHER NOT SAY. YOUR FATHER WILL HEAR! DAUGHTER: IS THAT YOUR OLD BOYFRIEND? MOTHER: WELL, EVEN MOTHERS HAD FUN IN THOSE DAYS.

READ THIS DIALOGUE (ETH SOUND)

Theta and Eth sounds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewQyUi4QvC0 (Enclavar)

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