Hi! Today we're
talking about the unvoiced "th" sound.
So both the voiced and unvoiced "th" sound
have the same shape of the tongue
slightly out of the mouth and the upper
teeth resting on the tongue while the
air flows through and makes a vibration.
So it's the same shape but with the voiced
version you're using your voice.
We already learned that sound, the same
sound that's in the word "Them" and "They"
but now we're going to learn to not use
our voice. So if you feel your throat
this time there should be no vibration,
in words such as "Thanks" and "Thought".
So give it a try now, and put your hand on
your throat and feel if there is a
vibration making sure you do not use
your voice. And let's compare two words
one of them has the unvoiced "th" and the
other has a different sound that is a
common mistake. So one mistake is that
people will make an S sound instead of
saying "Think" they might say "sink".
So compare the shape with the tongue out
in "Think" to the tongue being inside the
mouth in "sinK". Another mistake is to
create a T sound which also involves
the tongue inside the mouth. So instead
of saying "Thin" someone might say "Tin"
which involves a quick burst of air and
a release of the air.
The difference is that in the "Th" sound there
is a steady flow of air creating
friction through the teeth
as it's resting on the tongue.
Once again we practiced the words : "Thought"
"Thanks" and we also compared "Think" and
"Sink" and "Thin" and "Tin".
So those are really good and minimal
pairs to practice if you have a common
mistake, it's good to compare those two
sounds. So that you can hear the
difference between the two sounds and
you can produce the difference between
those two sounds. It was great practicing
with you! It's time for you to practice
on your own, and thank you for watching!
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