The TH sounds

30 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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This content was created by Hadar Shemesh. This content was uploaded by Hadar Shemesh. This is a YouTube video titled "The TH sounds" (created 2026-01-30) containing an English pronunciation lesson by Hadar Shemesh. In the excerpt Hadar explains that the English "th" is a fricative (not a stop), discusses common substitutions by ESL speakers (e.g., t/d or f/v), gives examples such as "think," and advises learners to analyze place and manner of articulation when practicing. The excerpt is a single-speaker instructional segment on phonetics/pronunciation.

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Voice th. It's not a stop sound. Thanks, thanks, thanks. Right, because then people might analyze it as another sound. No, it's a fricative, so it's a continuous sound very similar to F v and later, as you'll see too, and this is why these are common substitutions for the th. If that sound is difficult for you, if you are a speaker of English as a second language and you're trying to pronounce the sound right and it's hard for you, you are likely to either pronounce a consonant that is in a close place, right? Very close place of articulation in this case a t and a D or a close manner F V, right? Think instead of think or SZ think instead of think, right? So when you struggle with a certain consonant, you have to look around and first analyze what is the substitution and why you're going there.