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  • Cheers!

  • You know, I look at you and I think you have really nice...

  • really nice tits!

  • Your tits!

  • Very clean.

  • Very nice to look at.

  • What? Where you go?

  • You're an idiot!

  • What? We had good dinner, good dancing, I said she had nice tits...

  • You don't pronounce it correctly, man.

  • "Teeth", never forget the "th" sound.

  • "Teeth"

  • Also, it's not teeths. One tooth, many teeth.

  • The plural is teeth.

  • Nah... whatever.

  • For this lesson, you'll need a straw.

  • So, the "th" sound.

  • You know, on the thousands of languages on Earth, only a few actually use this sound.

  • And even then, there are two versions of it.

  • /θ/ and /ð/

  • How ridiculous is that? Thanks English!

  • Ok, all through this video, try to repeat the "th" words with me, so you can practice.

  • Ok. How do you do it?

  • I'll show you.

  • But that's not a lesson, you're just showing me your mouth! Teach me!

  • Ok, fine, I'll teach a lesson on it! Jesus!

  • So, first thing, don't put your tongue just behind your teeth, because you'll stop the air flow and get a "d" sound.

  • That doesn't work.

  • And don't get your tongue too far out because you'll get this sound:

  • It looks ridiculous.

  • So, what is the perfect position of the tongue, the teeth, the lips and everything?

  • In my experience, this exercise is the best and the easiest to learn it.

  • Let's try!

  • Put your mouth open, rest your tongue on the bottom teeth, just behind the bottom lip.

  • Blow out gently, bring your top teeth down slowly until naturally that sound comes out.

  • Ok, now, try saying this sentence.

  • Now, for some people, this is still difficult and probably, during that practice, you sounded like this:

  • Why is so hard?

  • It's because your tongue is too relaxed and it doesn't know what to do!

  • What should I do?

  • For this next exercise, you need a straw.

  • Now, the same pressure I need to hold this straw between my tongue and my top teeth,

  • that's how tense your tongue should be when making the "th" sound.

  • So you know the position of it, but this is how strong it should be.

  • Take your straw, hold it, between your tongue and your top teeth.

  • You don't need much strength in your tongue, just a little bit.

  • But that's how tense your tongue should be.

  • Ok, now, try this sentence.

  • Say it slowly.

  • Another common thing is how far out should you put your tongue?

  • Well, a good measure is to put your finger in front of your lips.

  • Like this.

  • Then, that should be the limit of where your tongue touches.

  • Ok, you've just learnt the unvoiced TH sound.

  • The unvoiced /θ/ sound.

  • Represented by this symbol.

  • Unvoiced? What the hell is unvoiced?

  • So, touch your throat while you make this sound.

  • Nothing, it's normal, right?

  • This is called the unvoiced.

  • Keeping your mouth and tongue and teeth in the same position, I want you to make a vibration in the throat.

  • This is called the voiced TH sound, represented by this symbol.

  • It's called voiced because you feel a vibration.

  • /ð/ = voiced, /θ/, no vibration, unvoiced.

  • Hey, are you writing in the comments "when do I use the voiced and the unvoiced TH sounds?"?

  • That's a very good question!

  • But, remember this is English, and it's stupid and it's ridiculous.

  • We don't exactly have rules for it, only guides.

  • So, here are some guides for you.

  • After most consonant sounds like /m/ and /n/, the TH sound will be unvoiced.

  • For example in words like strength, length, plinth, warmth.

  • After a vowel sound and before a schwa sound, usually, it will be voiced.

  • For example, brother, mother, father, either, feather, clothes.

  • And at the start of a word, it's usually unvoiced.

  • Thank you, Thursday...

  • But then, we've got this, that, those...

  • So, again, ther's no real definite rule when to use the voiced TH or the unvoiced TH,

  • it's more a case of hear the word, think "is it unvoiced or voiced?", practice it, keep it in your memory for next time.

  • Ok, final test. In English, we call these tongue twisters.

  • So, thank you for watching, this was great!

  • I'll see you in the next class! Bye!

Cheers!

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