TH vs D Advanced English Pronunciation Lesson
hi I am Vanessa from speak English with
Vanessa calm there dare what’s the
difference let’s talk about it often
when my English students try to use the
th sound instead they use the D sound so
in this lesson I want to help you hear
the difference and also use this
correctly yourself let’s start with the
word there there over there we are going
there tomorrow did you notice what my
mouth did and especially what my tongue
did during the word th er E I’m going to
say it one more time I want you to watch
carefully we are going there tomorrow is
my tongue hiding inside my mouth no not
at all
it is outside my mouth and between my
teeth
some people might make their tongue come
out a lot some people might make it a
little bit smaller there there there
we’re going there tomorrow but your
tongue is always going to be visible
there there even if it’s just a little
bit so let’s take this as our first
difference there there because with Adi
dare do you know what if there is a dare
is when someone tells you hey I want to
see can you climb up that mountain and
jump off into the lake I dare you to do
it it’s kind of a risky behavior and
someone challenges you to do something I
dare you dare dare is my tongue visible
for this dare dare not really unless you
have x-ray vision and you can see behind
my teeth my tongue is still inside my
mouth and that’s going to be our
difference between these two sounds
there let me say a sample sentence using
the D I will do the dare tomorrow I will
do the dare dare tomorrow can you say
the sentence with me make sure your
tongue a state in your mouth and you’re
saying it correctly I will do the dare
tomorrow what about our first sentence
using th can we go back is your muscle
memory strong enough let’s say it one
more time and use th we are going there
tomorrow we are going there tomorrow we
are going there tomorrow well now I have
a challenge for you I’m going to say one
sentence and I want you in the comments
to write what you think is the correct
answer
what’s the correct spelling am i using
th am I using a D sound what’s correct
write it in the comments or write it on
your paper and at the end of the video
I’ll give you the correct answer but
first I want you to guess which sound am
I using look at my mouth or you can just
listen and test your listening skills
first I’m going to say it quickly are
you ready
the sentence is that’s my favorite movie
- that’s my favorite movie - let’s
imagine that someone’s talking about
their favorite movie and they say oh I
really love Forrest Gump this is a
pretty popular movie and you say oh
that’s my favorite movie - what if I say
this sentence slowly that’s my favorite
movie - that’s my favorite movie - think
about your answer is this a th is this a
D sound can you say the sentence
correctly imitating my mouth imitating
my pronunciation well are you ready for
the correct answer I’ll write it down
here it is th a T
set if you notice
my tongue came out of my mouth a little
bit that’s my favorite movie - I hope
that you can imitate this pronunciation
let us know in the comments did you get
it correct if you did congratulations
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