I recently got an email from someone
asking me to clarify a few points on
pronunciation specifically some
consonants followed by th such as s and
n this person says because their
position in the mouth is so different
from that of the th sometimes I find it
difficult to shift from one to the other
for example can you return them where is
the car also do you pronounce the th at
all times or are there exceptions like
when you talk fast because sometimes
when an American is talking I hear a th
sound but I don't actually see the
tongue go through the teeth this is a
great question and thank you for your
email let's start with the first sample
you gave and that is an N followed by a
th in the sample sentence can you return
them now in this case the th of them is
voiced so make sure that you're
continuing to make noise with your vocal
cords so how does the tongue move can
you return them the tongue to make the N
has the position of this part of the
tongue raising and touching the roof of
the mouth about here hmm
then so in order to see them through the
teeth it's just a subtle movement of
pulling the tip from here down through
the teeth can you return them can you
return them this second example where's
the car has the voiced is followed by
the voiced th and I do notice when I say
this phrase that my tongue does not come
through my teeth where's the car rather
the tongue presses against the teeth
this part of the tongue presses right
where the teeth come together without
actually coming through where's the car
this would only work on a voiced sound
for the unvoiced th the tongue must come
through the difference in tongue
position between the
and consonant sound is very slight the
tongue on is behind almost closed teeth
very lightly touching or almost touching
for the th the tongue comes through the
teeth or in my case in this particular
phrase presses against the closed teeth
so the tongue the tip of the tongue just
has an extremely slight movement forward
this is the car where's the car thanks
for your email
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我最近收到一封来自某人的电子邮件，
要求我澄清一些关于
发音的要点，特别是一些
辅音后跟 th，例如 s 和
n 这个人说，因为他们
在嘴里的位置
与 th 的位置如此不同，有时我发现
很难 从一个转移到另一个
，例如，你能把它们
还给他们吗？汽车在哪里？你是否一直
发音 th t 实际上看到
舌头穿过牙齿这是一个
很好的问题，感谢您的
电子邮件让我们从您提供的第一个示例开始
，即示例句子中的 N 后跟 a
th
在这种情况下您现在可以退回它们吗？ 他们中的第一个是
浊音所以确保你
继续用你的声带发出声音
那么舌头如何移动
你能不能把它们放回舌头以使N
有这部分
舌头抬起的位置并且
在这里触摸上颚，嗯，
所以为了通过牙齿看到它们，
这只是一个微妙的动作，
将尖端从这里拉到
牙齿
下方 浊音后面
是浊音 th，当我说这句话时，我确实
注意到我的舌头没有
穿过我的牙齿，汽车在哪里，
而是舌头压在牙齿
上，舌头的这一部分正好压
在牙齿合在一起的地方，但
实际上没有来 through where's the car
这只会在浊音上起作用
对于清音 舌头必须
通过舌头
位置的差异
和辅音之间的差异 非常轻微
舌头在几乎闭合的牙齿后面
非常轻微地接触或几乎
接触 舌头穿过
牙齿，或者在我的情况下，在这个特定的
短语中，它压在闭合的牙齿上，
所以舌头 舌尖
只有一个 非常轻微的向前移动
这是车在哪里
谢谢你的电子邮件