Breath vs. Breathe Pronunciation and Grammar

Breath vs. Breathe

Even native speakers mess this one up.

In this video, you’ll learn the difference between these two words.

Breath vs. breathe.

Breath, with no E at the end, is a noun.

And when it’s really cold, you can see your
breath.

Let’s see if it’s cold enough in here to see my breath.

Hhhh.

Is it cold enough cause you see it?

What about breathe?

This has an E on the end.

And now you can see me breathe, it’s a verb.

If I breathe very dramatically and loudly, you can see it.

Breathe.

Even native speakers mix these up when writing.

Just the other day, I saw this comment on Facebook.

“I love Michelle Obama so much I can hardly breath.”

This is the wrong word.

It should be “breathe”, the verb, with an E at the end.

The person who wrote this is a native speaker.

Went to college.

Smart.

So, these kinds of mistakes can happen to any of us.

So when you’re writing, remember the
letter E makes the verb,

and the word VERB has a letter E in it so
maybe that will help you remember.

Now, let’s talk about the difference in
pronunciation.

The noun, breath, ends with the unvoiced TH, th–

The tongue must come through the teeth and be relaxed so that the air can flow freely.

Thhh.

Breath.

The vowel here is the EH as in BED vowel.

EH. Brea–

So your jaw drops, and the middle of the tongue lifts,

EH. Brea–

Breath.

If you add an E at the end to make the verb,
it changes two things about the pronunciation,

the vowel and the TH.

The vowel becomes the EE as in SHE vowel.

EE. Breathe.

So the tongue tip stays down

and the front part of the tongue arches towards the roof of the mouth.

It gets pretty high up there for this vowel.

EE. Breathe.

And the consonant changes to the voiced TH. Thh– thh–

So it’s the same tongue position but you’re making the sound with the vocal cords.

Th– breathe.

Now, when a word ends in a voiced consonant like ‘breathe’,

instead of an unvoiced consonant like ‘breath’,

it makes the word a little longer, the stressed syllable.

So hold out that vowel a little more.

Part of the difference between these two words is the length.

Breath. Breathe. Breathe.

You can hear I’m holding out that vowel just a little bit more.

Breath vs. breathe.

Now you know the difference and you can say
these two words, or write these two words,

with confidence.

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Breath vs. Breath

即使是母语人士也会把这个搞砸。

在本视频中，您将了解这两个词之间的区别。

呼吸与呼吸。

Breath，结尾没有E，是名词。

当它真的很冷时，你可以看到你的
呼吸。

让我们看看这里是否足够冷，可以看到我的呼吸。

呵呵。

因为你看到它，它够冷吗？

呼吸呢？

这个结尾有一个E。

现在你可以看到我在呼吸，这是一个动词。

如果我呼吸非常剧烈和响亮，你可以看到它。

呼吸。

即使是母语人士在写作时也会混淆这些。

就在前几天，我在 Facebook 上看到了这条评论。

“我爱米歇尔奥巴马，我几乎无法呼吸。”

这是错误的词。

它应该是动词“呼吸”，结尾有一个E。

写这篇文章的人是母语人士。

上了大学。

聪明的。

所以，这些错误都可能发生在我们任何人身上。

因此，当您写作时，请记住
字母 E 构成动词，

而 VERB 一词中有一个字母 E，所以
也许这会帮助您记住。

现在，让我们谈谈发音的差异
。

名词，呼吸，以清音 TH 结尾，

th——舌头必须穿过牙齿并放松，这样空气才能自由流动。

嗯。

呼吸。

这里的元音是 BED 元音中的 EH。

嗯。 布雷亚——

所以你的下巴掉下来了，舌头中间抬起了，

嗯。

呼吸——呼吸。

如果你在末尾添加一个 E 来构成动词，
它会改变关于发音的两件事

，元音和 TH。

元音变成了 EE，就像 SHE 元音一样。

EE。 呼吸。

因此，舌尖保持向下

，舌头的前部向口腔顶部拱起。

对于这个元音，它变得相当高。

EE。 呼吸。

辅音变为浊音 TH。 Thh- thh–

所以这是相同的舌头位置，但你是用声带发出声音。

呼——呼吸。

现在，当一个单词以像“呼吸”这样的浊辅音结尾时，

而不是像“呼吸”这样的清辅音，

它会使单词变长一点，重读音节。

所以把那个元音多放一点。

这两个词之间的部分区别在于长度。

呼吸。 呼吸。 呼吸。

你可以听到我把那个元音稍微拉长了一点。

呼吸与呼吸。

现在你知道了区别，你可以自信地说出
这两个词，或者写下这两个词

。

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