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  • thank you sooo much!!

  • press 0:24 over and over again, haha

  • I have no problem about TH pronunciation. But it sounds like "d" and "f" when speak in the sentence.

  • Great, this was soo good!

  • dude, u r good..

  • thumbs up and thank you for something like this. Nothing else is more useful than this. The method that you taught is very thoughtful for the people on earth who need to speak more smooth without pauses. Although this is tough but i'll try to think and breath before i speak. Another time I'll watch other clips of yours and learn from them thoughtfully. thank you again.

  • @mdkoofia is right although his level is much higher than mine since English is his first language.

    Please, @EnglishMeeting, explain this. I and many others don't have problems to say "thank you" when it's alone, but the situation changes when it's in a sentence. Thus every word's pronunciation depends on the previous and next ones. I'd like to understand this dependence, because sometimes my speech is "decorated" with a little of lisping.

    And why sometimes people "save" their voiced th's?

  • @aRichBastard Speaking has to do with collocations or groups of words (phrases). We may practice one word for pronunciation, but in real life, we speak in phrases. What comes before and after effects pronunciation because of factors such as linking, rhythm, and the general "music" of the language. The more advanced learner can practice pronunciation in phrases and in real life by monitoring their own use. I do hope this helps : ) Dave

  • Thank you very much , this video is very helpful

  • Thanks for this funny and useful video. I could improve my english.

  • This is funny and useful!!

  • Amazing!

  • Don't know about anyone else, but I tend to say 'vare' instead of 'there', not 'dair', and say 'fink' instead of 'think', not 'tink'.

  • Wow.. Your a good instructor... I learn it right away.. Thanks Man....

  • Please teach us when they are pronounced in sentences connected with other words and i can see that native speaker mix the sound with another words or even omit the sound. Fortunately, we do have those sounds in our languages. Actually what we need when native speaker in free flowing conversation what they shorten, not what they pronounce clearly. We are familiar with IPA sounds and symbols very well. Please target also those people who don't start from the scratch unlike some Chinese.

  • I'm a filipino. I don't have any trouble pronouncing the voiced and voiceless th. my question is, is it possible to pronounce the th sound followed by s? For example, "earth's crust"? Is it possible to pronounce th in there smoothly? Cause when i pronounce it, no matter how hard i try, i always end up omitting the h sound in th.

  • @elizendria This is a bit tricky because of the mouth & tongue positions. Try pronouncing it in "slow motion" -

    hit the TH and release the S, then slowly go into the word "crust." This can be a good exercise for developing new movement and muscle. It will take some time but if you practice this every day, you will get faster at it and be able to do it without thinking.

  • Wow.. I've been pronouncing in a wrong way for whole time

    Thank you for wonderful tutorial

    Really helpful to me from South Korea with my pronounce

  • I'm a Chinese and I always pronounce "th" as "f" or "d"

    this video is useful =]

  • @sum101190 brazilians do the same

  • It is very difficult to pronounce some of the sounds in English when you are not a native speaker because it doesn't exist in your own language. This helps a lot.

  • Im English and Ive never even done the voiceless one but the voiced one is easy

  • wow how can someone hate this, i guess you some people love to stay ignorant

  • sorry' i need to say those ways pronunciation only on papers and dictionaries and books and only separately. how about in the sentences and common native ways(lion part of people). we do have those two sounds unlike Chinese. Actually pronouncing following IPA sounds are not the problems. problems are following most common native speakers---- and the only biggest problem ever. thanks for your kind effort and hopefully you have understood our problems. The street pronunciation by the commoners.

  • Really love the tutorial. I live in England, was born in South Korea and they never taught me this. I wonder if this is because they either forgot or just pronounce differently, but anyway. The unvoiced one was really really easy, but I'm having problems with the voiced ones. Whenever I shove my tongue out with the word smooth or any other "oo" sounds, the "oo" sound changes mid-way. It makes me sound retarded.

  • It should be easier for spanish people. "TH" sounds like the spanish "C" and "Z" (Cerrado, zapato). I mean, for the european variant of the language.

  • Th is pretty hard to pronounce u.u

  • Hi Dave, great video, thanks! Could you please provide more examples or give some advice for the pronunciation of the "TH" sound followed by a "R"? I have troubles with "THR". You already gave the example of "through" in the video, but could you pronunce "three" or "thriller" for instance? Thanks.

  • ...i still keep pronouncing "math" like "maf" and "thank you" like "dank you"

  • Shit, I just realised that I'm saying ''Bat and mat' instead of ''Bath, math'' for years! I got an English friend, but she never wants to correct me : / Even though I make a LOT of mistakes when I speak, the proper pronunciation of TH is definitely the hardest for me.

  • @ComptGeorges hey bro i grew up here in the U.S., but i have an accent cause my parents are foreign. The very sad part is, I barely can speak my language of my parents.....i think in my head with no accent, but when i talk, i have a "minor-mediam" accent. I speak in American Dialect, i dont have to think about what i say, its just i pronounce it a little different cuz my parents had accents. I may be stuck with my accent 4ever, but i wanna at least improve it so my children wont go thru accents!

  • Um sometimes I hear "d"... "Deu TH sound"

  • This is amazing!

  • Why a lot of vip in interviews say "Tank you" and not with the correct sound "thank you" ? Or is it my ear? (I'm foreign, italian)

  • @acbsciax2 It could be your ear or they may mispronounce it - just make sure you pronounce it right : )

  • @EnglishMeeting Oh, Ok, Thank you so much :)

  • @acbsciax2 when you pronounce TH way fast, it may sound quite similar to a T sound . Notice also, that the word "three" sometimes sounds like "tree"

  • omggggggggggggggggggg so hard

  • Thank you so much for all your good lessons!

  • Jesus Holy Mother of God!! I have been speaking English for 13 years now and its only now that I am realizing I didn't pronounce th properly. Thats what a shitty education system does for you!

  • Thank you very much. I am always confused about how native speakers makes "th" sound so your clear instruction is really helpful to me <3

  • This is amazing!

  • thanks very much. This video is very very helpful to me. :)

  • "Is there any rules for how to know when to use the voiceless and when to use the voice one? chetes15 1 month ago "

    The answer is no. There is no way you can look at "this" and know that it is meant to use the voiced "th", and "thistle" is meant to use the unvoiced "th". You just have to learn the pronunciation separately. English pronunciation is fundamentally irregular.

  • wow thanks this really helped me

  • thank you very much . now I'm proud of mu tongue :D

  • VOICED

    this/there/then/breathe/this/t­hat/the/brother/mother/father/­either/other/smooth/breathe/ra­ther/allthough/smooth

    UNVOICED

    bath/mouth/through/thank you/thought/think/something/no­thing/healthy/anything/with/te­eth/forth/month/Beth/north/pat­h/with/method

  • TH = s/f

  • thks so much

  • Your videos are very helpful . In my country we don't have sounds like this.

  • Thank you :)

  • wow...i just realized english words really need effort to pronounce properly

    not much tongue works for my native language =/

  • THis is a great video about TH sound, is fact, it´s one of a kind!!!!!! Congratulations!!

  • Since when Lionel Messi gives: english lessons ;p ;p ;p

  • @ahmadguitar87 hahhahaha

  • THIS IS HILARIOUS XD

  • This professor is my hero

  • nice Job baby..keepitup

  • thanks

  • I have a doubt ... I've been pronouncing th sound at the end of a word (as in mouth or month) like an "f" sound, because it's really hard for me to do that sound. My question is.. Will people understand me If I do it on this way?

  • @Andrew4d They will understand you...But it's definitely wrong. I don't know why the guy said it was the correct way.... :D

  • Thank you so much, EnglishMeeting! Your videos are just great! They are helping me in improve my English.

  • wow who knew th was so weird.

  • Thanks for this video. I have had a devil of a time getting the message across to my ESL students about the correct way to pronounce the TH sound. I think this video will fit in very nicely in my classes and make my job a bit easier.

  • lol

  • thanks for this video

  • thank you for this interesting lesson

  • but ireally like youre mouse :)

  • Is there any rules for how to know when to use the voiceless and when to use the voice one?

  • @chetes15 The rules are complicated - if you look to my responses on this comment list you will find them - it is more practical to learn the words individually.

  • Omg i bit my tongue ! x) 

  • amazing.......................­.................

  • thank you  very much

  • I needed this film :D

  • Hi, I have some difficulites with the words endinng with "th" eg. mouth, teeth, north.

    I always end up pronouncing it as moust, teest, norst.

  • I'm Turkish and I have serious problems with pronouncing "th" but whenever I try this, I feel stupid. There's no such sound in my language so that's something I have never experienced, but i guess I will make it by keeping on practising it.

  • LMFAO

  • You are funny! and helpful! Thank you.

  • very helpful..thanks a lot..

  • The "Th" is very difficult... because the portuguese don't have this pronunciation.

    only the "F".... but it's different of "th"

  • Practicing right now. Hard not to say "sank you" when you blow while saying the word.

  • 31 guys say "tank you" = )

  • Thank you for sharing!!!

  • Thank you (not tank you) for your help!

  • Hi,I'm from Brazil.I'd like that add a subtitle in English on next video,to improve the understanding of explanation,and to facilitate at who's beginners like me.

    I hope that appraise my suggestion.Thank in advance!

  • I think that your video is the most usefull that I found... I have some problems with my pronunciation, I hope to solve this with your videos...

  • you remind me of ross geller, i dont know why

  • its funny

  • It's pretty funny when he says stick your tongue out n you might like it then *Wink *

  • Boy, this is so, so, tough.

  • lol, I was wondering if wouldn't it sound funny to people. ''Hey, that was nice. Tanks''.

  • Definitely, the toughest sound to make in English language. Thank you so much.

  • 'Ooooh, I like your mouse!' haha.

  • This "TH" explanation is excellent, and a big help to my students. Thank you! Do you have videos dealing with the "R" and "L"? In Japan this is a difficult difference to explain.

  • Hey man you are amazing.

    I love you

    WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWw

  • Is there any video teaching how to pronounce 'v' sound accruately?

  • dis niga crayze

  • Hi Steve love your lessons, I am struggling with ʒ sound at the moment, would you help me please please please, I would be very grateful, is it same like z ? please help

  • i like u so much......... the way u speak

  • I like your mouth. :) make more videos:)

  • Your videos are very helpful, thank you for them!

    But I'm wondering, if there is a word that ends with t and the following word starts with the th-sound, how should I pronounce it? For example: "I want this." Can we hear the th-sound or normal t-sound when we are saying words together? 'Cause there is only one sound as far as I know, isn't there?

  • @hoilaahahaa In your example, "I want this" the "t" in "want" is imploded, meaning it doesn't release. The tip of the tongue stops at the front of the aveolar ridge, holds, then moves forward to just beyond the front teeth, in order to make the voiced TH sound, for the word "this."

  • Thank you so much.I hope that i can improve my English after learning your lesson

  • I am learning english with Steve Carrell!

  • Yea he is the best english teacher I have seen so far. Teaching accurate and wiTH fun :-)

  • Thank you very much for this video!

  • I like your mouth.. haha

  • THUMBS UP IF YOU THINK DAVE SCONDA IS REALLY FUNNY!!!

  • ARE U STUDYING MAT? NO LOLLLLLLL, I LAUGH MY ASS OFF

  • hes entertaining at same time teaching.. awesome!! can you make video on sound "F" i cant pronounce some words like "First" and even sound "K" thanks.

  • LMAO THIS IS REALLY FUNNY. THA'S HOW A CLASS IS SUPPOSE TO BE. THANK YOU VERY MUCHO.

  • I pronounce TH as T.. For example: Thin -> Tin. Please help

  • "This is fun, try it all day"

    Yeah awesome advice :D

  • I keep struggling with the horrible TH in words as "although"

  • @TheMonkeyInDaCloset you can give him a voiceless sucking

  • this is cool. I don't know why maybe its not meant to be though :(. I keep trying to pronunciation the voiceless th and can't get it... Instead of saying Math, I am saying MA(F)... haha my friend always makes fun of me

  • i tired but i sounded like i have something on my mouth... lol

  • Brazilian students are very shy to do this sound. They laugh all the time I say to them, you have to show your tongh.... :P

  • Funny and helpful thank you so much!!

  • 'i like your mouth' haha!

  • Outstanding lessons and very helpfull to teach my E.S.L students... muchas gracias!!

  • I loved the video , very good teacher THank you , I learned something new today !!!

  • i'm a native english speaker but i can imagine english pronunciation must be insanely difficult to get right.

  • How can i know which word use voice or voiceless?

  • My native language is English, yet I can't stop watching these videos. LOL

  • Zenk you so much man!!

    that aggressive way of correcting pronunciation is very helpful and motivating!

  • well thank you i fell like spitting but i know how it works now!

    i had misundertood this lady at the cashier she said "its three" prononcing "free" i was so confuse thinking i can walk out with this, then she repeated "its Free pound" that when i knew she meant the money.

  • I LOVE THIS TEACHER

    AMAZING CLASS !!!!!!!!

  • i like your mouse

  • Thank you very much for your help, I have been trying to study English by myself and your lesson helped me a lot. Really, your explanation is great and. Without question you are an excellent teacher!

  • Thank you very much for your help, I have been trying to study English by myself and your lesson helped me a lot. Really your explanation is great and. Without question you are an excellent teacher!

  • Спасибо большое по урок!

  • Hello

    I liked your video very very much.It explains much or may be all the abstract concepts that are necessary to pronounce the sound.I hope others are also getting the same benefit.

    Yours truly,

    Ujjal

  • excellent class!!! 

  • i have a problem with the voiceless th sound at the end, it's hard to say it at the end.

  • thank you soooo much!good job!

  • oh, very good explanation! really very good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    , but i don't understand one thing.

    sometimes when i'm listening to some people talking, i can hear thanks like ''tanks'', and that like ''det''. but i learned to say like your demonstration...thanks alot. it was the best explanation that i've ever heard .

    congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!! you are the man.

  • LoL he went pakey when he said Tink you.

  • I really loved it! A fun way to learn english!

  • after 1 month of practicing , finally i get used to it :-)

  • so how do you pronounce earth....?

  • I remember a girl "looking for the bass'room." The way she said it I will never forgot lol

  • Interesting lesson. Good teacher. Thank so much!

  • Sank.. tank you very much xD

  • it's very dificult for me , because i'm french.

  • You genius! This is what I wanted to do :)

    You well know Japanese bad habit.

    Anyway, appreciate!

  • for some reason I am used to pronouncing the TH with a F and it sounds like I am saying Mass instead of Math

  • I really love your video..i really need it!thank you so much

    philippines

  • You have no idea how helpful this was!...Th(voiceless)ank you very much! :)

  • OMG YOU ARE EPIC!

  • I find it hard to pronounce words that start with'thr' such as 'through' or 'throw'. Any tipps?

  • @ankaschannel Try practicing the TH sound followed by a quick /r/ sound. Practice getting the mouth position, & exaggerate the movements. This will build strength in specific muscles needed to make the sound smoothly. Master this, then practice with words and phrases. Hope this helps.

  • Thank you so much 

  • I just cannot get it right, when I talk fast, like I always do, I misform the 'th' into a 'd'. Which makes my dutch accent disturbingly noticable.. so annoying! especially when my english friends imitate my accent. frustrating ;p

  • @DutchGirl027 Practice the TH sound at least 3 times a day. Make notes and place them all around that remind you to make the TH sound instead of /d/. When you talk to people focus on this sound in the back of your mind. It will eventually become second nature. Believe in yourself and you will make it happen :)

  • excuse me, while watching american movies, i heard this sound "th" said in many different ways, lot of people say it like T almost like a d (without = whidout) and others pronounce it "voiceless" as in this video. so im wondering, if those people are all american why they pronounce it in different ways? is just an accent thing? in this video its said that to pronounce TH like T or D is very wrong, but there are people who do this, so, is it ok? or its not correct at all?? im kinda confused! :)

  • @DutchGirl027 You are right. When friends imitate the accent is really frustrating! But you'll see that in the future, it won't happen again. When you practice, then you learn it.

  • Your videos are very helpfull =)

    But i have a question: how to tell when to use voiced or voiceless "th" sound?

    TY

  • @lucasfreires100 Voiceless th -content words (thank, thrill,thing)-compound words (nothing & anything), foreign words -lethal & authorize- th at the end of a word & the vowel before is short or no vowel before it (path, filth).Voiced th in function words (those, this, that) & family relation words (father, brother)Between vowels in native words(bother & bathing)-If th is at the end of a word & the vowel before it is long(bathe, breathe)-If th is before a syllabic /m/(algorithm, rhythm)

  • Pretty amazing!!!!

  • I don't know why i'm watching this considering I'm american and don't know any other language besides English. I just found this entertaining :)

  • @nanyman101 And I am a Pole, and watching it is to learn to speak correctly in English, for us, Poles, English is really easy to learn, thanks to this film I learned to pronounce a lot of different words.

  • at 4:25 you forgot to highlight the 'Th' for the word 'this' :) hehe.

    Thanks for helping me improve my english

  • @yanirawr It should not be highlighted. At that point in the video he did not yet introduce the voiced /th/ sound which is used in 'this'. The exercise at 4:25 is for voiceless /th/ sounds, and all of the voiceless /th/ are correctly highlighted.

  • this helped me so much with my students! thanks :)

  • Thank you!!!!!!!!!!! I am going to use this with my ESL class in Haiti! Really.... thank you so much!!!!

  • THanks from Italy!

  • How do you pronounce "Fifth"?? I have a speech class on Monday, and I'm not too sure whether I'm doing it right. Thanks!

  • @dldbwls90 the voiceless 'th' sound

  • I think you look like the younger version of Peter Vincent - the Vampire Killer from Fright Night (: Great video by the way!

  • awesome you are the best teacher I have ever seen :)

  • It's just impossible to pronounce T-T

    Why can't I do it ?! Why...!

    anyway but thanks to upload that..! That was quite helpful =)

  • Thank you for this video, I just learned the trick to pronounce both th sounds

  • nice

  • thhhhank you!

  • I got two things with your videos - fun and learning - you are doing much more than I would expect learning that to hard sound - TH is very hard...sounds like a letter called tzadic but this one (tzadic) I think is easier than TH, so...I'll watch this video for long time in my life. Sure will. Thank you (still saying Tank you - but I'm keeping trying that)

  • Wonderful!! I love this video! Love it!

  • good topic!

  • LOL THIS GUY IS EPIC

  • HAHAHAHAHAH this video is very funny =))) But I learned a lot actually =))) thankkkk you =))

  • thanks man

  • wonderful way of pronounciation