Fricatives
How to pronounce /ð/ TH as in this
thismotherbreathe
How to make it
Tongue tip between your teeth like think, but with your voice on.
- Tongue
- Tip touches the edge of the top teeth
- Lips
- Relaxed and open
- Voice
- Buzzing on
Watch the mouth
Tongue tip between your teeth, and let your voice buzz through.
Where learners slip
Often replaced by /d/ or /z/ — this can land as dis.
- Vietnamese speakersUsually replaced by /d/ — this can land as dis.
- Portuguese speakersUsually replaced by /d/.
- Japanese speakersUsually replaced by /z/ — this can land as zis.
- Chinese speakersUsually replaced by /z/ or /d/.
- Thai speakersUsually replaced by /d/ — this can land as dis.
- Hindi speakersTurned into a hard D.
- Indonesian speakersUsually replaced by /d/ — this can land as dis.
- Russian speakersUsually replaced by /z/ or /d/.
- Turkish speakersUsually replaced by /d/ or /z/.
- French speakersUsually replaced by /z/ — this can land as zis.
- German speakersUsually replaced by /z/ or /d/.
- Persian speakersUsually replaced by /z/ — this can land as zis.
Say it on real English. See if it lands.
Lang Shadow scores /ð/ every time you say it — in Shorts, in role plays and in your own words — and colours it next to the other 40 sounds.