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Shanks8532 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Regarding how to pronouce " this "
Regarding how to pronouce "this", I was taught in school that the tongue should be between upper and lower front teeth when pronouncing "this", but I found it difficult to do that sometimes especially reading a writing fast.
Does native speakers put their tongue out between teeth every time even when they are talking very fast??
For me, I have kind of got used to "the" and "that" but not "this" and that I think I always pronouce it " dis ".
I would be grateful if I could get some advice on this.
Thank you in advance
Yoshi
Does native speakers put their tongue out between teeth every time even when they are talking very fast??
For me, I have kind of got used to "the" and "that" but not "this" and that I think I always pronouce it " dis ".
I would be grateful if I could get some advice on this.
Thank you in advance
Yoshi
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Do native speakers put their tongue out between teeth every time even when they are talking very fast?? F or me, I have kind of got used to "the" and "that" but not "this". -- All three /th/s are pronounced the same, but most native speakers actually place the tip of the tongue just inside and touching the lower ends of the upper incisors.
- Do native speakers put their tongue out between teeth every time even when they are talking very fast??
- F or me, I have kind of got used to "the" and "that" but not "this".
- -- All three /th/s are pronounced the same, but most native speakers actually place the tip of the tongue just inside and touching the lower ends of the upper incisors.
- Many learners (and some dialects) place the tongue tip higher up on the inner surface of the incisors and get a /d/ sound instead.
- Most teachers begin by asking learners to place the tongue tip between the upper and lower incisors, which produces the /th/ sound but is a more extreme position than native speakers use, and it (as you noticed) slows the speech rate.
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Do native speakers put their tongue out between teeth every time even when they are talking very fast?? For me, I have kind of got used to "the" and "that" but not "this". -- All three /th/s are pronounced the same, but most native speakers actually place the tip of the tongue just inside and touching the lower ends of the upper incisors. Many learners (and some dialects) place the
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Thank you so much for your advice. I did not know the way native speakers use their tongue and teachers teach us. I will start pronouncing like that from now on.
Thank you
Yoshi
Thank you
Yoshi
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