/t/ and /d/ linked with /th/ and /TH/?

re: need this--yes, linked somewhat, but just a bit of the 'd' is voiced if you speak slowly.

re: hit them--no, there is a bit of a pause between the 't' and 'th', but the tongue should remain in the 'th' position behind the upper front teeth during the slight pause.

re:lead through--no, pronounce them separately.

re: eight thousands--same as in 'hit them' above.

You shouldn't omit the /t/'s and /d/'s.

need this, for example, without the /d/ is nee this, which is the same as knee this (strike this with your knee). Omitting final letters can change the word completely.

You should, however, make those /t/'s and /d/'s "unreleased". They should sound like they are abruptly cut off before proceeding to the first sou

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Hi,
I don't really know how I do that, but I think I lower the tongue a little while pronouncing the final part of the first word, so it becomes kind of "dental", and then let my tongue slip to pronounce the TH sound.
Most importantly, I noticed that the less I think of what my tongue has to do or what I want it to do, the better everything comes out. Or so it seems to me at least, LOL.

LOL! It is funny sometimes isn't it?! Listen to CJ, he won't let you make a mistake!

0Shouldn't the /n/ also be included in the topic since it's the same sound only nasalized?02br
00So in a sequence where /t/, /d/ or /n/ is followed by /th/ or /TH/ is the tongue in one of the former group in the same position as one of the latter one begins with? For example how would you say 01i00in the house00 00or 01i00at the house02i00?0

0This is the case of alveolar instability, or in your case, dentalisation. That is, the alveolars /t/, /d/ and /n/ anticipate the following dentail sound /TH/ in order to save energy and time. Therefore, the alveolars in 'i01b00n02b00 the, a01b00t02b00 the, o01b00n02b00 the, whe01b00n02b00 the etc' are an