tablecloths

MakiasanDo you say 'th' and then say 's'??

Yes.

Thank you, Aspara Gus! It's really difficult for me to pronounce 'ths', though! :-(
Maki

MakiasanIt's really difficult for me to pronounce 'ths', though!

It doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue, but it’ll get easier with practice.

Aspara Gus It doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue, but it’ll get easier with practice.

I'll practice very hard! Thank you!
Maki

Cloths rhyme with close (v). In conservatories, acting schools, students are taught to produce consonant clusters like "ths, sts, etc", without any elisions.

Thank you for the reply, raindoctor. I've learned that we pronounce the word 'clothes' as like 'close (v)'. Do you say these words, cloths and clothes, in the same pronunciation as 'close'??

Yes, they are pronounced like "close", with /z/ sound. close (v) is with /z/; close (adj) is with /s/. Dictionary.com, Merriam Webster, Kenyon-Knott--all three list this pronounction as their first preference. Any good book on English pronunciation talks about this pronunciation.

raindoctorYes, they are pronounced like "close", with /z/ sound.

Thank you so much, raindoctor!
Maki