Consonant Sound-Voiced /ð/

Practice
Definite Article "the"
The article 'the' is the most common wordin the English language. It has two pronunciations.

/ða/ + consonant sound
The article 'the' is also /ða/in an unstressed (reduced) syllable.

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the bed

the cloth

the fabric

the joke

the king

the loom

the minister

the night

the price

the room

the thread

the weavers

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o: the one /w^n/

u: the uniform the unicorn /yuw/

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When h is pronounced:

the house, the hunt

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/ðiy/ + vowel sound
y + noun

thi + yemperor

thi+ yuncle

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a: the apple the assistant

e: the emperor the end

i: the idea the ink

o: the only the owner

u: the umbrella the uncle

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When h is not pronounced:

the honest personthe honor the hour*