American English TH Rules: Voiced or Voiceless?

This English pronunciation video lesson will teach you the American English pronunciation rules for knowing when to use voiced or voiceless TH. Enjoy!

Do you ever wonder when you're supposed to pronounce a /TH/ sound as voiced or voiceless when speaking English? How come native English speakers use two different sounds when pronouncing the /TH/ sound? How am I supposed to know which one to use? In this post I will teach you how to know when to pronounce /TH/ as a voiced or voiceless sound and teach you the English pronunciation rules associated with it.

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I hope you enjoy this TH video lesson! If you have any questions please let me know, I'd love to help!

[JavierRodriguez-pngx]

Thank you very much for your time teaching us english pronunciation I enjoy your lessons very much and im improving daily thanks again. saludos desde Mexico.

[icygood]

These are some really handy rules, I had no idea =)

[josuev]

Thank (voiceless) you so much! Your vídeos have made me understand a lot.

[AussieIsMe]

You said that the first section were called voiced but it's the voiceless slide.

[micahnewman]

She doesn't explain what "voiced" and "voiceless" means, so just to fill in that gap—"voiced" means you're using your vocal cords (they vibrate), whereas "voiceless" means you're just blowing air without using your vocal cords. Many consonants come in voiced/voiceless pairings; for example, (in English) "f" is unvoiced and "v" is voiced.

[omaralkie]

Is this another term of SOFT and HARD TH?

[pgyu]

Why the word "author" use the voiceless sounds

[jacksonchacko]

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