Learn English: The 2 ways to pronounce 'THE'

Hello. I'm Gill from engVid, and today's lesson is about the little word "the", and how to

Ahoj, som Gill z engVid a dnešná lekcia je o malom slove "the" a ako ho

say it, how to pronounce it. You might think: "What? I know how to pronounce that word",

povedať, ako ho vyslovovať. Pomyslíte si: "Čo? Ja viem, ako vyslovovať to slovo",

but there are two different ways of pronouncing it, and this lesson is designed to show you

ale sú dva rôzne spôsoby jeho výslovnosti a táto lekcia je na to, aby vám ukázala,

how to work out which way to say it. Okay.

ako určiť spôsob vyslovovania. Dobre.

So, the simple rule is: Before a consonant you say "thuh", but before a vowel sound you

Teda jednoduché pravidlo je: Pred spoluhláskou vyslovíte "thuh", ale pred vyslovenou samohláskou

say "thee". So it's either "thuh" or "thee". So, let me just go through some examples to

poviete "thee". Teda je to buď "thuh"alebo "thee". Teda prejdime si niektoré príklady,

show you how that works. So, before a consonant sound: "thuh". "The banana", "the dog", but

aby som vám ukázala, ako to funguje. Teda, pre vyslovenou spoluhláskou: "thuh". Banán, pes, ale

then we get our first exception, which is confusing because this word begins with an

dostávame sa k prvej výnimke, čo je mätúce, pretože toto slovo začína na

E which is a vowel letter, but the way it's pronounced, it has a "ya" at the beginning:

E, čo je samohláska, ale spôsob, akým sa vyslovuje, na začiatku je "j"

"Ya. European. European", so we say: "Thuh European", okay? So that's a slight confusion

"J, European, European", teda povieme: "Thuh European", dobre?Je to mierny zmätok,

to be aware of. Continuing on: "The flowers", "the house", "the man", "the people". Another

uvedomte si to. Pokračujeme: "Kvety, dom, muž, ľudia". Opäť

exception again because this word begins with a U, which is a vowel letter, but the actual

ďalšia výnimka, pretože toto slovo začína na U, čo je samohláska, ale tu sa

sound when you say this sound is a "ya", "university", "university". It's not: "university", it's

vyslovuje ako "j", "university", "university". Nie je to: "university", je to

"university". So: "thUH university", okay? And finally: "The woman, the woman". So that's

"university". Teda: "thUH university", dobre? A nakoniec: "Žena, žena". Tu je

"the" before a consonant sound.

"the" pred vyslovenou spoluhláskou.

So, let's have a look at the other column. Before the vowel sound we say "thee", so:

Pozrime sa na druhý stĺpec. Pred vyslovenou samohláskou povieme "thee", teda:

"The apple", "the elephant", "the ice cream", "the orange", "the umbrella". You can see

"Jablko, slon, zmrzlina, pomaranč, dáždnik". Vidíte, tu začína

here "umbrella" also begins with a U, just like "university", but it's not pronounced:

"dáždnik" tiež na U, podobne ako "univerzita", ale sa nevyslovuje:

"yumbrella", it's pronounced: "umbrella", so: "thee umbrella, the umbrella". Okay. And

"yumbrella", vyslovuje sa: "umbrella", teda: "thee umbrella, the umbrella". V poriadku. A

finally, here's another funny one, it begins with an H, so you might think: "Well, that's

nakoniec, tu je ďalšie podivné, začína na H, tak by ste si mohli pomyslieť: "Nuž, toto je

a consonant", but it is actually a vowel sound because we don't pronounce the H in this word.

spoluhláska", ale vyslovuje sa samohláska, pretože v tomto slove H nevyslovujeme.

You may know the word "heir", which we had in another lesson about using "a" and "an".

Možno poznáte slovo "dedič", ktoré sme mali v inej lekcii o použití člena "a" a "an".

The heir is usually, well, male, and the heiress, female; but often the word "heir" is used

Dedič je obvykle mužského rodu a dedička je ženského rodu; ale slovo "dedič" je často používané

for female as well nowadays for reasons of equality. So, but: "the heiress", "e", so

v súčasnosti i pre ženský rod z dôvodov rovnocennosti. Teda ale: "the heiress", "e", teda

it's an "e", "heiress", so that's a vowel sound, so: "the heiress". Okay? So that's

je to "e", "heiress", čiže je to vyslovená samohláska, teda: "the heiress". Dobre? Teda treba si

another one to remember, along with the "ya" sound here. So, it's purely the way you say

pamätať ďalšie spolu so zvukom "j". Teda iba toto je hľadisko,

it which decides whether it's "thuh" or "thee". Okay? So now we'll move on to a second screen,

ktoré rozhoduje, či je to "thuh" alebo "thee". Dobre? Teraz sa presunieme k druhej obrazovke

and we'll do some sentences for you to work out how to pronounce each time the word "the"

a budeme tu mať niekoľko viet, aby sme určili, ako v každom prípade vysloviť slovo "the"

or "the" appears, so...

alebo "the", keď sa objaví, teda...

Okay, so what I should have said at the end of the last section was the word "heir" and

Dobre, čo som mala povedať na konci predchádzajúcej časti bolo slovo "dedič" a

"heiress", I didn't explain what they meant. So, if you hadn't seen the other lesson you

"dedička", nevysvetlila som, čo znamenajú. Teda, ak ste nevideli tú lekciu,

wouldn't... You might not know that, so "an heir" or "an heiress" is someone who inherits

nevedeli by ste....Asi by ste nevedeli, že "dedič" alebo "dedička" je niekto, kto zdedí

something, often money or property, something like that. So, okay.

niečo, často peniaze alebo majetok, niečo takého. Dobre.

Right, so here is the test for you of how to pronounce the word "t-h-e": "thuh" or "thee",

Tu je pre vás test, ako vyslovovať slovo "t-h-e": "thuh" alebo "thee"

and as you can see, we have some sentences here. And every time the word appears I've

a ako vidíte, máme tu niekoľko viet. A vždy, keď sa slovo vyskytne,

underlined it in red just to help you to see it. So, first sentence: "The ferry crossed

podčiarkla som ho červeným, aby som vám pomohla lepšie ho vidieť. Teda prvá veta: "Trajekt preplával

the Irish Sea." So, how would you pronounce the word there? Okay. So: "thuh" goes before

Írske more." Ako by ste vyslovili slovo tu? Dobre. Teda: "thuh" je pred

a consonant sound, so "f" is a consonant, so: "Thuh fairy. The fairy crossed", and what

vyslovenou spoluhláskou, teda "f" je spoluhláska a teda: "Thuh fairy. The fairy crossed", a čo tak

about this one? "I" is a vowel sound, so it's "thee Irish Sea, the Irish Sea". So: "The

toto? "I" je samohláska, tak je to "thee Irish Sea, the Irish Sea". Teda:

fairy crossed the Irish Sea." Okay?

"Trajekt preplával Írske more." V poriadku.

Next one: "The right way is the only way." Okay, so how would you pronounce those two?

Ďalšia: " Správny spôsob je len jeden." Dobre, ako by ste vyslovili tie dve?

So, "r" is a consonant, so: "Thuh right way. The right way is", "only", that begins with

Tak, "r" je spoluhláska, teda: Thuh right way. The right way is","only", ktoré začína na

an "o", which is a vowel, "only". So: "thee only way. The right way is the only way."

na "o", čo je samoháska, "only". Teda: "thee only way. The right way is the only way."

Okay?

Dobre?

Next one, we have three examples in this sentence, so: "The answer is at the back of the book."

Ďalšia veta, máme tri príklady v tejto vete, teda: "Odpoveď je na zadnej strane knihy."

So, what would you do there? "The answer, the back, the book", so "answer" begins with

Teda ako by ste to povedalí? "Odpoveď, zadná strana, kniha", nuž "answer" začína na

"a", which is a vowel, so it's: "Thee answer. The answer is at". "Back" and "book" begin

"a", čo je samohláska, je to teda: Thee answer. The answer is at". "Back" and "book" začínajú

with "b", which is a consonant, so: "Thuh back of thuh book." Okay.

na "b", čo je spoluhláska, teda: Thuh back of thuh book." Dobre.

Next one: "The fire hasn't reached the upper floor". "Upper" means at the top of the building,

Ďalšia: "Požiar sa nedostal na horné podlažie." "Horné" znamená vrch budovy,

up at the top. Okay, so: "fire" begins with an "f", so that's a consonant, so: "thuh fire.

hore na vrchole, Dobre, teda: "fire" začína na "f", čo je spoluhláska, teda: "thuh fire.

The fire hasn't reached", "upper" begins with "u" which is a vowel sound, so it's: "thee

The fire hasn't reached", "upper" začína na "u", čo je samohláska, teda to je: "thee

upper floor. The fire hasn't reached the upper floor." Okay. Right.

upper floor. The fire hasn't reached the upper floor." Dobre. V poriadku.

Next one: "The girl felt at home in the empty house." So if you feel at home, you feel comfortable,

Nasledujúca: "Dievča sa cítilo pohodlne v prázdnom dome". Teda, ak sa cítite ako doma, cítite sa pohodlne,

you like your surroundings. Okay. So: "girl" begins with "g" which is a consonant, so:

páči sa vám prostredie. Dobre. Teda" "girl" začína na "g", čo je spoluhláska, teda:.

"thuh girl. The girl felt at home in", "empty" begins with "e" which is a vowel, so: "thee

"thuh girl. The girl felt at home in", "empty" začína na "e", čo je samohláska, teda: "thee

empty house. The girl felt at home in the empty house." Okay.

empty house. The girl felt at home in the empty house." Dobre.

Next one: "I will join the union in the morning." So, "union" is a... To do with your profession,

Ďalšia veta: "Vstúpim do odborového zväzu zajtra:" Teda, odbory sú... Majú súvis s vaším povolaním,

for your employment rights and so on, and you pay a subscription to join. So: "I will

s vašimi pracovnými právami a podobne a platíte si členské príspevky. Teda: Vstúpim

join", "union" begins with a "u" which is a vowel sound, so... Ah, no, hang on. This

do "union" začína na "u" čo je samohláska, teda.. Ale nie, počkajte, Toto

is one of those exceptions. "Yunion", so... I nearly caught myself out there. It's a "ya"

je jedna z tých výnimiek. "Yunion", teda...skoro som sa tu chytila. To je "j"

sound, so: "thuh union". It's not "thee" onion, because "onion" is a different word altogether,

zvuk, teda:"thuh union".Nie je to "thee" onion, pretože "cibuľa" je iné slovo

with an "o", an onion is a vegetable, so this is the union. Okay, so: "I will join thuh

s "o" a cibuľa je zelenina, ale toto je zväz. Dobre, teda: "I will join thuh

union in", "m" consonant, "thuh morning, the morning". Okay. So that's a funny little exception,

union in", "m" je spoluhláska, "thuh morning, the morning". Dobre. Teda toto je podarená malá výnimka

there.

tu.

Next one, say you're in a big department store with lots of floors and they have escalators

Ďalšia naznačuje, že ste vo veľkom obchodnom dome s množstvom podlaží a je sú tam pohyblivé schody

going up and down, and you can't decide which department to go to first, so you're with

chodiace hore a dole a vy sa neviete rozhodnúť, do ktorého oddelenia pôjdete najskôr, teda ste

a friend, you might say: "Shall we take the up escalator or the down escalator?" Okay,

s priateľom, mohli by ste povedať: "Pôjdeme schodami hore alebo dole?" Dobre,

so which one would you use? "Thuh" or "thee"? So, before "up", "up", letter "u" is a vowel

ktoré by ste použili? Thuh" or "thee"? Teda pred "up", "up", písmeno "u" je samohláska

sound, "up", so it's: "thee up, the up". "Shall we take the up escalator or", then before

"up", teda je to: "thee up, the up". "Shall we take the up escalator or", potom pred

"down", "d" is a consonant, so: "thuh, the down escalator". Okay?

"down", "d" je spoluhláska, preto: "thuh, the down escalator". Dobre?

And then finally, here's another one, a little exception because there's an "h" here, which

A potom nakoniec ešte jedna malá výnimka, pretože tu je "h", ktoré

is not pronounced. So the word "honour", "honourable", it sounds like an "o", we don't pronounce

sa nevyslovuje. Teda slovo honour", "honourable", znie to ako "o", nevyslovujeme

the "h", so: "It's the honourable thing to do." Which? Which would you use there? Okay,

"h" , teda: "Je to vznešené, čo sa má urobiť." Ktoré? Ktoré by ste mali použiť? Dobre

so: "It's thee honourable", this one. "...the honourable thing to do".

teda: "It's thee honourable", toto. "...the honourable thing to do".

Okay, so I'm sure you got those all right, and we also have a quiz for you to test that

Dobre, som si istá, že ste všetko pochopili správne a máme pre vás otázky na preskúšanie tohoto

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