Breath vs. Breathe – Pronunciation and Grammar

Breath与Breathe的区别-发音与语法

Breath vs. Breathe

Breath与Breathe的区别

Even native speakers mess this one up.

甚至讲母语的人也会混淆它们

In this video, you’ll learn the difference between these two words.

本视频中，你将会学到两者的区别

Breath vs. breathe.

Breath与Breathe的区别

Breath, with no E at the end, is a noun.

Breath，结尾没有字母E，名词

And when it’s really cold, you can see your breath.

天气很冷的时候，你能看到自己呼出的雾气

Let’s see if it's cold enough in here to see my breath.

看，要是这里气温够低，就能看到我的呼气（雾气）

Hhhh.

哈~~~

Is it cold enough cause you see it?

气温够低，看见（雾气）没？

What about breathe?

Breathe呢？

This has an E on the end.

它以字母E为结尾

And now you can see me breathe, it's a verb.

现在你能看到我在呼吸，它是个动词

If I breathe very dramatically and loudly, you can see it.

要是我大声地深呼吸，你就能看到

Breathe.

呼~~~吸~~~

Even native speakers mix these up when writing.

书写时，哪怕是说母语的人有时也会混淆它们

Just the other day, I saw this comment on Facebook.

有一天，我看到Facebook上看到这样一条评论

“I love Michelle Obama so much I can hardly breath.”

我爱Michelle Obama，爱到我无法呼吸

This is the wrong word.

这里用词错误

It should be “breathe”, the verb, with an E at the end.

应该用以E结尾的动词“breathe”

The person who wrote this is a native speaker.

写这句话的人是说母语的

Went to college.

上过大学

Smart.

So, these kinds of mistakes can happen to any of us.

聪明

所以，这种错误，我们任何人都会犯

So when you’re writing, remember the letter E makes the verb,

书写的时候，记得由结尾的字母E想到动词

and the word VERB has a letter E in it so maybe that will help you remember.

正好VERB这个词里有一个字母E，可能帮助你记忆

Now, let’s talk about the difference in pronunciation.

现在，我们聊聊它们发音的区别

The noun, breath, ends with the unvoiced TH, th--

名词breath，以不发出声音-th结尾

The tongue must come through the teeth and be relaxed so that the air can flow freely.

舌头抵住牙齿，放松舌头，让气流自由通过

Thhh.

th~~~

Breath.

Breath

The vowel here is the EH as in BED vowel.

元音是/ɛ/，和BED的元音一样

EH. Brea--

/ɛ/，/brɛ—/

So your jaw drops, and the middle of the tongue lifts,

下巴下沉，舌头中间抬起

EH. Brea--

/ɛ/，/brɛ—/

Breath.

Breath

If you add an E at the end to make the verb, it changes two things about the pronunciation,

如果结尾加一个E，就变成一个动词，它会改变两个发音

the vowel and the TH.

元音和th的发音

The vowel becomes the EE as in SHE vowel.

元音变成了/i/，如同She里的元音

EE. Breathe.

/i/，/brið/

So the tongue tip stays down

舌尖放低

and the front part of the tongue arches towards the roof of the mouth.

舌头的前面抵住上颚

It gets pretty high up there for this vowel.

这个元音音调往上

EE. Breathe.

/i/，/bri/

And the consonant changes to the voiced TH. Thh-- thh--

辅音变成发声的/ð/，/ð/

So it's the same tongue position but you're making the sound with the vocal cords.

舌头放在相同的位置，但是声带发出声音

Th-- breathe.

/ð/，/brið/

Now, when a word ends in a voiced consonant like 'breathe',

以发声的辅音为结尾的单词，像 'breathe'

instead of an unvoiced consonant like 'breath',

相比以不发声的辅音为结尾的单词，像 'breath'

it makes the word a little longer, the stressed syllable.

让单词更长一些，是个强调的音节

So hold out that vowel a little more.

所以这个元音发声时，稍微久一些

Part of the difference between these two words is the length.

这两个单词的部分区别是长度

Breath. Breathe. Breathe.

Breath. Breathe. Breathe.

You can hear I'm holding out that vowel just a little bit more.

你能听见我在发出那个元音时，久一些

Breath vs. breathe.

Breath 和breathe.

Now you know the difference and you can say these two words, or write these two words,

现在你知道它们的区别了，你在说或者书写它们时

with confidence.

更有信心了

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