How to Pronounce F and Th /θ/ Consonant Sounds | Learn English Pronunciation Course

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Hello, guys.
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My name is F@nny.
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Welcome to this English pronunciation video.
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In this video, we are going to talk about two very confusing consonant sounds -
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The /f/ sound and the th /θ/ sound.
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So /f/ and /θ/.
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Now I know they may sound very similar but they are actually different.
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And they are two very important sounds in the English language
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so I want you to be able to pronounce them correctly.
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Let's start with two example words.
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The first example word that I have is ‘fin’ with an /f/ sound.
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‘fin’
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The second word is slightly different.
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It's ‘thin’.
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It's a th /θ/ sound.
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‘thin’
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So ‘fin’ and ‘thin’.
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I know they may sound very similar but they are different.
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We are going to practice together and I promise you by the end of this video, you will hear the difference.
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Let's keep watching.
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Before we learn about the consonant sounds /f/ and /θ/ in English,
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you should know about the I.P.A spelling.
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It's very important.
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You can also watch me and how I move my mouth.
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And obviously always try to repeat after me, guys.
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I know you can make those sounds.
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Let's do it.
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Now, first, let's practice how to make the /f/ sound in English.
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It's unvoiced.
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So you're not going to use your voice.
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No vibration in your throat.
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You're going to put your teeth against your lower lip
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and you're going to push out some air through your teeth and your lower lip.
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So… /f/
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Please watch my mouth, repeat after me.
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/f/
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Let's practice with the word ‘fin’.
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Repeat after me.
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‘fin’
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Good.
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And now, let's learn how to produce the th /θ/ sound in English.
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th /θ/
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It's unvoiced.
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No voice. No vibration in the throat, okay.
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And what you're going to do is
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you're going to put your tongue between your teeth and push out some air.
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/θ/
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Please repeat after me.
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/θ/
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Let's practice with the word ‘thin’.
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Please repeat after me.
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‘thin’
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Great, guys.
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Let's now practice with minimal pairs.
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These words that are very similar but the sounds are actually different.
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Super useful if you really want to hear the difference between two sounds.
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First, let's focus on our sounds.
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Please watch my mouth and repeat after me.
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First, the /f/ sound.
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/f/
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And now the th /θ/ sounds.
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/θ/
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Now do both. Please repeat after me.
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/f/
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/θ/
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/f/
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/f/
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/θ/
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And now let's take our words.
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Please repeat after me.
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‘fin’
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‘thin’
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‘fin’
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‘thin’
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‘fin’
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‘thin’
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Great.
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Okay, students.
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We're now going to go through minimal pairs together.
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And I want you to look at how I move my mouth and to repeat after me.
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Let's go through this.
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deaf
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death
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first
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thirst
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for
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thaw
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fort
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thought
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fought
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thought
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four
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thaw
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free
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three
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freeze
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threes
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fresh
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thresh
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frill
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thrill
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fro
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throw
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froze
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throws
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fret
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threat
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fug
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thug
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furred
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third
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oaf
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oath
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Very good, guys.
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Okay, guys.
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Time to practice with a few sentences containing our consonant sounds.
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The first sentence is:
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‘Get three free samples.’
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Repeat after me.
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‘Get three free samples.’
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The second sentence:
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‘I thought they fought.’
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Please repeat after me.
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‘I thought they fought.’
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And finally:
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‘Don't fret because there's no threat.’
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Repeat after me.
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‘Don't fret because there's no threat.’
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Good. Let's move on.
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Let's now move on to listening practice.
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I'm now going to show you two words.
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I will say one of the two words,
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and I want you to listen very carefully and to tell me if this word is,
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‘a)’ or ‘b)’
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Let's get started.
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Let's start with our first words.
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Word ‘a’, word ‘b’.
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Which one do I say?
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Listen to me.
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‘furred’
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One more time.
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‘furred’
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Is it ‘a’ or is it ‘b’?
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It's ‘a’ guys, ‘furred’ with an ‘f’.
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‘b’ would be ‘third’.
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What about now? Listen to me.
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‘froze’
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It's ‘a’.
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‘b’ is ‘throws’.
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‘death’
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‘a’ or ‘b’?
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It's ‘b’, ‘death’.
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‘a’ would be pronounced ‘deaf’.
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Listen to me.
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‘thrill’
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It's ‘b’ guys, ‘thrill’.
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‘a’ is ‘frill’.
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Now which one do I say?
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‘thirst’
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It's answer ‘b’, ‘thirst’.
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‘a’ is ‘first’.
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What about this one?
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‘fro’
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It's ‘a’ guys, ‘fro’.
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‘b’ is ‘throw’.
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‘free’
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It's answer ‘a’, ‘free’.
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‘b’ is ‘three’.
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Listen to me.
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‘thought’
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‘a’ or ‘b’?
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It's ‘b’, ‘thought’.
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‘a’ would be ‘fought’.
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Now listen to me.
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‘freeze’
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It's answer ‘a’.
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‘b’ is ‘threes’.
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Finally.
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‘oath’
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It's ‘b’ guys, ‘oath’.
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‘a’ would be ‘oaf’.
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Great, guys.
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You now understand these two different consonant sounds.
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The /f/ sound and the th /θ/ sound in English.
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Of course it takes a lot more practice to master these sounds, so keep practicing.
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You'll be able to pronounce these sounds correctly in a very short time
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and you will train your ear to hear the differences between the sounds.
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And obviously watch my other pronunciation videos.
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I promise you they will help you improve your skills.
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See you next time.
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Thank you so much for watching, guys.
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See you.
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