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If a word is new for me and I have to pronounce it, how can I know if the TH sound is voiced or voiceless when I do not have a dictionary?
Is there any rule?
Thanks
Is there any rule?
Thanks
Most function words - determiners, pronouns - have voiced 'th' eth/edh ð:If a word is new for me and I have to pronounce it, how can I know if the TH sound is voiced or voiceless when I do not have a dictionary?
Is there any rule?
Thanks
Most function words - determiners, pronouns - have voiced 'th' eth/edh ð:
the, these, those, that, though, there, their, they're
There are exceptions: through ...
Most verbs and nouns have voiceless 'TH' theta θ:
n. theatre, theocracy, thing, thought
v. throw, think, throttle, thwart
ðere are probably some obvious exceptions ðat I can't θink of right now.
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