Are You Pronouncing THE wrong? - Learn the ADVANCED Rules HERE!

👉 In this English Pronunciation lesson I am going to teach you how to correctly pronounce THE at all times! 👉 Many students mispronounce this word because there are some tricky rules and exceptions to rules that can be confusing. 👉 There are two ways to pronounce THE in English. /ðə/ and /ði:/. The first rule is that if THE is before a word beginning with a consonant (like MAN) then we pronounce it /ðə/. The man (/ðə mæn/). But if THE is followed by a vowel then it is usually pronounced /ði:/ as in The Energy (/ði ˈɛnəʤi/). This seems simple, but sometimes in english a word can begin with a consonant letter which is silent, such as in hour (/ði ˈaʊə/) so here we again use /ði/ because the first SOUND is a vowel sound. 👉 To make things even more confusing, sometimes in English a word can begin with a vowel letter, like the word ’ONE’ but the first sound is actually a CONSONANT SOUND, /wʌn/, so here we need to say /ðə wʌn/ because one begins with a consonant sound but when we LOOK AT the word it looks like it begins with vowel sound. 👉 Watch the video one or two times until you are CONFIDENT that you understand everything and your pronunciation of THE will be PERFECT! 👀 Vowel Sounds Videos! ⬇️⬇️ Short Vowels - Long Vowels - Diphthongs - 😀 Also, for anyone wondering, I’m James, an English teacher from the UK so in this video I’m speaking with a British English (Modern RP) accent. 👀 These lessons use the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to teach English sounds. --------------------------------------------------------------------- You can also find me on..... 📌 Facebook: 📌 Instagram: 📌 Twitter: 🔔 One more thing..... These English video lessons take A LONG TIME to make and are hard work💻👷 ! So if you want to say “Thank you“.....You can send me “Super Thanks“ right here on YouTube! Just click the “Thanks“ button under this video ❤️ Or you can Buy Me a Coffee to help me with my work in making these lessons for you! You can do that here... ❤️ ❤️ 00:00 Intro 00:48 ð sound 01:48 The First ‘THE’ 03:09 Exceptions to 1st THE 05:02 The 1st Rule 05:18 The Second ‘THE’ 07:16 Exceptions to 2nd THE 08:35 STRESSING ‘THE’ 10:44 Practice Sentence 11:32 TEST 📌 Recommended BOOKS (I earn a small commission for your purchase) 🕮 English Pronunciation in Use (Beginner) 🕮 - 🕮 English Pronunciation in Use (Intermediate) 🕮 - 🕮 English Pronunciation in Use (Advanced) 🕮 - 📌 Great book for improving accent and pronunciation. 🕮 Accent: B1-C2 (Collins Work on Your Accent…) - 📌 Some people asked me what I use to make these just use the two items below, a basic but good microphone and an iPhone. Nice and Easy. :) 🎤 My Microphone 🎤 - HyperX Quadcast -- 📷 My Camera 📷 - iPhone 13 Pro Max --