Voiced dental fricative.
This a lenis or weak consonant. The soft palate is in its raised position and the vocal folds vibrate. The tip of the tongue touches the back of the upper front teeth, forming a small passage through which the pulmonic air stream escapes producing friction.
| <th> | rather /ˈrɑ:ðə/, then (weak) /ðen/ |
| <the> | breathe /bri:ð/ |
| this /ðɪs/ |
| other /ˈʌðə/ |
| smooth /smu:ð/ |
| then /ðen/ |
| teething /ˈti:ðɪŋ/ |
| clothe /kləʊð/ |
| rather /ˈrɑ:ðə/ |
| there /ðeə/ |
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I breathe rather fast when I’m bathing.
/ˈaɪ ˈbri:ð ˈrɑ:ðə ˈfɑ:st wen ˈaɪm ˈbeɪðɪŋ/ |
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I’ll do this work here then, and that work there.
/ˈaɪl də ðɪs ˈwɜ:k ˈhɪə ðen | ənd ðət ˈwɜ:k ˈðeə/ |
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It was the coldest day of the year.
/ˈɪt wəz ðə ˈkəʊldɪst deɪ əv ðə jɜ:/ |
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Don't bother to gather all the leaves and heather.
/dəʊnt ˈbɒðə tə ˈɡæðər ɔ:l ðə 'li:vz ənd ˈheðə/̩ |
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There those thousand thinkers were thinking how did the other three thieves
go through.
/ðeə ðəʊz ˈθaʊzn̩d ˈθɪŋkəz wə ˈθɪŋkɪŋ ˈhaʊ dɪd ði ˈʌðə 'θri: 'θi:vz 'ɡəʊ θru:/̩ |
The soft palate is in its raised position and the vocal folds vibrate. The tip of the tongue touches the back of the upper front teeth, forming a small passage through which the pulmonic air stream escapes producing friction.