Help ON pronunciation: Z, A,Th and The

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CranberryDude

#149646 Thu, 20 Oct 05 03:01 AM

Smile [:)] Greetings; im a native spanish speaker sinch childhood and therefore im not good at speaking whereas in writing im good.

I have to quick straight questions about the following pronunciations:

TH: I've always heard this as a "f" at the beggining and ending of a word containing the "th". But sometimes i hear a "s"

Im confused; what's the right pronunciation for TH, and how do you put both your tongue and teeth.

Z: I know this is pronounced as "Zee" but how do you do to make a right pronunciation with your tongue. Tongue Tied [:S]

A: I want to know when is that you pronounce "Ei' and when "Ah".

The: When do you say "Di" and when "duh" or "dah"?

I know it is something about vowel, but not sure because i've heard about vowel sound. Once i heard someone saying "di battle" when there's no vowel sound.

Help on this would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks 4 reading!

CranberryDude

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Vowels, Pronunciation

Vorpar

#149653 Thu, 20 Oct 05 03:44 AM

TH is made by putting the tip of the tongue to the upper front teeth and blowing air between them.

Z is a softer S sound, vibrating slightly.

A has more than 2 pronounciations, unfortunately. There isn't really a way to tell which to use. You almost always get the "Ei" sound when a word ends in 'e': Made, jade, fade.

I realized that you probably mean the particle "a": a word, a sandwich. There are no rules on which way to pronounce it, it's the speaker's choice. Same with pronouncing "the". It's your choice.