Fragen über die Beispielsätze mit, und die Definition und Benutzung von "Th"

A: You will get what you deserve, or what is coming to you; used as a threat.

A: In short, the first paragraph explains that Obama's statement is completely false. He claims that the government should be credited for all success in the business and economy of America because it provides the means (roads, bridges, etc.) for it to happen. The author explains that is an incorrect and absurd claim: for example, the government should not be credited for the invention of the iPhone simply because Steve Jobs drives on the roads paid for by the government.

Another example: A tree should be credited with the creation of apples because without it, there would be no apples. Steve Jobs, however, would have created the iPhone without roads anyways.

A: It's a generic (fictitious) company's name

A: Unfortunately, that’s just the way English is :(

There are two main ways of pronouncing ‘th’, and there isn’t really a rule that will tell you which one it is. A lot of us native speakers learn pronunciation growing up by listening rather than by reading the spelling.

I can give you an example list though.

‘Th’ in ‘this’:
The
Other
Mother
Father
Leather
Feather
Lather
Bother
This
That
These
Those
Though
Loathe
Bathe
Whether
Weather
Wither
Soothe (common to pronounce th like this when it is surrounded by vowels)

‘Th’ in ‘Think’:
Thing
Through
Throw
Three (thr is usually this pronunciation)
Thought
Thaw
Thesis
Path
Math
With
Both
Myth (usually words ending in th have this sound)
Author
Think
Tooth

Of course, there is a lot more for both :)

A: th = º
it indicates an ordinal number 5th (fifth), 6th (sixth), 7th (seventh)
5º (quinto), 6º (sexto), 7º (sétimo)

A: Also try the video below. It is often easier to see how it is said. The video appears to support Portuguese captions.

https://youtu.be/lFXzo7Kh8gs

A: Th is an ordinal marker that goes after numbers to show their location in an order. However, not all numbers use it.

Do not use Th for: 1 (firST), 2 (secoND), 3 (thiRD) or numbers that end with those, like 41 (forty-firST), 82 (eighty-secoND), 103 (one hundred thiRD).

Do use Th for: 4 (fourTH), 5 (fifTH), 6 (sixTH), 7 (sevenTH), 8 (eighTH), 9 (ninTH), 10 (tenTH), 11 (elevenTH), 12 (twelfTH), 13 (thirteenTH) and so on. So, the majority of numbers will use TH for their ordinals, just not all.

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A: thank you
there is a dog
that boy is tall
three birds are blue, thirty are red
the cat is orange
what are those
throw me the ball
his thumb is thick
the thief thought again
his throat was sore
she wrote her thesis into a theory
the roller coaster was a thrill ride
I am thirsty
we are going to the theater

A: no difference in pronunciation.

A: awh it's difficult for native speakers, my family are Portuguese and they can't do it too well either

A: There is no difference.

A: Lab table

A: Can you see the difference? In the first case I put the tip of my tongue ever so slightly in the middle of my teeth. In the second case my tongue is a bit curved in my mouth, and my teeth almost shut, making the 's' sound.

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A: th from breathe

A: Fifth
This
That
Thought
Bother
Bathe
Weather

A: Yes, in my second set of words (think, Thackeray, fourth) my tongue is between my teeth. In the first set, my tongue just touches the inside of my upper teeth.

A: It's a little difficult to enunciate properly for native speakers too.
usually we just speek quickly enough to where it doesn't matter.

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A: 歯の間に舌👅を置いてください


think
thirsty
through
thaw
thought

A: Hmm, well I have been told by many 日本人that I have good 日本語の発音 and the way I learned was by singing along to 日本の曲.

I would pick a song that I liked, find the lyrics on Google, and then play the song. When the singer started singing, I'd try to read the lyrics and sing along.

Because I can't read Japanese quickly, the singer probably sings faster than I can read, so maybe I can sing the first two words with them but before I've even read the third word they're already on the next sentence lol.

So I have to restart the song many times and just sing until I can't keep up anymore.

Little by little, I memorize the song. Eventually I'll be able to sing the entire first sentence, then the second sentence, then the entire first verse, etc. Until finally, I can sing the whole song.

To memorize an entire song it takes me at least couple weeks (depending on how often I practice), but once I've memorized it, I don't have to read the lyrics anymore. I just listen to the song and sing.

Once I am able to do this, I can focus a lot on my pronunciation. I try to pronounce exactly like the singer. I sing the song over and over and over until my pronunciation is almost perfect.