I've heard there are two pronunciations for the word THE I dont know what are they? plz help me
2006-12-02 11:21:48 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
In American English, when "the" comes in front of a word that starts with a vowel, it is pronounced "thee". When "the" comes in front of a word that starts with a consonant, it is pronounced "thuh".
2006-12-02 12:19:10 · answer #1 · answered by Taivo 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The right way to say it would be Tha unless it's followed by another word and the first letter of that word is a vowel, example: The English language. That would be thee English language not tha English language. While it's: tha cat, when the first letter of the following word is silent.
The other thing is you may pronounce it "thee" if you want to stress the word after it, as in focus on it:
example: He is thee man of the hour. sort of.
2006-12-03 10:50:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally, "the" (with a soft e, pronounced thuh) is used with nouns that begin with a consonant. "The" (with a long e, pronounced thee) is used with nouns that start with a vowel. So it would be the (thuh) dog and the (thuh) cat, but the (thee) antelope. It's much like y and e in Spanish.
2006-12-02 11:41:07 · answer #3 · answered by AileneWright 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the rule is the(thu) followed by a word that starts with a consonant,and the (thee) when followed by a vowel.....however, I think Americans don´t apply this rule and I am not sure about the >British....where do u live???
actually I asked almost the same question, youcan look it up tp see more answers if u want...
2006-12-02 11:33:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is the and thee.Good luck with learning Spanish.Im in Spanish and its pretty hard our language is harder than yours,so good luck once again!!!!Me gusta el balancesto.Y a ti?
2006-12-02 11:32:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
when preceding a word that starts with a consonant it is pronounced "tha", when preceding a word that starts with a vowel it is pronounced as "the". i hope these helped
2006-12-02 11:32:28 · answer #6 · answered by madc 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Use the one that feels most comfortable as you speak. Both are correct.
2006-12-02 11:30:03 · answer #7 · answered by Kacky 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The can be pronounced as thee or thuh...
2006-12-02 11:31:05 · answer #8 · answered by rrrevils 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some people pronounce it as "thee"
2006-12-02 11:24:52 · answer #9 · answered by Cate 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
either pronounced as "thee" or "th-uh"
2006-12-02 14:35:19 · answer #10 · answered by cpc_2591 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋