To pronounce "TH" in standard English?

Question

Is the pronounciation for "TH" same for every words in standard English, means there is only one way to pronounce TH?

So the TH pronounciation for THink, THe, THat, THin, THug, MaTHs should be all the same? Please answer me only if you know the correct answer. Prefer native speakers who have learnt lingustic or something, but if others really know, they can help too. Thank you very much.

Answer 1

Some sound like "De" while other sound like "Da"

Answer 2

I am native to England.
The pronounciation for the words you have stated are all very similar in the way the TH sound.
All these words the TH is made by touching your front teeth with your tongue and blowing slightly.
They all sound the same, it is the vowel which follows the TH co-ombination that makes the words sound differently.
I am an English student.
Hope this helped.

Answer 3

There are two ways of pronouncing the "Th" sound.
The hard "th" as in then, those,that, there...a hard emphasis with a bit more vibration on the tongue
And the soft sound of "th" as in thick, math,therapy,thanks.

This (hard "th") is a point of study with children in school when they are learning phonics.

Answer 4

JJ is right, but what if someone does not know what voiced and voiceless mean? You put your hand on your throat. If a sound is voiced,you will feel vibrations (of the vocal cords), if voiceless you will not. Compare s (voiceless) vs. z (voiced), or f (voiceless) vs. v (voiced). The 'th' of think is like the former, the 'th' of this like the latter.

Answer 5

"the" and "that" dont sound like the others. the other th sounds are made by touching your 2 front teeth with your tounge and breathing out. "the" and "that" are more made with the vocal chords. try watching some movies in english. it should help immensely.

Answer 6

the stress is oftentimes on the 2d syllable while it is used as a verb: "to re-seek"; while it is used as a noun, British English oftentimes additionally stresses the 2d syllable, yet particularly some people could rigidity the 1st syllable as a consequence of yank impression. In the two examples, in spite of the indisputable fact that, the 1st syllable could be reported "ree-"

Answer 7

There are two pronunciations of 'th' - one is unvoiced [θ] and the other voiced [đ]. In your examples, unvoiced are THINK, THIN, THUG, MATHS; voiced are THE, THAT. The rules are complex and result in such couplets as the verb BREATHE with the [bri:đ] (voiced) sound and the noun BREATH [breθ] with the unvoiced sound.

Answer 8

The "TH" in think, thug and math are softer more breathy sounds whlie the "TH" in the and that are harder.

Answer 9

its just easy to pronounce like these words THey THE THat if you tell the word TH.If you hear it its like d