English pronunciation difficulty I feel "th" sound's difficulty. Just saying one word is easy like thanks and three. But when the words connect another word, the difficulty gets quite higher! For exa

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English pronunciation difficulty I feel "th" sound's difficulty. Just saying one word is easy like thanks and three. But when the words connect another word, the difficulty gets quite higher! For example, "runs through" and "played the piano" are very difficult to say naturally. Do you think it is difficult to make "th" sound just after "runs(z)" and "played(d)". How do you pronounce "th" in these case? Is it the problem on my lack of the skill making my tongue move? If so, I must practice! Thank you for your correction and giving me your ideas in advance! Have a good week!

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English pronunciation difficulty

I feel "th" sounds difficult. Just saying one word is easy like thanks and three.
But when the words connect another word, the difficulty gets quite higher!

For example, "runs through" and "played the piano" are very difficult to say naturally.
Do you think it is difficult to make "th" sound just after "runs(z)" and "played(d)".

How do you pronounce "th" in these case?
Is it the problem on my lack of skill on making my tongue move? If so, I must practice!

Thank you for your correction and giving me your ideas in advance!

Have a good week!

English pronunciation difficulty

I find "th" sound difficult. Just saying one word like "thanks" and "three" is easy.
But when the words connect other words, the difficulty gets much higher!

For example, "runs through" and "played the piano" are very difficult to say naturally.
Do you think it is difficult to make "th" sound just after "runs(z)" and "played(d)"?

How do you pronounce "th" in these cases?
Is the problem in my lack of skill making my tongue move? If so, I must practice!

Thank you in advance for your corrections and your ideas!

Have a good week!

Thanks Bri, the nearest way to the goal that I can pronounce smoothly is just practice! I will also analyze how I should use my tongue. Good advice!

The advice that I would give you is to practice slowly and over time, you can build up the speed. I would suggest paying a lot of attention to where your tongue is when you say "th". The tip of your tongue needs to be in between your top and bottom front teeth so it almost looks like you're biting the tip of your tongue. With practice you'll definitely be able to master it. Good luck!

Hi Doug, thank you for your advice! I tend to speak quickly when the sentences are basically easy to understand while speaking out is not easy. Trying to STOP, OK, I will try! Thanks!

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