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    How To Pronounce "The" in English: Vowel Sound We Write We Say

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    The document discusses how to pronounce the word "the" in English. It states that "the" is normally pronounced with a short sound like "thuh", but is pronounced with a long "thee" sound when it comes before a word that begins with a vowel sound, not necessarily a vowel letter. It is the sound, not the letter, that determines if "the" is pronounced in its long or short form.

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    The document discusses how to pronounce the word "the" in English. It states that "the" is normally pronounced with a short sound like "thuh", but is pronounced with a long "thee" sound when it comes before a word that begins with a vowel sound, not necessarily a vowel letter. It is the sound, not the letter, that determines if "the" is pronounced in its long or short form.

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    The document discusses how to pronounce the word "the" in English. It states that "the" is normally pronounced with a short sound like "thuh", but is pronounced with a long "thee" sound when it comes before a word that begins with a vowel sound, not necessarily a vowel letter. It is the sound, not the letter, that determines if "the" is pronounced in its long or short form.

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    How To Pronounce "The" in English: Vowel Sound We Write We Say

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    Cristina S Fonseca
    The document discusses how to pronounce the word "the" in English. It states that "the" is normally pronounced with a short sound like "thuh", but is pronounced with a long "thee" sound when it comes before a word that begins with a vowel sound, not necessarily a vowel letter. It is the sound, not the letter, that determines if "the" is pronounced in its long or short form.

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    How to Pronounce "the" in English

    Normally, we pronounce "the" with a short sound (like "thuh"). But when "the" comes before a vowel sound, we pronounce it as a long "thee".

    vowel sound we write A E I O U the apple the egg the ice-cream the orange the ugli fruit

    we say thee apple thee egg thee ice-cream thee orange thee ugli fruit

    It is important to understand that it is what we say that matters, not what we write. It is the sound that matters, not the letter used in writing a word. So we use a long "thee" before a vowel sound, not necessarily before a vowel. Look at these cases:

    we write the house the hour

    with consonant (h) consonant (h)

    we say thuh house thee our

    with consonant sound vowel sound

    the university vowel (u) the umbrella vowel (u)

    thuh youniversity consonant sound thee umbrella vowel sound

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