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brahimnajah94
25 June

  • English (US)
  • French (France)
Question about English (US)

How do you say this in English (US)? I have some problem in pronunciation of through.
any hint that can help me
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Jon1012
25 June

  • English (US)

I have a problem pronouncing the word “through.” Do you have any tips for me?

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hemingway27
26 June

  • English (US)

Jon1012 got the question right :) If you want the pronunciation, here. It's a bit funny to practice, but I hope it might help you:

- Try making an "rrrr" sound
- Then an ooooo sound. Like euuuu
- Say rrrrrr and oooooo back and forth. Rrrroooorrrroo.
- Try it with "TH". "TTHHHrrroooorrrrrooothrrrroooo"

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trulyalie
26 June

  • English (US)

It’s particularly challenging for a native French speaker to say the English word “thorough” for a couple of reasons. The -th sound is made by placing your tongue on the bottom of your top teeth and blowing air around it. It’s a sound similar to air escaping from a ballon. The English -r sound is quite different from the French -r sound. In French, the -r is made in the throat, but an English -r is formed in the front of the mouth. The -ough sounds like “l’eau”.

I recommend that you look up some videos about how to make the -th and English -r sounds and practice them separately. Once you start to train your mouth to make these sounds try them together. Until you’re confident just use the English word “complete”, which has a very similar pronunciation and meaning to the French “complet”.

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hemingway27
26 June

  • English (US)

@brahimnajah94 you’re getting closer and closer. trulyalie’s pronunciation is good with the “w” sound. here’s an audio clip explanation for another practice, doing ooo and euuu in the word “throughout”

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