How to pronounce to and the naturally in English 👇 • To is usually unstressed and sounds like ‘tuh’ /tə/ (not do or duh) → go to school • To is stressed only for emphasis → I said TO you, not for you • The = ‘thuh’ /ðə/ before consonants (the car, the dog) • The = ‘thee’ /ði/ before vowels (the apple, the end) This happens because English uses reduced vowel sounds (schwa) in unstressed words. Who struggles most: Accents where TH doesn’t exist or vowels aren’t reduced as much — Spanish, Portugue

Schwa Sound /ə/ - How to Pronounce The mouth position and spellings for the most common British English sound - the schwa /ǝ/. #britishenglish #pronunciation #phonetics #englishaccent | Pronunciation Studio