/ð/

The /ð/ sound in English is a voiced dental fricative, which means it’s a sound made by creating friction between the tongue and the back of the upper teeth, with vocal cord vibration. Here’s how you pronounce it:

• Position your tongue and teeth: For the /ð/ sound, the tip of your tongue should be touching the back of your upper teeth.
• Voicing: The /ð/ sound is a voiced consonant, meaning your vocal cords vibrate when you produce this sound. You should feel a vibration if you lightly touch the front of your throat while saying the sound.
• Release the sound: Start by creating a narrow gap between your tongue and upper teeth. Then, push air through the small space while activating your vocal cords. The continuous airflow passing through this small space with vocal cord vibration creates the /ð/ sound.