• Weak form /ðə/ => before consonants

e.g. The sun is shining.

• Strong form /ði/ => before vowels

e.g. I think the answers will make you surprised.

Note: Emphatic (Nhấn mạnh của từ THE trong 1 số trường hợp đặc biệt)

=> Still pronounce /ði/ when there are consonants or vowels after the word "The"

e.g. A: Do you know who drew that picture?

B: John did.

A: No way! The (/ði/) picture is so wonderful.

4. A/AN

• Weak form: + /ə/ => before consonants (e.g. a pen, a book etc.)

  + /ən/ => before vowels (e.g. an ice-cream, an egg)

• Strong form: when emphasizing, when quoting someone, at then end of a sentence

  + /eɪ/ => before consonants (e.g. I want a new car)

  + /æn/ => before vowels (e.g. He asked me if I had an umbrella)

  
  

  5. AND

• Weak form: +/ən/ => unstressed positions

e.g. Yeni and Yuhmi are siblings.

• Strong form: + /ænd/ => when it is stressed or at the beginning of a sentence

+ When emphasizing

e.g. I want to go to the park, and I want to go to the beach.

+Beginning of a sentence

e.g And then, I realized the truth.