How to pronounce 'The'

When ‘the’ comes before a word with vowel sound we pronounce it as ‘thee’

Examples:

The apple (thee apple),

The umbrella (thee umbrella)

We pronounce ‘the’ as ‘thuh’ when it is followed by a word with consonant sound.

Examples:

The clock (thuh clock)

The pen (thuh pen)

When we wish to place emphasis on a particular word we pronounce ‘the’ as ‘thee’ even if the word starts with consonant sound.

Example:

This is the (thee) book which I was searching for the past 2 weeks.