There are two ways to pronounce ‘The’ The way with a stronger ‘E’ sound is the first one. You use this one when the first letter of the next word is a vowel. Examples include: A, I, E, O, and U.
The way with a stronger ‘U’ sound is the second one. You use this one when the first letter of the next word is not a vowel. Examples include: L, K, N, M, X, Y, B, C, and many more.