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| luke Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 7151 days ago 3133 posts - 4351 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Esperanto, French | Message 9 of 12 08 February 2014 at 9:35pm | IP Logged |
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You are very easy to understand. I can pick it out your accent because you sound like Luca from YouTube and Fabio from Top Chef. They are both native Italian but easy to listen to. You should definitely be proud of your accomplishments.
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| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4790 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 10 of 12 08 February 2014 at 10:55pm | IP Logged |
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Some of your vowels are too closed or too open, especially /ɪ/, /e/, and /aʊ/. Best example: "English" sounds like "Eengleesh".
Also, your intonation and rhythm of speech is influenced by Italian. It's a good accent nevertheless. Edited by Josquin on 08 February 2014 at 11:04pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| nicozerpa Triglot Senior Member Argentina Joined 4272 days ago 182 posts - 315 votes Speaks: Spanish*, Portuguese, English Studies: Italian, German | Message 11 of 12 09 February 2014 at 4:52am | IP Logged |
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Hey, I'd love to speak as good as you! Congratulations!
I've noted the same as Josquin, sometimes your pronunciation of the /ɪ/ sound is too closed, I often make the same error too. Another detail: it seems that you always pronounce "can" with the /kæn/ sound. However, it's recommended to pronounce it as /kən/, with the schwa, when it's affirmative and is immediately followed by another word. For example, when you said "I can understand a lot" while talking about German. In American English, the "t" in "can't" is usually silent, so it's pronounced as /kæn/ too. Therefore, if you say "I /kæn/ understand a lot", some people could think that you can't understand a lot of German. But if you say "I /kən/ understand a lot", you won't have that problem. Edited by nicozerpa on 09 February 2014 at 10:40pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| albysky Triglot Senior Member Italy lang-8.com/1108796Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4334 days ago 287 posts - 393 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, German | Message 12 of 12 09 February 2014 at 10:52am | IP Logged |
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Ok guys , I thank you all for your opinion .
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