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| sgh78 Diglot Senior Member France Joined 4642 days ago 163 posts - 215 votes  Speaks: French*, English Studies: Spanish, Russian, Norwegian, Latin, Persian, Biblical Hebrew, Arabic (classical), German | Message 1 of 9 05 April 2012 at 1:01am | IP Logged | ||
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1.I maked a audio to tested my pronunciation. I would like to know what the native speakers think about this , I have a problem with these sounds :
A./ɪ i of in. B./ʊ oo of foot. C./ʌ u of cut in Received pronunciation. D./æ a of man. E./ɒ a of call in Received pronunciation. F./ŋ ng of parking , with this consonant I pronounce that /ŋg like in my language. G./ɹ r of red. H./ð th of the , I have a problem with that in some words. I./θ th of thin , like /ð. J./h h of husband in some words. K./eɪ of ay in say. L./aɪ in I. M./ɔɪ oy of boy. N./əʊ ow of know in Received pronunciation. O./aʊ ough of bough. P./ɪə ere of here. Q./eə ee of beer. R./ʊə oo of boor. Link to listen : http://www.2shared.com/audio/PxunbsjG/WAVE0001.html 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Kyle Corrie Senior Member United States Joined 4830 days ago 175 posts - 464 votes | Message 2 of 9 05 April 2012 at 2:42pm | IP Logged | ||
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I listened to about 2:30 of your recording and I must admit that a lot of it was
incomprehensible to me. However, you're not providing any context for the words you're using. So, if you're goal is to speak with natives then a lot of that will be made clearer within the context of your sentence. That being said - I think you have more important things to focus on than your pronunciation. Your tenses, conjugations and sentence structure could use work. One thing that rung in my head though was your pronunciation of 'father'. You must be aware that the 'th' sound in English is its own distinct sound. Don't separate the two letters into different syllables. Good luck. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Cabaire Senior Member Germany Joined 5600 days ago 725 posts - 1352 votes | Message 3 of 9 05 April 2012 at 5:13pm | IP Logged | ||
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It would be easier to follow, if you had used actual sentences or a text. These isolated words are sometimes hard to catch.
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| sgh78 Diglot Senior Member France Joined 4642 days ago 163 posts - 215 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Spanish, Russian, Norwegian, Latin, Persian, Biblical Hebrew, Arabic (classical), German | Message 4 of 9 05 April 2012 at 8:13pm | IP Logged | ||
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Oops I forgoted the words source.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_Swadesh_de_l%27anglais 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| sofiapofia Pentaglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 4942 days ago 88 posts - 103 votes Speaks: Swedish, Hindi, Portuguese, English*, Marathi Studies: German, Danish, Sanskrit, Icelandic | Message 5 of 9 17 April 2012 at 7:40am | IP Logged | ||
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All right I had your word list and I don't think it was all that bad. Words you need to
work on: narrow- make the 'r' less French Woman- make this one word father- again don't separate the 'th' into two different sounds You were fine otherwise. I don't think you're incomprehensible, obviously you have a very French accent but if you were here in the UK, people would understand you just fine. And if there are some words that are heavily accented, they can be understood through the context of the situation anyway. For this reason, it would have been better to have made sentences with these words and then have read them aloud for us to hear. Use howjsay.com to hear the pronunciation of words you may have a problem with. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| vermillon Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4679 days ago 602 posts - 1042 votes Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, Mandarin Studies: Japanese, German | Message 6 of 9 17 April 2012 at 9:34am | IP Logged | ||
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Just a very short comment: when you write the pronunciation using the IPA, you should have a slash on both sides of the pronunciation, not just on the left:
/ʊ/ and not /ʊ 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| sgh78 Diglot Senior Member France Joined 4642 days ago 163 posts - 215 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Spanish, Russian, Norwegian, Latin, Persian, Biblical Hebrew, Arabic (classical), German | Message 7 of 9 17 April 2012 at 3:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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@vermillon Thank about your message.
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| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5382 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 8 of 9 17 April 2012 at 4:12pm | IP Logged | ||
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