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Keith Diglot Moderator JapanRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6720 days ago 526 posts - 536 votes 1 sounds Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map	Message 1 of 3 25 November 2007 at 1:24am \| IP Logged
	I posted a recording of me reading a very short article in Japanese. My first sound addition to this forum. The article is entitled ヨット (yacht). When I listen to it, I know I do not sound like a Japanese person. So I wonder why. Why do I sound different than a Japanese person? What must I change? What do I have to do to sound perfectly Japanese. I wonder if anyone on this forum has any ideas. 1 person has voted this message useful
furyou_gaijin Senior Member Japan Joined 6329 days ago 540 posts - 631 votes Speaks: Latin*	Message 2 of 3 25 November 2007 at 12:33pm \| IP Logged
	Great text. UNICOM's JLPT Level 2 Reading Comprehension book is a source of so much excellent material, innit? :-) Actually, I find that you sound much better than the vast majority of native English speakers attempting to speak Japanese. Points for improvement: - Your [w] in [watashi] is completely English: way too much lip-protruding. - Your [shi] is sometimes too English, as well: as in [kakushin]. Suprisingly, at times it sounds nearly perfect, as in [kara sh*te]. - There was nothing Japanese about the word [kanuu]. Especially the [u:]. And you do have a tendency to aspirate your [k]s, etc. in other places as well. But unfortunately, your prosody is completely off the pitch. Which is very surprising, considering that you are in Japan. I have seen many foreigners succesfully picking up the right intonation patterns from just listening to the world around them, the news... or other UNICOM's books! :-))) Good luck. Edited by furyou_gaijin on 25 November 2007 at 12:34pm 1 person has voted this message useful
Keith Diglot Moderator JapanRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6720 days ago 526 posts - 536 votes 1 sounds Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map	Message 3 of 3 26 November 2007 at 2:32am \| IP Logged
	Thank you for your comments. I will listen to my recording again and with your points in mind. The Japanized foreign words are the hardest ones for me to make sound Japanese. Are you saying all [k] sounds in Japanese are unaspirated? Yes, it's a good book. Unfortunately it doesn't come with a CD. Maybe I should get one of those accent training books. 1 person has voted this message useful

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