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| miguelsantiago Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5680 days ago 36 posts - 36 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Portuguese | Message 1 of 6 18 May 2009 at 7:15am | IP Logged | ||
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OK so I'm dying to know from the masses what my Spanish is like. Yes my friends have told me it's good but I want honest opinions from strangers(not that I think my friends lie to me or anything).
This is me just talking. I know I speak with a Mexican accent because that's what I learned from and I primarily speak with Mexicans anyway so win win. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtF0feDdN_I 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ChiaBrain Bilingual Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5808 days ago 402 posts - 512 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish* Studies: Portuguese, Italian, French Studies: German | Message 2 of 6 19 May 2009 at 3:36am | IP Logged | ||
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wow, its really good!
You pronounce your "r"s very well which always seem to be a problem for English speakers. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| miguelsantiago Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5680 days ago 36 posts - 36 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Portuguese | Message 3 of 6 26 May 2009 at 4:01am | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks Man!
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| guilon Pentaglot Senior Member Spain Joined 6192 days ago 226 posts - 229 votes Speaks: Spanish*, PortugueseC2, FrenchC2, Italian, English | Message 4 of 6 26 May 2009 at 4:20am | IP Logged | ||
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Did you use a chewing gum in order to sound lousy at the beginning? It is very significant because we usually
say Americans sound like they are chewing gum when they speak. You don't need us to explain that your Spanish is good, you already know it is. This video's lenght doesn't allow us to judge on your actual fluency as doesn't the fact that you wrote down your speech previously, however you "look" quite fluent. What Let me offer you some hints: -Have you ever been told that Spanish sounds like a machine gun? It really does, the reason to it is that syllable lenght is very homogeneous, unstressed vowels should sound exactly as long as stressed ones, you have a tendency to make drop your unstressed vowels, that must be your native English interfering. It is not a very intense trait in your case though. -Are you acquainted with the peculiar lightness of the B, D and G letters in Spanish when placed between vowels? That is a subject for advanced learners, but I think you are prepared for it. -Your intonation only sounds Mexican here and there, most of the time it sounds "gringo". Work on the machine gun rythm, I also think that could help you with your understanding of natives. I hope I am not being too unclear. In any case for someone who has been learning it fo one year, I think you are doing a good job. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| miguelsantiago Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5680 days ago 36 posts - 36 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Portuguese | Message 5 of 6 26 May 2009 at 5:15am | IP Logged | ||
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guilon! Yea the chewing gum was some what of joke. It was a bad joke I know. As far as my fluency I feel my vocabulary is small. There are always more words to learn(which that's case with any language). So rest assured I'm not all that fluent!
Yes I have heard of it sounding like a machine gun! I often describe Spanish like that to other people. To me I think Spanish is one of the fastest sounding languages. I know I just have to keep myself exposed to Spanish to continue training my ear. And yes I'm acquainted with the lightness of the b,d and g. I try to apply that to my Spanish but maybe I am not accomplishing it so well. But I'm trying! And about the intonation, I never really thought about that. I think about pronunciation but not intonation. I think improving intonation means almost taking on the character of, in this case a Mexican speaker. My American English speaking personality is burning through into my Spanish. I think perfect intonation would be hard for me because I feel like I'm mocking native speakers. But this is just a theory. Perhaps you have more thoughts on this? But thank you for your detailed analysis! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| kerateo Triglot Senior Member Mexico Joined 5646 days ago 112 posts - 180 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English, French Studies: Italian | Message 6 of 6 10 July 2009 at 11:18am | IP Logged | ||
Actually i have to be honest, although i think you speak very good, the pronunciation of your "r" is well.. painful, so strong and long... if your goal is total fluency you still sound "gringo" start with the "r" and... is UNA buena noche.. good luck!! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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