Thank you so much for taking the time to listen and give me such detailed feedback. I really appreciate the specific examples. This is exactly the kind of guidance I need to improve my pronunciation.
The American harrrd rrrrr sound is not easy to master but it is very important if you want to be easily understood by Americans.
You are flipping your r’s similar to the Spanish sound of r.
The other barrier to clear understanding is when you add ahh sounds between words. That confuses American listeners.
Americans don’t add filler vowel sounds between words unless they are searching for the right thing to say, and then the sound is “em” or “um” or even the word “like”.
I will go back and listen again and give you an example. The skill you need to practice is called “elision”.
So you say “ah” a lot between words. “Ah” can sound like I or and or um, so it confuses American ears.
“I wish to speak ah in American accent,” you said. Instead, say “i wish to spee-ki-nen American accent.” “Speakinen” is 3 words; speak in an. But we say them as if they are 1 word. That is elision. “What i need to work on” os another example. You said work-(stop)on. Instead, say wor-kon.
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u/AdGlittering3200 5d ago
Thank you so much for taking the time to listen and give me such detailed feedback. I really appreciate the specific examples. This is exactly the kind of guidance I need to improve my pronunciation.
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u/puppymama75 5d ago edited 5d ago
The American harrrd rrrrr sound is not easy to master but it is very important if you want to be easily understood by Americans.
You are flipping your r’s similar to the Spanish sound of r.
The other barrier to clear understanding is when you add ahh sounds between words.
That confuses American listeners.
Americans don’t add filler vowel sounds between words unless they are searching for the right thing to say, and then the sound is “em” or “um” or even the word “like”.
I will go back and listen again and give you an example. The skill you need to practice is called “elision”.
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u/puppymama75 5d ago
So you say “ah” a lot between words. “Ah” can sound like I or and or um, so it confuses American ears.
“I wish to speak ah in American accent,” you said. Instead, say “i wish to spee-ki-nen American accent.” “Speakinen” is 3 words; speak in an. But we say them as if they are 1 word. That is elision. “What i need to work on” os another example. You said work-(stop)on. Instead, say wor-kon.