Poll: Can you understand me speaking english?
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I had no problem understanding you, one thing that somebody brought up already was that you pronounced "thought" wrong but aside from that everything was fine.
Props on learning to speak a second language!
Props on learning to speak a second language!
An Englishman here and yeah, I understand you perfectly. Honestly, that's not what I expected a Romanian accent to sound like- if you hadn't said, I'd have assumed you were Italian.
i can understand you completely 100%
its Chinese people i cant understand. i work at tim hortons and when they want a "Large Ice Cap" they say "La,Ie Ka"
now i dont mean to be rude but... wtf is a La Ie Ka, at least try to pronounce the words. its all i ask.
it took me a loonng time to understand them but i still have trouble some times, still kinda pee's me off though because it sounds like they're not trying to speak English.
its Chinese people i cant understand. i work at tim hortons and when they want a "Large Ice Cap" they say "La,Ie Ka"
now i dont mean to be rude but... wtf is a La Ie Ka, at least try to pronounce the words. its all i ask.
it took me a loonng time to understand them but i still have trouble some times, still kinda pee's me off though because it sounds like they're not trying to speak English.
Sounds just fine to me. Perfectly comprehensible, and the grammar is better than many native English speakers too!
All of this!Riley Holt said:
I caught myself thinking: Hmm... pretty good... still doing good... got a bit of an accent but not ba- *applause*
Somebody give this guy his English Speaking Card this damn minute.
I understood just fine. A thick accent, yeah, but it's easy listening none the less. Got no advice, though. When I speak English out loud, I either sound like the ponciest fake brit you've ever heard, or this god-awful, every-one-can-tell-I'm-a-finn-speaking-english kind of git. You know the sort, just watch those F1 or rally interviews. >_>
You sound fine. Of course you have an accent, but my family immigrated to London 50 years ago from Turkey and they also have an accent after living here for 50 years and get along just fine, I wouldn't worry too much about that.
One thing I would say, and someone already mentioned something like this, is that when you say 'thought' it sounds a bit like you're saying, uh, 'fart'. It's still understandable in context so it's not too big a deal, but try to nail that 'th' sound and the 'ou' should sound more like 'or' than 'ah'.
My nanny had some pronunciations that could make a person blush. Because she was used to vowels being short and sharp, hearing her pronounce the words 'fork', 'Coke', 'sheet' and 'beach' often made us giggle.
One thing I would say, and someone already mentioned something like this, is that when you say 'thought' it sounds a bit like you're saying, uh, 'fart'. It's still understandable in context so it's not too big a deal, but try to nail that 'th' sound and the 'ou' should sound more like 'or' than 'ah'.
My nanny had some pronunciations that could make a person blush. Because she was used to vowels being short and sharp, hearing her pronounce the words 'fork', 'Coke', 'sheet' and 'beach' often made us giggle.
As others have said you are fine, but you need to work on getting that "th" sound through more clearly because it is sounding identical to your "f" sound. So when you say "thought" it's sounding like "faught". Don't worry, you are not the only person because I've met TONS of people who can't make the "th" sound because their native language simply doesn't have that sound. The easiest way to do it is stick your tongue between your teeth, like this lady demonstrates. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mOlEh5bdNQ]
Other than that you're 100% fine, Romanian accent is sexy <3
Through I can imagine some Americans having a tough time understanding you, because from my years of online gaming experience and talking to people from other countries people from US tend to have the most difficult time understanding foreign accents. Not sure why.
For example I have a Kiwi accent and have had the occasional guy from US claim he has no clue what I'm saying...even though Kiwi accent is apparently supposed to be quite easy to understand.
But then again, I sometimes have trouble understanding people with really strong British accents because some of them speak so freaking fast that all their vowels/consonants mush into each other lol. The later Harry Potter movies especially, half the shit the Weasley brothers say makes me go "bwuh?".
Other than that you're 100% fine, Romanian accent is sexy <3
Through I can imagine some Americans having a tough time understanding you, because from my years of online gaming experience and talking to people from other countries people from US tend to have the most difficult time understanding foreign accents. Not sure why.
For example I have a Kiwi accent and have had the occasional guy from US claim he has no clue what I'm saying...even though Kiwi accent is apparently supposed to be quite easy to understand.
But then again, I sometimes have trouble understanding people with really strong British accents because some of them speak so freaking fast that all their vowels/consonants mush into each other lol. The later Harry Potter movies especially, half the shit the Weasley brothers say makes me go "bwuh?".
Very good. You seem to pronounce your 'th' as an 'f' sound (so it sounds like 'faught' instead of thought). But the grammar is good and perfectly understandable and would pass as fluent. You seem to have a perfect understanding of the language and your phrase "It's just that my mic is shit" is unexpected and funny, and proves you can use the language to effectively convey your meaning with no trouble.
As for the th/f thing - put your tongue between your teeth to stop yourself making the f sound.
As for the th/f thing - put your tongue between your teeth to stop yourself making the f sound.