Spanish Speaking Exercise Highways - Up, Down, Over, Under
Instructions: Please recite the following paragraph. Press the 'add audio submission' button to record and submit this exercise.
La carretera es un camino principal que las personas usan para llegar a otros lugares. Las carreteras conectan ciudades, poblaciones y aldeas. A veces los conductores pagan una cuota para usar la carretera y a veces son gratis. Las carreteras pueden llevarte sobre agua, sobre puentes y a través de túneles. Las carreteras pueden ir hacia arriba, hacia abajo o pasar por debajo de montañas.
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Hello!
That's really good, congratulations! You're pronouncing most sounds in a very natural way. The first half of the text is especially good, both in terms of individual sounds and rhythm. There are only a few details I'd like to call your attention to:
- I believe this was a slip only, but you've said "ciduades" instead of "ciudades". :)
- You've also said "aqua" instead of "agua" - just remember the "g" sound in "gratuitas".
- Careful with the stress in "a través": I'm not a native speaker, but as far as I can remember, the it falls on the end, "a través". The same happens in "además", "bajar" and "pasar" (of these ones I'm sure).
- In the second half of the text, you seem to have lost yourself a bit concerning rhythm: remember you shouldn't pause between "a través" and "de", but read the whole expression almost as a single word.
Well, I hope that helps. Congratulations for such a nice performance, again.
Cheers!
It was very good considering that there are some hard words. I agree with Bruna about the stress and Im a native speaker.
So you have to change the stress in this words: usar, subir, pasar and a través.
You also made a mistake when you pronounced túneles, if u look the word the stress is on tú so thats the strongest.
You also pronounced ciduades instead of ciudades, and you must say: aggggua cos I didnt heard the "g".
Thats all, keep practising