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What are people doing?

The young girl is eating the candy, and the boy is reading the book. The girl is crying, but the boy is smiling and working in the building. I am not sitting in the chair. I am standing. The boy is running and playing, but the men are working.

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Submitted: 2008-08-04 15:03:52



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  • 2008-08-04 18:54:12
    Dancing Bear
    The sounds you have the most trouble with are "l" and "r."  You can pronounce "l" properly when it is at the beginning of a syllable, as in "smiling,” smi ling but you have trouble when it is at the end, as in "girl.”  What I hear is “gir uh.”  Try to pronounce something like 歌儿了and pay attention to where your tongue is when you say 了.  It’ll sound something like ge  er luh.  Then drop the “uh” at the end.  If that doesn’t work, I’ll turn my webcam on and you can see where my tongue is when I pronounce “l.”  At the end of the word, the tip of the tongue is touching the roof of the mouth.

    When you say “chair” what I hear is “cha uh.”  In the American pronunciation of this word, the tip of the tongue starts low, just behind the lower teeth and then it curls back on top of the tongue.  I’ll record it for you, but I think you will have to watch the mouth and tongue of a native speaker to get a good idea of how the sound in produced.
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  • 2008-08-04 21:29:15
    jonyboy62
    Yes, I agree with Dancing Bear that you need to work on making distinct "l" and "r" sounds such as they exist in English.  Still, I can understand everything that you have spoken so from my perspective you have already reached a good level of pronunciation skill in a language that is not native for you.  Well done!
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  • 2008-08-04 22:44:29
    kelin
    Good May!  I can understand you and I know as you practice you will continue to improve.
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  • 2008-08-05 02:58:21
    mark
    Very good May.
    Any Australian would understand you.
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  • 2008-08-05 04:04:47
    Sumang1000
    Good. Keep it up.
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  • 2008-08-05 12:24:01
    neobear
    You sound good May!
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  • 2008-08-06 18:17:05
    ambroise
    Follow DancingBear's instructions and you will be fine. 
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  • 2008-10-24 19:32:41
    pablo
    Very good May
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  • 2008-10-29 20:07:47
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