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    Short apartment description....

    У Вадима и Анны новая квартира. Вот фотографии их новой квартиры. Это их большая комната. Здесь синее кресло, диван и стол. У неё компьютер стоит на столике.

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    Re: Short apartment description....

    Quote Originally Posted by anthonyd
    У Вадима и Анны новая квартира. Вот фотографии их новой квартиры. Это их большая комната. Здесь синее кресло, диван и стол. У неё компьютер стоит на столике.
    It's good you're practicing reading, but you should really check on the accents.

    У ВадИма и Анны нОвая квартИра. Вот фотогрАфии их нОвой квартИры. Это их большАя кОмната. Здесь сИнее крЕсло, дивАн, и стОл. У неЁ компьЮтер стоИт на стОлике.
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    Ok I will practice the accents you suggested and try to record again. I assume speaking with the correct stress/accents is something that only comes with much practice =)

    Thanks!

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    You have a good pronunciation

    The main mistakes are:
    you pronounce большая as болшая and диван as дыван.

    Put more attention to palatalizing the consonants, ok?

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    I will try thank you. If you have a recorder available, could you record this clip for me so I can hear your pronunciation. If not, its ok - thanks!

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    I gave it a go, but I'm a noob when it comes to pronunciation.

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    Re: Short apartment description....

    Quote Originally Posted by BlackMage
    Quote Originally Posted by anthonyd
    У Вадима и Анны новая квартира. Вот фотографии их новой квартиры. Это их большая комната. Здесь синее кресло, диван и стол. У неё компьютер стоит на столике.
    It's good you're practicing reading, but you should really check on the accents.

    У ВадИма и Анны нОвая квартИра. Вот фотогрАфии их нОвой квартИры. Это их большАя кОмната. Здесь сИнее крЕсло, дивАн, и стОл. У неЁ компьЮтер стоИт на стОлике.
    Give it a go, I feel you can beat it!
    «И всё, что сейчас происходит внутре — тоже является частью вселенной».

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    Quote Originally Posted by basurero
    I gave it a go, but I'm a noob when it comes to pronunciation.
    У Вадима - make your [d] sound dental, not alveolar.
    Большой - it's your hard word. Ь is not just to beautify the writing, it softens the [л] sound.
    Кресло - don't pronounce [o] as if its accentuated, just reduce it.
    «И всё, что сейчас происходит внутре — тоже является частью вселенной».

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    advice

    just say "bolieshoi" which will sound better than "ball-shoi"
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    Re: Short apartment description....

    Quote Originally Posted by Rtyom
    Give it a go, I feel you can beat it!
    I've never been one to back down from a challenge.
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    Ok, here is my second attempt....any sounds of improvement??

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    The stress is in the right place now except for one word стол which should have an "o" sound rather than an "a" sound. As for the pronunciation I can't judge as I'm no native speaker....

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    BlackMage, I was right. You rock.

    Anthony, you sound monotonously and unnatural today.
    «И всё, что сейчас происходит внутре — тоже является частью вселенной».

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rtyom
    BlackMage, I was right. You rock.
    Thanks.

    (What did I beat? Why do I rock?)
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    You beat illiteracy!

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    You rock because you're functioning and beating illitercay.
    «И всё, что сейчас происходит внутре — тоже является частью вселенной».

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    I've liked Blackmage's recording best of all. The other recodings are good too but what I especially liked about Blackmage's recording is that he pronounces all the sounds in a very clear way.. Good job, man! You surely rock!
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    Quote Originally Posted by ReDSanchous
    I've liked Blackmage's recording best of all. The other recodings are good too but what I especially liked about Blackmage's recording is that he pronounces all the sounds in a very clear way.. Good job, man! You surely rock!
    Thank you! And here I thought I was no good. (Actually, I still think I'm no good.)
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    BlackMage, actually, frankly speaking it was just awful!
    Lol, that wasn't that bad, really, not all the words were pronounced perfect but on the whole it was pretty good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by net surfer
    BlackMage, actually, frankly speaking it was just awful!
    Lol, that wasn't that bad, really, not all the words were pronounced perfect but on the whole it was pretty good.
    I just don't want people to laugh at me when I talk
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