Please correct my pronounciation

[olydiagron.livejournal.com]

Hi!
Could you please correct my pronounciation? This time instead of a difficult text by Shukshin, I am reading my own text, which is for some reason easier. Progress is very slow now, so forgive me if I repeat the same kind of mistakes. Thank you!

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[korica.livejournal.com]

This is native Russian's pronounciation.

[olydiagron.livejournal.com]

Thank you:-) My pronounciation is ok, but I know there are some sounds that I make to soft or to hard... I beleive that may L sounds funny sometimes, and also the T. And the intonaition i probably unrussian to. But i am ok with having an accent, I just want it to be consistent, and I dont want it there to be annoying inconsistencies.

[rustmanspb.livejournal.com]

Это кто Вам сказал?

[ingwall.livejournal.com]

Your pronunciation is excellent, I think, except for Земля in "я думаю, вот Земля поворачивает". Just a hint of "полья" in the way you pronounce "поля". Other than that, if I were told that this text is read by a native speaker of Russian who happens to live in a remote region of the country or in one of the ex-Soviet republics, I'd believe it.

[olydiagron.livejournal.com]

Thank you! The L's are difficult. My friend Olya doesn't like the way I say it somtime, so I usually say Olga... it is like gymnastics, I have to practice and practice, but it gets better and better. Thank you i will listen and try to hear it. I should say the same L as in "zemlya" I will listen and compare.

[ingwall.livejournal.com]

Also, you get better towards the end of the text, it's like you find your pace and stick with it.

[kris-ks.livejournal.com]

Привет) главные ошибки - ты говоришь "мене" вместо "мне" и у тебя проскальзывает звук "Ы" вместо "и". это некритично, в принципе. очень хорошо даже. такое ощущение, что украинка читает текст и иногда "забывается", что он на русском)))

[olydiagron.livejournal.com]

The word Mne is difficult too. A very common dialogue:
Ja - Mne nravitsya!
Sobesednik - Ne nravitsya?

I think the trick is to say the M really hard?
What sounds best of the two alternatives (or are they both wrong), in this recording. http://soundcloud.com/amandalovkvist/jingckohh5e8
In the first one i am trying to say мъне and in the second мьне.

Sorry, but the languages is so beatiful, getting the pronounciation right is a bit like learning to dance ;-)

[kris-ks.livejournal.com]

ok. if you want to speak english..))
the first try sounds better. i think it's because the main idea of pronunciaton the word "мне" is to make the first letter hard (твёрдой)
and by the way, where did you learn to speak english that way? sounds beautiful) you are from Sweden, if i'm not mistaken...)

[chertixa.livejournal.com]

Lovely voice :)

[olydiagron.livejournal.com]

Thank you .-)

[raskladu6ka.livejournal.com]

Perfect! Except for the corrections pointed out by previous commentators, I advice you to say "потом" with short "a" in the first syllable instead of "o", if you are for classical pronunciation.

[olydiagron.livejournal.com]

It is funny, the way I make more misstakes in simple words, maybe beacause I learnt them early on, when my pronounciation was really bad, and then they stuck that way. i think that is the case with potom. :-(

[raskladu6ka.livejournal.com]

You sound brilliant anyway! These mistakes are too little to get worried :)

[trilbyhat.livejournal.com]

My Polish-Ukrainian relatives spoke with a similar accent. One thing to notice is Щ - you pronounce it a touch like Polish szcz, as they did. But I have also heard some old Russian emigrants to Europe who pronounced it this way - apparently, this is the old St-Pete accent or something. L also sounds Polish, and you add 'j' to make it softer which only makes it worse.

All in all,it sounds very native but obviously non-Moscow and not the way it sounds on TV. Especially the rhythm but some particular sounds too.

[olydiagron.livejournal.com]

i will listen to the radio and concentrate on the Щ ! Thank you!

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

+1 to many above - as for me, the "mne/mene" thing is the only that REALLY gives you away (and even that can still sound like sort of a local thing) - overall very, very good. Congrats!

[olydiagron.livejournal.com]

Thank you! i will work on mne until i nail it.

[teamachine.livejournal.com]

Please also pay attention to the pronunciation of "вращаются". It sounds like "прощатьца", with initial consonants and "ю" pronounced unclear (at least less clear than one's used to hear). But nevertheless, your pronunciation is very good, I can hardly tell it is not some regional Russian :)

[pro100-petrov.livejournal.com]

Очень хорошо. Акцент среднеазиатский:) "мине" вместо "мне"

[ybelov.livejournal.com]

потому - you pronounce it as "пОтОму", but these are unstressed, weak sounds, so they should be closer to "а" (at least in central Russia)
мама мне говорила - the stress should be on "говорила", not on "мама" (unless you want to emphasise that it was she, not someone else). Later, when you say "а мама говорит", then the stress on "мама" is correct.
But in general, your pronounciation is excellent!

[o-jovem-louco.livejournal.com]

Your pronounciation is just splendid!

Some minor issues to work on:

- "приходит из" has to sound like "приходит ыз";
- "запомнила" has to be with a somewhat longer vowel sound in the first syllable, practically like a stressed 'А';
- your soft Ts and Ms are somewhat weird, as well (I would even assume that you pronounce the soft M like a hard one);
- you mispronounced "необычного" as "най-обычного" and "Владивостоке" as "Владовостоке" or something like this;
- and, of course, the above mentioned "мне".

And, eventually, for me your Щs sound absolutely perfect, I don't think there is something to improve.

Veeeery well done. \o/

[http://users.livejournal.com/kaede_/]

Your pronounciation is really excellent!
All mistakes of those few that you make were pointed out by previous commentators, and in general you pronounciation is near native-like.
How long have you been studying Russian for such results?)

[r-w.livejournal.com]

very good, that's almost a native Russian pronunciation.

some issues with hard/soft consonants (including Ц which is always hard), and additional sound [i] (мне)

м[i]не говорила
м[i]не было лет
наве[э]рное
вращаются сами[ы]
влади[ы[востоке

ц / ц'

солнце приходит из России = OK
солнц[ц']и из Америки приходит ...

I've heard your text several times using my professional heaphones so you can trust to my opinion.

[r-w.livejournal.com]

you pronounce
"скоко мне было лет"
"токо один раз сказала"

that's absolutely alright when speaking at rather fast tempo :)
but since you read a previously written text, it would be better and more natural to pronounce "сколько/только"

anyway, your pronunciation and intonation are very very good. even your voice resembles a real Russian woman's voice.
just a little observation about logical stress: мама мне ГОВОРИЛА (not МАМА мне говорила).