beqstar Posted May 18, 2005 at 02:24 PM Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 at 02:24 PM For those of you who are native Chinese speakers, what English pronunciations do you find most difficult? Also, what do you find most helpful in learning English, (for example, English idioms, quotes, reciting words, etc.)? Just curious...Thanks much!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daydreamer Posted May 20, 2005 at 05:14 AM Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 at 05:14 AM For me, th is quite difficult. sometimes I pronouce th as "s" if when not pay much attention. I think reading anything you like in English is kind of helpful, I read some fairy tales which are not too long and not too difficult, and recently I try to read more peoms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shibo77 Posted May 20, 2005 at 02:05 PM Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 at 02:05 PM The [hw] sound in whale, what. If I don't give it attention, it turns into "vrrrort?" or "vat?", also I have trouble with "-ium", millenium, I say "mee-len-nee-num", aluminium "ah-loo-mee-num-num-num". -Shibo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSkillet Posted May 20, 2005 at 02:58 PM Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 at 02:58 PM Judging by my mom (who grew up in China/Hong Kong/Switzerland - up until the age of 18, and has spend the last 42 years or so as a US resident) Plurals - she often adds 's' where there doesn't need to be one (dirts) and omits one where there needs to be one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieFactory Posted May 23, 2005 at 10:31 PM Report Share Posted May 23, 2005 at 10:31 PM there is no need to use a "hw" sound in "what." just say it as if it were "wut." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shibo77 Posted May 23, 2005 at 11:55 PM Report Share Posted May 23, 2005 at 11:55 PM I think the British makes a difference between the [w] in wet with the [hw] in what. Maybe there isn't a difference in the Americas. -Shìbó Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quest Posted May 24, 2005 at 12:20 AM Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 at 12:20 AM Maybe there isn't a difference in the Americas. There is. -------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harpoon Posted May 24, 2005 at 01:38 AM Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 at 01:38 AM There is.-------------------------- yeah i see people say "hhwaat" and stuff on TV... sounds kind of wierd to me. Usually the "hw" is barely noticable or not noticable at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted May 24, 2005 at 04:10 AM Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 at 04:10 AM There is.-------------------------- I think it's being lost, though. It seems to me that the only people who distinguish the two are older speakers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipponman Posted May 24, 2005 at 12:03 PM Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 at 12:03 PM Yeah, though you may here retired news anchorman Dan Rather saying it, and you may see it in the dictionary pronunciation key, it is definitely lost among middle age and younger speakers, Especially in ebonics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f'yor-fei Posted July 29, 2005 at 09:08 PM Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 at 09:08 PM When I was a kid, these 3 things always stood out: the V in very. I had a hard time not pronouncing it like f as in fairy. the transition from "so" to "cial" Social studies ie so, then sho. album always came out alblum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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