Zdravo! I'm sorry to say but I had a bit of trouble understanding the first half of your sentence ("If you were married to anyone else"). I had to listen to it several times.
The tip for enunciating more is important! Most people like to speak quickly, but speaking slowly and clearly can
really help (actors must all learn how to enunciate actually, I just created a lesson about this).
Here are the sounds I recommend you practice:
1) the "short i" (like in "if" and "kill").
2) the "short a" (like in "anyone").
3) the ir/er/ur sound / r-controlled vowels (like in "married", "were"). For the UK or US accent, the "R" sound is most important to do correctly.
It sounded like there was a little bit of tension in your mouth as well. The US accent is very open and relaxed (our mouths open quite a bit, especially for vowels like the "short a" and "short o"). So, learning how to relax your jaw/mouth a bit might help.
I'm actually making pronunciation videos - I came here to this website to ask for feedback on them! My videos are .....not very good
(But, I'm slowly getting better) Please, you
don't have to use my (terrible) videos, but here is my playlist for the "short a":
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And I would recommend starting here for the "short i" as my earlier videos aren't good at all:
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If you have any questions about learning pronunciation, please feel free to ask! And btw, my husband and I have such great memories of Belgrade! Everyone was SO friendly and helpful, if anyone saw us glancing at a map, multiple people would line up to see if they could offer us directions or help! (even if they didn't speak much English!!) I could not believe how helpful everyone was :O (Also the fruit was extremely delicious, the fruit in America is sad by comparison) I actually have several stories about the friendly people, but suffice to say, we would love to visit again!!
voca.ro
