Hello,
I'm a native French speaker and I've been learning English for quite a few years now.
I've never been to an English-speaking country but I try to listen to as much English as possible.
I'd like to become an interpreter in a few years and that's my spoken French has to be in pristine condition.
I posted an audio file on a languages board to get comments (I didn't say anything about me, so the answers just can't be biased) and 1 out of 2 people said I sounded English in French. They weren't sure whether I had an American or British accent but they were categoric and said I just couldn't be a native French speaker.
Apparently, I butcher my rs and put the stress on the second syllable and other things too, but I listened to my recording and I just can't put the finger on the mistakes I made. I just don't hear them.
I don't sound native in English either, although people don't say I sound French either in English (the last comments I had were "you sound a bit Swedish - I never learned Swedish, go figure.)
What would you do? I mean, several people can't lie.
How is this possible, and do you think I could lose such an accent?
Thank you.
I'm a native French speaker and I've been learning English for quite a few years now.
I've never been to an English-speaking country but I try to listen to as much English as possible.
I'd like to become an interpreter in a few years and that's my spoken French has to be in pristine condition.
I posted an audio file on a languages board to get comments (I didn't say anything about me, so the answers just can't be biased) and 1 out of 2 people said I sounded English in French. They weren't sure whether I had an American or British accent but they were categoric and said I just couldn't be a native French speaker.
Apparently, I butcher my rs and put the stress on the second syllable and other things too, but I listened to my recording and I just can't put the finger on the mistakes I made. I just don't hear them.
I don't sound native in English either, although people don't say I sound French either in English (the last comments I had were "you sound a bit Swedish - I never learned Swedish, go figure.)
What would you do? I mean, several people can't lie.
How is this possible, and do you think I could lose such an accent?
Thank you.