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[strong field]

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[late oak]

sounds really good to me. your nasal vowels in "mention" and "sont sans" sound really close to me but maybe it's because I'm used to québecois French. You were pronouncing "malt" with kind of a nonstandard vowel, and "whisky" with a v instead of a w sound.

And I'm not hearing the g in your "gros", it sounds like "rot"

[river walrus]

Just a grammar nitpick, the text is missing a "que" between "indique" and "le whisky" in the explanation of "single".

[final tiger]

@late oak

1. Mention/ sont sans -- > I need to be a bit better there. Thank you 🙂
2. I really had trouble with 'malt'. I'm aware but I couldn't fix it hehehe. I just knew someone smart would point it out 😛
3. gros -> will fix it 🙏

@river walrus - Thank you 🙂

[late oak]

about point #2, you use a more standard vowel in "maltée" so if you could put that in "malt" it might be better understood

but your accent is really good so I'm sure you don't need my advice for how to improve lol

[final tiger]

My mother tongue is punjabi (similar to hindi). I've worked hard on neutralising the accent

[late oak]

well you're doing a really good job, tbh I hear it the most in the two English words (malt & single). Are you aiming for a completely native-like accent?

[final tiger]

I would love to have a native-like accent, it would give me a big kick ! For now I just try to pronounce the words correctly.
Apart from this, my intonation needs a lot of work, I'm aware of that.

[long laurel]

Whisky avec un w, pas un v
D'orge, pas d'orche
Say the g in gros

You say malt well in English but with a french A it would be clearer to french natives lol

You really improved from the last few times i listened to you tho

It was 99% easy to understand

The nasal vowel thing m'a pas choqué as a France speaker

Merci pour la glace, j'adore ça 🍨

[final tiger]

Thank you so much for the insights, @long laurel .
I noticed that I often have a bit of an issue with pronouncing the g when I try to speak faster hehehe.

But while speaking @ the usual speed, I'm good. So I guess it's just about getting my mouth used to producing the sounds quicker, without losing the accuracy. 🪻

[grand geode]

In addition to the preceding comments, I recommend working on distinguishing (in IPA) /y/ and /u/. The former should be used in "issu" and "utilisation" and the latter should be used in "doute". However, you are using /u/ in "issu" and "utilisation". You use the correct /y/ sound or at least something closer to it in "plus" so you are capable of making the sound.