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Let's write to dictation today. I'll speak slowly, so write down what I say.



Listen to the mp3 many times. And you can stop the player in the middle of the mp3.



OK. I can train my listening ability with it.

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It was too fast to write to dictation!



He spoke slowly, I think. But you felt it was fast. Maybe it was because Arka was a foreign language to you.
What did you write down, Shion?



Here you are.

pentant yunk. anne xakla ttiixaatu. miu xlhi annatto txille.
tuwetteimyu xellein melt semammara. xinkan lunakatu lana xiito lu a xelk.
ou ti liseef tu, sonnas kedas ok xok?



Some parts are not even grammatically correct!



But this is what I heard!



You have to modify what you heard to make gramatically correct sentences.



Yes, there are assimilations, ellipsises and so on in my speech. So you have to modify it grammatically.
And here is the script.

pentant yunk. an en xaklat ti xa atu. mir xilhi an at xille.
tu et imyu xel lein meld semaim a ra. xink, an lunak atu lana xiit lu a xelk.
ol ti ris elf tu, son ans ke das ok xok?
"Oh, I'm sorry, young lady. I didn't notice you. Forgive my rudeness.
It is unusual for Lein to invite a friend. I'm here to go for a walk with her. Why don't you come with us?



Oh, this is the script! It's not like what I wrote.



Native speakers are disobedient to the script because of assimilations, ellipsises and so on.
So you have to store many sentences as possible. And of course, you have to know the correct grammar.
Well, let's read out the script with the shadowing method.