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Spanish speakers may give each syllable the same amount of stress, which might change the natural pace of English. These are ten examples:

English SentenceNatural English RhythmSpanish-Influenced Rhythm
I want to go./aɪ ˈwɑnt tə ɡoʊ//aɪ ˈwan tu ɡo/
What are you doing?/ˈwʌt ər jə ˈduɪŋ//ˈwat aɾe ju ˈduin/
Can you help me?/kən ju ˈhɛlp mi//kan ju help mi/
She has a car./ʃi hæz ə ˈkɑr//ʃi has a kar/
This is my book./ðɪs ɪz maɪ ˈbʊk//dis is mai buk/
I’m going to school./aɪm ˈɡoʊɪŋ tə ˈskuːl//aim goin tu skul/
He’s at the store./hiz ət ðə ˈstɔr//his at de estor/
Do you like it?/də ju ˈlaɪk ɪt//du ju laik it/
We have to leave./wi hæf tə ˈliːv//wi haf tu liv/
It’s over there./ɪts ˈoʊvər ðɛr//its ober der/