@Closedshop Seconding this as good general-purpose advice for anyone having trouble distinguishing sounds when learning a new language. Ideally you can record your teacher reading each word in the minimal pair 3 times and pick two from each set that sound very similar to you to create the flashcards. This controls for any changes in intonation that occur when reading a sequence of words, which commonly provides an unintentional extra source of information in many languages.
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@Closedshop Seconding this as good general-purpose advice for anyone having trouble distinguishing sounds when learning a new language. Ideally you can record your teacher reading each word in the minimal pair 3 times and pick two from each set that sound very similar to you to create the flashcards. This controls for any changes in intonation that occur when reading a sequence of words, which commonly provides an unintentional extra source of information in many languages.
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