Well, everything is in the title Which word(s) in your target language do you have the hardest time pronouncing?
In English I would say words like squirrel or jewellery, and in Chinese it is not really a word but rather sounds: j and q. No matter how hard I try they always sound the same!
It’s crisp in English for me. I think i only got the hang of it 2 years ago in my 10 years of learning this language. My tongue still feels awkward to pronounce sp sound at the end of the word
In Mandarin, the sounds “c,” “x,” and “s” are challenging for me. They are very similar, making it difficult to distinguish them. I tend to hear all of them pronounced as “x” in my native language.
I think we had this topic before… sounds quite familiar.
I keep pronouncing the schwa-sound like in 可乐 not schwa-y enough and more like a German short “e”, so people sometimes don’t understand me.