I personally found that learning the intonation and 'rhythm' of the language has way more influence on how easily the other person understands you. If the goa

I personally found that learning the intonation and 'rhythm' of the language has way more influence on how easily the other person understands you. If the goal to for people to understand you ( vs sounding like a native speaker). I would focus more on the flow and the music of the language. Unfortunately this is cultural and can only be picked up passively through cultural immersion. You cannot pick this up as an outsider. btw, your standup was really funny, kudos for putting yourself out there like that. That's amazing.