These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.
セルフサービスの夕食と、余興もあって、賑やかに談笑し、解散は、夜更けとなった。
せるふさーびすのゆうしょくと、よきょうもあって、にぎやかにだんしょうし、かいさんは、よふけとなった。A self-service dinner, some entertainment, lively chatter — we broke up late at night.