Do you want to acquire a more American rhythm in English or sound more natural and be more easily understood? Fortunately, English does have some relatively consistent rules for rhythm that you can learn about and practice to sound more natural!
English has a lot of compound nouns -- nouns made up of two already existing independent words that were joined to make a new word. For example, 'mother', 'in', and 'law' are three words that have their own meaning by themselves but are often combined to make 'mother-in-law'. 'Some' and 'times' also work as two independent words but can be combined to make the word 'sometimes'.
English has a pretty consistent rule for how to pronounce these words -- *most* of the time, the first part of the compound noun gets stressed (pronounced louder, higher, and longer). However, stressing the first part isn't always intuitive for non-native speakers, so they may tend to stress the last syllable instead of the first one on certain compound nouns. Practice placing the stress on the first part to sound more natural.
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