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Pronouncing the French "R"
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sei Diglot Senior Member Portugal Joined 5943 days ago 178 posts - 191 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English Studies: German, Japanese	Message 17 of 19 15 July 2010 at 3:49am \| IP Logged
	No problem. Glad I could help. :) 1 person has voted this message useful
GLDFSH Diglot Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5350 days ago 13 posts - 14 votes Speaks: English*, French	Message 18 of 19 16 July 2010 at 5:30pm \| IP Logged
	Ah the dreaded French 'R'. I think we sometimes overestimate how much the French 'roll' their Rs. Certainly in Paris it's not all that pronounced. In words like 'encore' or 'Paris' it's very subtle. For some reason I find it extremely difficult to pronounce French words that begin with R but if it's in the middle of a word it's relatively easy- for example 'apres' and 'troisieme' are easy to say but 'reviendre' and 'rentre' are more difficult. (Sorry about the spelling- qwerty keyboard/laziness) 1 person has voted this message useful
g.polskov Triglot Newbie Canada Joined 5254 days ago 37 posts - 50 votes Speaks: French*, English, Spanish Studies: Portuguese	Message 19 of 19 19 July 2010 at 7:39pm \| IP Logged
	Most foreigners learning french will pronounce it too harsh. Sounds like they are cleaning their throat. The R is kind of rolled, but instead of it being the tongue, it is the throat that is (briefly) rolling. Also, the very harsh sound foreigners will make seems to me like it is coming from the high end of the throat. My R's feel more like they come from further down. From the Adam's Apple area. Edited by g.polskov on 19 July 2010 at 7:40pm 1 person has voted this message useful

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