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| deej Tetraglot Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5123 days ago 31 posts - 38 votes Speaks: Hindi, English*, Italian, French | Message 1 of 19 31 July 2010 at 4:59pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hi, this is really pissing me off. I can't really roll my 'r's properly-I can get the
rolling sound but I can only hold it for a split second before it goes-I can't hold a long rolled 'r' for any length of time at all. The main reason I need this is for Spanish, but it's also useful for some of my other languages as well like Italian or Russian if I learn it. Does anybody know why this could be happening? Thanks. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| johntm93 Senior Member United States Joined 5112 days ago 587 posts - 746 votes  2 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish | Message 2 of 19 31 July 2010 at 7:47pm | IP Logged | ||
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Look up videos on youtube, and just practice. Once I understood how to do it it came pretty quickly to me, but I've heard of some people having trouble with it.
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| Madman6510 Newbie United States Joined 5014 days ago 11 posts - 13 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese | Message 3 of 19 01 August 2010 at 8:14am | IP Logged | ||
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I have personally never been able to roll my Spanish rr properly. Teacher spent 10
minutes trying to teach me how to do it, never was able to figure it out really. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| sama_el Diglot Newbie Croatia Joined 5110 days ago 37 posts - 39 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English Studies: German, Latin, Modern Hebrew | Message 4 of 19 01 August 2010 at 4:04pm | IP Logged | ||
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You have to put your tongue in the right spot. If you can do a flap then try pushing the tongue a bit forward. It may help.
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| slucido Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Spain https://goo.gl/126Yv Joined 6460 days ago 1296 posts - 1781 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Spanish*, Catalan* Studies: English | Message 5 of 19 01 August 2010 at 6:44pm | IP Logged | ||
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I uploaded some explanations two years ago. It might be useful.
http://www.how-to-learn-any-language.com/sounds/index.asp?b= 1559 Spanish Rolling R: http://www.how-to-learn-any-language.com/sounds/242.mp3 Shadowing Spanish rolling R: http://www.how-to-learn-any-language.com/sounds/235.mp3 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Britomartis Groupie United States Joined 5594 days ago 67 posts - 74 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin | Message 6 of 19 03 August 2010 at 5:34am | IP Logged | ||
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You might be trying too hard. If you blow too hard over your tongue, it won't roll.
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| CaucusWolf Senior Member United States Joined 5057 days ago 191 posts - 234 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Arabic (Written), Japanese | Message 7 of 19 03 August 2010 at 11:26pm | IP Logged | ||
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Come to think of it, I've never had a problem with rolling my R's in Arabic. It might be that thinking about it makes it harder. You should instead be listening to the way a native would say the word and just mimic it. I know it sounds too easy to be true, but that's how I learned to roll my R's. I didn't even have to think about it, but everyone is different of course. Edited by CaucusWolf on 03 August 2010 at 11:31pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ChristianVlcek Bilingual Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5636 days ago 131 posts - 141 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Slovak*, Ukrainian, Irish, German, Russian | Message 8 of 19 10 August 2010 at 3:45pm | IP Logged | ||
10 minutes. Man, it took me 2 years to be able to roll my rs again after not speaking Slovak for 10 years. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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