100PercentOS2 I guess when you're relaxed. it's effortless to do just like my grandpa. they should invent a method of learning how to speak Spanish while sleeping 😆😆😆😆
Soy nativa del español y no sabía cómo enseñarle a mi amigo francés a pronunciar esos dos sonidos, le he enseñado tu vídeo y ahora lo domina muy bien. Eres excelente explicando, mil gracias!!
So I used your method of expelling air forcefully to trill my "r's." ....I ended up blacking out from the lack of oxygen. So a pro tip to everyone: When trilling your "r's," wear a helmet.
I have now been using your tips for pronouncing both kinds of Spanish "R" for a month. I say "ra, re, ri, ro, ru" every day as I'm walking to the bus stop. Sometimes mexicanos walk up behind me and as they pass me they give me funny looks, but it has worked very well for me. Now I can say both kinds of "R." I also write down "R" words that are hard for me and I say them also. The worst for me are supermercado, perdera and morire. A real tough phrase is "un ramo de rosas rojas." But I'm 90% there and it's thanks to you.
Glad to hear that! Practice is definitely the key. I remember saying random 'r' words as I was doing laundry, etc... :) The phrase that you wrote is difficult for me too! N before an 'r' can be tricky (un ramo). Also, if there is a word that ends in 's' and the next word starts with 'r', Hispanics will tend to leave out the 's' or aspirate it (pronounce it with a puff of air). This is because your tongue hits the same part in your mouth for /s/ and /r/, so it's almost impossible to say together. Therefore, 'rosas rojas' might sound a little more like 'rosa rojas".
Thank you thank you thank you. I took Spanish in high school and college and was never able to get the trilled r. I thought I would never be able to properly speak Spanish. Your single r and trilled r videos were so helpful. Within an hour I could make the vibration, within a day I could make the noise, and within two days I could do it within a word. I still need practice but you helped me immensely!!
my grandpa tried to trill his r by blowing and vibrate at the same time and his false teeth flew across the room and hit my grandma on the eye I think he needs a lot of practice still.
Hi Vick. When I first started making the sound, it sounded really forced too! Practice helped me control my airflow. When I first started, my airflow was really strong (to get my tongue to vibrate), but it sounded a little unnatural. After I got the vibrating motion down, I could make my airflow a little weaker and still get my tongue to vibrate, which sounded more natural. I also practiced the sound in varying levels of complexity, like in my video. (Ex: I practiced words with 'rr' in the middle a lot, because I tended to pause before the 'rr'. "Pe-rro". I eventually got to the point where I didn't have to pause). Recording yourself is a wonderful tool too! It can help you become more aware of your speech patterns and which 'rr's sound the best to you. You can look up practice words and practice sentences to record.
As a Mexican-American whose family is fluent in Spanish yet I cannot even roll my R's, THANK YOU SO MUCH! I can finally make the rolled R noise for the first time in 32 years! Now I just have to practice adding words to it. I feel like a real Mexican now! Joking. Seriously, thank you, though!
Never really commented on a RUclips video before. Non native spanish speaker here and have been trying to learn how to roll my r's for a while now. if someone had explained it like you did, I would have gotten it much sooner. Now I just need to practice till it becomes more habitual. Thanks.
Yeah, ditto, and/or I sound French (at least to my English ears). It's difficult for me to fathom why anyone would optionally make this a mainstay of a language. It doesn't even seem (to me at least) like a natural sound to make. I'd never tried to do this in my entire life before attempting Spanish!
is there a specific number of vibrations the tongue makes? for example in the word CARRO, when rolling the double r is it just two tongue vibrations? or does it matter? When I practice this it seems like I make too many vibrations and it seems weird.
After trying for years i just managed to pronounce trrrrrrrrr, then this video made me realize that there should be some space between my tongue and the alveolar ridge, i tried as you said, that's it i made it unbelivable! Gracias!
after 3 days of trying I actually got it. This video helped a ton, if you know how to vibrate you just need to start trying to make it less loud and also try make an R sound because all i was doing was using the air but once you figure that out its pretty easy. I wasn't able to do it to well in the beginning as i would keep stopping in the middle of a word but I was laying in bed just constantly saying "ARRIBA" and I finally got it, my friend suggested these words to me, 'arriba', 'perro' and 'arroz'. Hope I could help!
I can make it vibrate but it sounds more like a soft almost silent english thhhhh with a small r sound. Not the one in the video how she did it, if there is anything im doing wrong tell me how to fix it. I want to learn latin and been trying for a few weeks but i really didn't make much of a progress. Do i got to use a bit of sound from my throat or something?
OMG! I watched so many videos and this one finally made me properly roll my R! It was the tip on smiling that clinched it for me! THANK YOU KATIE HANKINS!!!!!!!!!
Holy crap, I don't know if it's because I'm in the right headspace, but after watching a couple of your videos I think I'm finally making progress on trilled R's. I grew up English/French bilingual (attended French immersion school for the first several years of primary school) and I have found it extremely hard to break my habit of always rolling my R's with my uvula.
It's funny how different people methods can really make a difference. I just watched a few videos and they were good...something about how you taught it got me actually doing it in minutes. Thanks!
i just want to say that you are very good at rolling you rr, and you give very good tips for english speakers. to how roll there rr. i'm a native spanish speaker and i have to say that your spanish is amaizing. i have a friend that wants to learn spanish and your videos will help him for sure. thanks
After lots of practice I thought I was trilling my 'rr' then I met a friend of a friend from Mexico and the first thing he said was "hey you are rolling your rr like a French rr". So all along I've been rolling my rr in my throat, the sound you make when gargling. So now I'm trying to get my tongue vibrating without any vocalization to avoid making the sound in my throat. I'm just blowing air and trying to get my tongue to vibrate. It's a different feeling than what I was doing before. But I still can't see my tongue vibrating in the mirror like I see my friend's tongue vibrating when they demonstrate their rolled rr. With the French rr in the back of the throat, it's hard to trill an rr when the r is in the middle of a word like "perro" so that should have been a clue. This is hard but I'm going to do it....
@@bazkid5739 It took a lot of practicing, probably six months after posting the message above, probably almost 18 months total. I tried different methods and most importantly, getting feedback from a lot of Latino friends who were keen on helping figure this out. In this video, 4:19 to 4:52 were useful for me. Don't touch the tongue to the teeth or alveolar ridge before starting to blow air. One friend had me say "dinosaurio" because it formed the mouth in the correct position (for me at least) to begin trilling. Another friend said if I was doing a sustained trill properly, my tongue, lips and front of my face would be vibrating madly. Also people talk about the position of the tongue relative to the alveolar ridge, for me touching my tongue to the inside of my top teeth, then pulling back slightly so my tongue could vibrate freely worked. So that would put my tongue on that part of the ridge that is horizontal, directly behind the top front teeth and nowhere near where the alveolar ridge starts to ascend. What also helped me was using the diaphragm to increase the force and volume of air blowing across the top of your tongue. Finally try with different mouth shapes, smiling and also in the form when whistling. Based on all the videos, different things work for different people. You've got it when your lips are vibrating instead of your throat.
Katie - It worked! Right in the middle of your demo it suddenly worked! What was especially helpful I think was the close ups of your mouth in action. Thanks for that. One suggestion would be to put the list of practise words in print here so I could go over them without having to keep moving the video back again. Thanks so much for the clear explanation. Oh, and i discovered that one of my hangups has been that my mouth kept trying to prepare for an "r" sound (English "r") by slightly pushing my lips forward and so the roll really couldn't work! Your saying to keep the mouth broader really helped and kept my tongue from attempting the "r" sound!
my tongue is hard as concrete, what can i do to make it flexible and relaxed rather than it being tensed all the time? also my tongue stays blunt rather than being pointed :'( please help.
i had this problem too, i think around 4:30 explains the trilled "r" tongue movement pretty well. you aren't trying to make a noise with your tongue or even shape your mouth much, it's basically just breathing out that makes the noise as air vibrates against the tongue. i kept messing up by beginning words with my tongue actually resting on the ridge behind my top teeth. the tongue shouldn't be touching the ridge, just almost hovering over it. i still don't have it entirely down yet but at least the whole concept is starting to finally make some sense to my natively english-speaking brain now! lol i've watched 5 or 6 different videos on how to do this now so try that too if you haven't already bc the variance in techniques/demonstrations is probably what's most helpful. sorry this was so long, aha 😅
Hi thanks for your video. I can now do the trilled r!! But now I have another problem, my rolled r sounds weird when I say "perro". It doesn't sound like the crisp rr the native speakers pronounce. It has a slight dr sound to it. Please help! Thanks :)
Great Video. Really love the practise session at the end. Plus love your other video about the single "r" sound in Spanish. I've been working at this for literally months and I feel its finally starting to come together.
It might take some practice to get there! If you can get the rr sound down, that's the first step. Then try adding it to nonsense syllables like ra, re, ri, ro, ru. Some people have told me that it's easier for them to say words that start with 'r' (rather than words that have 'rr' in the middle), so you can start there. I could only do the 'rr' sound at first too, but I practiced and practiced to add it into syllables and words. If you have the sound down, it really is just a matter of practice to add it into words!
thanks for the reply, but i met a new problem. I have met a French speaker, and she told me that my r is not the Spanish r, it s French r. It hurts me pretty bad..
Thank you for the help! I watched once yesterday and after watching once more today I can finally roll my r’s, not a year too soon. This will make Spanish more fun.
I took Spanish for many yrs I. high school which lets be honest, has been 20 or more yrs ago now but even still, I never learned how to roll my r’s. Ugh! After watching your video, I’m spitting all over the place trying to roll my r’s and laughing hysterically at the same time! Not sure that I’ll ever get it down but am having a fun time trying! Lol! Some things just don’t come easily to some ppl as they do to others and I’m trying to impress a Puerto Rican guy at my job. Damn! 😂
My problem has always been that I can do it, but inconsistently. Getting the tongue in the right position can be difficult when I'm trying to speak with anything approaching normal speed of conversation. I had a bit of a revelation last week though when my Spanish friend said that I pronounced words much better when I'm not thinking about it. Esto era muy revelante para dos razones. Primero, no puedes hacer este sonido con una lengua que no es relajada. Esto es imperativo. Cuando me esfuerzo en hacerlo, desafortunadamente tiene el efecto contrario y es menos probable que pueda hacerlo. Así que ser relajado es clave. Y segundo, como has dicho en tu video, para hacer este sonido, no es un movimiento consciente, o exagerado de tu lengua. Si la lengua está en la posición correcta, y es relajada, entonces el movimiento del aire por encima de tu lengua va a producir el sonido deseado.
Your Spanish (at least written) is simply flawless, only one problem you constantly use the verb "ser" instead of "estar" when you're talking of situational, temporal things, such as being relaxed. All the things that are temporary or situational are always with "estar". But again, everything is else is perfect, congratulations!
I'm a native speaker. This an awesome video. I'll give you a tip we get at school: when the r is at the beginning of the sentence and followed by a vowel, then you use the strong R. If the r is between vowels, then it depends on the word, they should have 1 r (soft sound) or 2 rr (hard sounds). Try ferrocarril for hard sounds. Notice the words carro (hard rr) and caro (soft r)
I have a week to master the Spanish sounds, and with 3 days down, your videos have brought me more than half-way there. These are some of the best tutorials I have ever watched. (And thanks for pointing out that it's different from the French R. You don't typically roll the R in the middle of words in French as you do in Spanish, so the sound kept coming out weird, and I didn't know why because I was definitely rolling the heck out of those R's.)
so I can vibrate me tongue. practising keeping it relaxed and getting better at it. when I do try to pronounce ri re ra ro ru to me it sounds like I like to make a th sound. almost like thre thri thro thru thra. I'm pretty sure it's wrong. I'm going to keep practising but what noise should I be making when trying to trill my r? thanks so much
Thanks SO MUCH for your videos!!! You're SO GOOD at explaining things! I've learned A TON from the video's I've watched so far. It's really helped my pronunciation and reading skills (I'm just starting) . THANKS!!! :) On this video specifically now I understand how to pronounce (and roll) a 'r'-- before I think the problem was I didn't know what to physically do. Thanks to you, now I do! And great ID on the alveolar ridge-- you're the first person I've come across who says it's the wrinkly part of the palate. Now I actually know where it is!.
Yours is about the 5th video I've watched on this subject (I'm learning to speak Italian) and has the most helpful. Not there yet, but I think I'm on my way.
+VictorFr0st I would say to just keep practicing it in syllables, words, and then sentences! You don't need the rr sound to be long and drawn out. (For example, people say 'perro'; and not 'perrrrrrrro'!). You just need to put the sound into words. As long as you're not making a flap sound (like in 'pero'), yo are probably doing it right. If you listen to native speakers, you'll notice that the 'rr' sound usually isn't really long, unless emphasis is being put on a certain word. I hope that made sense!
Hi Katie, I have a question: Did you learn Spanish in college? If so, I've always wondered what exactly spanish (or any language) majors have to go through for their training?
I can roll my tongue a bit when I add some sound, however, I get almost nothing when I'm just blowing out, the harder I blow, the less vibration I gets. If I move my tongue up to the ocular while blowing out it almost blocks the air and does not do create any vibration. So, I can only do it without any sound when my tongue is below or close to the ocular. However, I can sometimes roll my 'rr' abit when I say 'ara' or 'oro'.
i have tried to do the roll for years and just can't seem to do it... I can actually do the back of the throat roll and no matter what I try I usually end up bouncing the back of my tongue around.. but that front of tongue roll, all I end up with is either a zzzzzzzz sound or just a bunch of air and spittle... lol It's embarrassing..
Muchas felicitaciones, soy nativo hablante español sudamericano y tu acento suena realmente como una nativa de habla hispana. Estoy admirado lo excelente que pronuncias.Muchas pero muchas felicitaciones y sigue así. Saludos desde Uruguay.
Thank you so much for sharing your experience, Katie. I just learned how to pronounce the trill from your video!! I had learned classical singing (bel canto) for several years, but I was not able to pronounce the Latino "r" before I quit singing. Recently I am interested in learning Spanish, and again I have to face the challenge of trill. Fortunately I found your video, and I just made clear "rrrrrrrr"s!! Muchas gracias!!
This video actually helped me to roll my r's!! I've been trying solong but Katie really broke it up and made it a little bit easier for me. It's hard at first, and right now I can only roll with short bursts, but I'm sure with much more practice I'll get it eventually. Thanks!
I think it's OK for "Pero" to say it that way. But I can get 2 or 3 taps of my tongue for "Perro" which sounds close. But I know that isn't the solution but the best I can do.
Your thrilled r is good. However esto parece imposible para mi. My tongue seems too big. I can only make what sounds like a 't' when I let the tip of my tongue do what a feel is vibrating. Can thrilled r be made if one has a permanent retainer?
I am just beginning to learn Spanish and really appreciate your videos. I recently found the Chegg's flashcard app for my iphone. I was wondering if you would possibly consider creating short decks of Chegg flashcards to accompany your videos to practice your helpful suggestions. It's great how the flashcards allow you to hear the front side of the flashcard in Spanish and the back in English.
the r sound in Spanish is the same sound with r in Vietnamese, so it's quite easy for me to pronounce, but a little bit different when the r sound behinds vowel like ir, or, er, ur Vietnamese doesn't have those sounds
this did help, I can finally make something that kinda feels right, but there's a problem. I seem to be doing all the things right, I think (relax tongue, move it upward while expelling air, toward alveolar ridge etc.) but when I finally get to the actual "rr" bit, it just sounds like a breathy vibration ;-;
I do love your argentinian accent haha. I'm studying english in Dublin and I have problems with the English R, so you people are not alone hahaha.. un beso grande genia !
+Alejandro Matos Anguis but when it comes to trying to speak as a native, you would realise that our R doesn't sound natural at all. Try it out by yourself by saying mirror repetitively! xD
Luciano Benvenuto Well... I have practiced a lot, I have been studying and using english for about 10 years and I believe the way to pronounce it is... Fast, but I am not really sure. Until I don't find a native speaker who tells me, I won't really know XD
well yes.. the what I meant is to no one, either natives or not, notes that you are not an english speaker. Speaking could be easy after a while, but the elephant in the room is speaking fluently and sounding as a native :P
From Japan! I can do tongue trill but can’t pronounce words containing RR sound. My pronunciation is like HRA HRE HRI HRO HRU, which have H-sound with too much air to produce doble RR. When I adjust to reduce h-sound, my tongue easily loses trill. What can I do? Please help!
Thank you. I have watched many other videos on this topic and they all have their merit but found yours most helpful. I aprrrrrrrreciate yourrrr experrrrrtise. Thanks.
Thank you again Katie. I started, 'again', to learn Spanish and also spend time with these rr! I kind of getting there but yes it's difficult, I realised i have to find the right timing to expel that air (reminds me the old days trying the same thing learning to drive manual car with getting use to time the clutch when changing gear. I find it easier with words starting with r than when the r are in the middle of the word. Then with some vowels I find it more difficult than with others - then through a whole sentence I lose it! But you just said it practice, practice.... And it does not look you are expelling that much more air when you do it the normal speaking way?
Help I can make the “trill sound” in the back of my throat no matter where my tongue is in my mouth. I can pronounce the single R well but should I just make the trilled sound from my throat? It sounds fine to me just sometimes a little strong/forced
umm I can do the rolled r in the middle of words just fine and if I want to do it in the beginning of words I kind of have to go hud-rrrrrrrr( I learned by using the word butter so that probly why) any sujestions so I can trill at the beginning of words?
im on the same boat as you friend. I can make a french rr but not a spanish one. Just try asking as much people as you can either in real life or this comment section.
really appreciate this video you took the time to share. I find this is the best explanation so far, but man it is absolutely frustrating. I will keep working on this for the next month then ill come back and let you know how much progress i have made.
So I can do the part where you exhale and make the front of the tongue vibrate with and without sound but when I try to put it into a word it sounds ridiculous lol. For instance, when I try to say perro I'm not sure how the tongue should be positioned at the beginning of the word for the 'pe' part because I'm already trying to have the back of my tongue tensed for the trilled r so I end up sounding like Lumpy Space Princess (if you've ever seen adventure time) haha. Do you have some advice?
Hi there! Sorry for the delay in my response. I would think of it as two separate words: pe - rro. Say each part separately with a pause in between, and then try to combine them together. During "pe", your tongue should be in a neutral position to make the 'e' sound. THEN, the tip of the tongue will reach up to the bumpy region behind your front teeth to make the 'rr' sound. You don't want to have your tongue in the 'rr' position when you start your word or else you will sound like Lumpy Space Princess :) You want to complete your first syllable, and as you're finishing it, move your tongue up to the 'rr' position. I hope that helps!
Following your video I learned to roll my Rs in combination with vowels. (Also, some other videos helped with making a voiced trill.) However, i feel that in regular phrases, such as “donde esta el restaurante” I have to make more “vocal effort” to pronounce the Rs in restaurante. That is, it isn’t smooth, and it results in a slight pause before both Rs. Will this smooth out with lots of practice? I think my trilled Rs are too emphatic, and rolling at the ends of words, such as “por favor”, doesn’t sound natural. How do I reduce the trill to sound native?
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i believe qualifying for the Olympics is easier.
I'm starting to agree with this
What a coincidence im watching olympics right now
@@HereComesThe-Sun lol true
and I STILL can't roll my r's even after my comment months ago..
tried for 3.5 hours today, will try again tomorrow
before when i first saw this i was like no way but now im actually starting to believe it.
And later native English speakers want the whole world to speak their language. Haha.
my grandpa can do that when he snores. but when he's awake it's impossible
Robert Toe 😂😂😂😂😂😂
MsFlamingFlamer I also give Spanish lessons check out learn Spanish with Robert toe on u tube
Actually I have woken up because of my lip flapping, but I can't do it while I'm awake.
100PercentOS2 I guess when you're relaxed. it's effortless to do just like my grandpa. they should invent a method of learning how to speak Spanish while sleeping 😆😆😆😆
Robert Toe hahahahahah
Nothing is working for me and I'm getting so frustrated
me too
Jenny Bear n
i can teach you I'm a native spanish speaker
Joshua Griffin same 😭😭😭
Yep. Same here. Been trying daily for 2 months. Seen practically every single video. Simply cannot do it.
Soy nativa del español y no sabía cómo enseñarle a mi amigo francés a pronunciar esos dos sonidos, le he enseñado tu vídeo y ahora lo domina muy bien. Eres excelente explicando, mil gracias!!
Yo soy Argentina y no le entiendo
So I used your method of expelling air forcefully to trill my "r's." ....I ended up blacking out from the lack of oxygen.
So a pro tip to everyone: When trilling your "r's," wear a helmet.
Lol
I have now been using your tips for pronouncing both kinds of Spanish "R" for a month. I say "ra, re, ri, ro, ru" every day as I'm walking to the bus stop. Sometimes mexicanos walk up behind me and as they pass me they give me funny looks, but it has worked very well for me. Now I can say both kinds of "R." I also write down "R" words that are hard for me and I say them also. The worst for me are supermercado, perdera and morire. A real tough phrase is "un ramo de rosas rojas." But I'm 90% there and it's thanks to you.
Glad to hear that! Practice is definitely the key. I remember saying random 'r' words as I was doing laundry, etc... :) The phrase that you wrote is difficult for me too! N before an 'r' can be tricky (un ramo). Also, if there is a word that ends in 's' and the next word starts with 'r', Hispanics will tend to leave out the 's' or aspirate it (pronounce it with a puff of air). This is because your tongue hits the same part in your mouth for /s/ and /r/, so it's almost impossible to say together. Therefore, 'rosas rojas' might sound a little more like 'rosa rojas".
Thank you thank you thank you. I took Spanish in high school and college and was never able to get the trilled r. I thought I would never be able to properly speak Spanish. Your single r and trilled r videos were so helpful. Within an hour I could make the vibration, within a day I could make the noise, and within two days I could do it within a word. I still need practice but you helped me immensely!!
my grandpa tried to trill his r by blowing and vibrate at the same time and his false teeth flew across the room and hit my grandma on the eye I think he needs a lot of practice still.
I just died lmao
charlie.s check out learn Spanish with Robert toe on u tube .if you like give it a sub and I'll sub back. 😆
Fabio Restrepo Muñoz what do you mean my passing I'm still kicking .the only passing I did was pass gas 😆
Fabio Restrepo Muñoz what do you mean my passing I'm still kicking. the only passing I 've done is pass gas 😆
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I can make my tounge vibrate and even add sound, but when using it in a sentence it sounds very forced and doesn't flow. Any ideas on how to fix this?
Hi Vick. When I first started making the sound, it sounded really forced too! Practice helped me control my airflow. When I first started, my airflow was really strong (to get my tongue to vibrate), but it sounded a little unnatural. After I got the vibrating motion down, I could make my airflow a little weaker and still get my tongue to vibrate, which sounded more natural.
I also practiced the sound in varying levels of complexity, like in my video. (Ex: I practiced words with 'rr' in the middle a lot, because I tended to pause before the 'rr'. "Pe-rro". I eventually got to the point where I didn't have to pause).
Recording yourself is a wonderful tool too! It can help you become more aware of your speech patterns and which 'rr's sound the best to you. You can look up practice words and practice sentences to record.
the first time i said perro i accedently rolled my tounge thanks.
ust try to listen to a native speaker and repeat as long as you can
+Hugo Chavez cant understand why do you need to master R sound as a kid. We, russians get it naturally with no problems
As a Mexican-American whose family is fluent in Spanish yet I cannot even roll my R's, THANK YOU SO MUCH! I can finally make the rolled R noise for the first time in 32 years! Now I just have to practice adding words to it. I feel like a real Mexican now! Joking. Seriously, thank you, though!
Never really commented on a RUclips video before. Non native spanish speaker here and have been trying to learn how to roll my r's for a while now. if someone had explained it like you did, I would have gotten it much sooner. Now I just need to practice till it becomes more habitual. Thanks.
i cannot stop rolling it in the back of my throat now matter how hard i try
Anthony Ruiz OMG FINALLY SOMEONE KNOWS WHAT I MEAN WHEN IT JUST HAPPENENS IN MY THROAT
That’s exactly what happened when I tried to do trilled r
Same🤦♀️
Have the biggest exam in 2 weeks to 1 month and 2 weeks(not sure due to corona) and I NEED TO GET IT
Yeah, ditto, and/or I sound French (at least to my English ears). It's difficult for me to fathom why anyone would optionally make this a mainstay of a language. It doesn't even seem (to me at least) like a natural sound to make. I'd never tried to do this in my entire life before attempting Spanish!
Your not the only one.. frustation is real! 😪😪😪
is there a specific number of vibrations the tongue makes? for example in the word CARRO, when rolling the double r is it just two tongue vibrations? or does it matter? When I practice this it seems like I make too many vibrations and it seems weird.
After trying for years i just managed to pronounce trrrrrrrrr, then this video made me realize that there should be some space between my tongue and the alveolar ridge, i tried as you said, that's it i made it unbelivable!
Gracias!
I’m using my last few brain cells on this and I’ve watched almost all these videos 🤦🏾♀️
You're not alone.
How's it going now?
@@hanmeangirl6651 How's it going now??
after 3 days of trying I actually got it. This video helped a ton, if you know how to vibrate you just need to start trying to make it less loud and also try make an R sound because all i was doing was using the air but once you figure that out its pretty easy. I wasn't able to do it to well in the beginning as i would keep stopping in the middle of a word but I was laying in bed just constantly saying "ARRIBA" and I finally got it, my friend suggested these words to me, 'arriba', 'perro' and 'arroz'. Hope I could help!
I can make it vibrate but it sounds more like a soft almost silent english thhhhh with a small r sound. Not the one in the video how she did it, if there is anything im doing wrong tell me how to fix it. I want to learn latin and been trying for a few weeks but i really didn't make much of a progress. Do i got to use a bit of sound from my throat or something?
Great, Katie! Nothing like natural sounding pronunciation. This rolled R will help with many other languages as well!
OMG! I watched so many videos and this one finally made me properly roll my R! It was the tip on smiling that clinched it for me! THANK YOU KATIE HANKINS!!!!!!!!!
Holy crap, I don't know if it's because I'm in the right headspace, but after watching a couple of your videos I think I'm finally making progress on trilled R's. I grew up English/French bilingual (attended French immersion school for the first several years of primary school) and I have found it extremely hard to break my habit of always rolling my R's with my uvula.
French R is more difficult than spanish :v.
You need to use your throat in french to pronounce it.
But for the spanish you need to use your tongue.
@@pak3ton spanish r is harder. I'm Hispanic and I can do a french rr but not a freaking spanish or russian rr
I'm having the same problem as a native english speaker who studied french throughout primary/secondary school.
This looks like rocket science
to pronounce the "Rolling R"
I never thought that was so difficult to english speakers.
+DosGordosEnMoto you don' t have to be anglophone to have difficulty...even some spaniards of south american can't do it
Best vid about rolling r's i've seen yet, especially the exercises at the end. If you keep doing those, i think you'll get it.
It's funny how different people methods can really make a difference. I just watched a few videos and they were good...something about how you taught it got me actually doing it in minutes. Thanks!
The absolute best video to learn to roll my R's. I got it down in minutes. Muchas Gracias!!!
I am a Hongkongner and now I can make the RR sound after two-months practice. Thank you so much!! It works!
I'm 32 years old and I've never been able to do this until after watching this tutorial thank you so much!
seriously one of the best teachers of R sounds. Definitely watch the other video as well
I'm Mexican and can't roll my R's😢😢
same tho
im mexican and cant roll my roll my R's either uhhh its frustrating
Mexican - American or a Mexicana.
for shaaaame
Same
Thanks to you, after exhausting myself with other instruction, I can trill!!! Thank you Katie! I practiced for 2 hours while driving and got it.
By far one the best if not the best explanation ON the trill r sound, thanx!
Can't even get my tongue to vibrate
Hermit Same it's stressing me out so so much 😭
Same. My tongue won't even vibrate slightly.
I have been doing this for more than a week
any results? @@juby6381
I failed my Spanish Test because I couldn’t roll my r’s. Feels bad man
i just want to say that you are very good at rolling you rr, and you give very good tips for english speakers. to how roll there rr.
i'm a native spanish speaker and i have to say that your spanish is amaizing.
i have a friend that wants to learn spanish and your videos will help him for sure. thanks
I have watched countless videos on how to do this but this one really helped me!
After lots of practice I thought I was trilling my 'rr' then I met a friend of a friend from Mexico and the first thing he said was "hey you are rolling your rr like a French rr". So all along I've been rolling my rr in my throat, the sound you make when gargling. So now I'm trying to get my tongue vibrating without any vocalization to avoid making the sound in my throat. I'm just blowing air and trying to get my tongue to vibrate. It's a different feeling than what I was doing before. But I still can't see my tongue vibrating in the mirror like I see my friend's tongue vibrating when they demonstrate their rolled rr. With the French rr in the back of the throat, it's hard to trill an rr when the r is in the middle of a word like "perro" so that should have been a clue. This is hard but I'm going to do it....
I do the same thing!! Did you fix it?
@@bazkid5739 It took a lot of practicing, probably six months after posting the message above, probably almost 18 months total. I tried different methods and most importantly, getting feedback from a lot of Latino friends who were keen on helping figure this out. In this video, 4:19 to 4:52 were useful for me. Don't touch the tongue to the teeth or alveolar ridge before starting to blow air. One friend had me say "dinosaurio" because it formed the mouth in the correct position (for me at least) to begin trilling. Another friend said if I was doing a sustained trill properly, my tongue, lips and front of my face would be vibrating madly. Also people talk about the position of the tongue relative to the alveolar ridge, for me touching my tongue to the inside of my top teeth, then pulling back slightly so my tongue could vibrate freely worked. So that would put my tongue on that part of the ridge that is horizontal, directly behind the top front teeth and nowhere near where the alveolar ridge starts to ascend. What also helped me was using the diaphragm to increase the force and volume of air blowing across the top of your tongue. Finally try with different mouth shapes, smiling and also in the form when whistling. Based on all the videos, different things work for different people. You've got it when your lips are vibrating instead of your throat.
Katie - It worked! Right in the middle of your demo it suddenly worked! What was especially helpful I think was the close ups of your mouth in action. Thanks for that. One suggestion would be to put the list of practise words in print here so I could go over them without having to keep moving the video back again. Thanks so much for the clear explanation. Oh, and i discovered that one of my hangups has been that my mouth kept trying to prepare for an "r" sound (English "r") by slightly pushing my lips forward and so the roll really couldn't work! Your saying to keep the mouth broader really helped and kept my tongue from attempting the "r" sound!
I'm forever cursed to only be able to roll my r's like the French 😭
+Sariah Mevs there's surgery my friend (:
+Sariah Mevs spanish "R" to me RrRrRrRrRrR english "R " to me rrrr french "R " to me kkkrrrrrrrr
Sariah Mevs I did practice practice and practice of rolling Spanish r, than I got the French r😂😂
same, I should just drop the class and try to see if anyone will teach me French.
same, this is why at some point I preferred learning German over the Spanish i learned at school. My spanish accent sounds so wrongggg
Hacía tiempo que no publicabas un vid; me alegra que hayas vuelto.
Felicidades por tu excelente dominio del idioma. n_n
my tongue is hard as concrete, what can i do to make it flexible and relaxed rather than it being tensed all the time? also my tongue stays blunt rather than being pointed :'( please help.
i had this problem too, i think around 4:30 explains the trilled "r" tongue movement pretty well. you aren't trying to make a noise with your tongue or even shape your mouth much, it's basically just breathing out that makes the noise as air vibrates against the tongue. i kept messing up by beginning words with my tongue actually resting on the ridge behind my top teeth. the tongue shouldn't be touching the ridge, just almost hovering over it. i still don't have it entirely down yet but at least the whole concept is starting to finally make some sense to my natively english-speaking brain now! lol i've watched 5 or 6 different videos on how to do this now so try that too if you haven't already bc the variance in techniques/demonstrations is probably what's most helpful. sorry this was so long, aha 😅
@@lachrymarum_ hey, one later... were you able to make it? :) can you provide more insights?
This was 8 years ago and still very useful. thanks.
It was great to hear some things that I watched on other videos confirming your expertise. Some new ideas as well so thank you.🙂
I speak fluent Spanish, and this is a very good video of annunciation of the letter R.
Good job!
Hi thanks for your video. I can now do the trilled r!! But now I have another problem, my rolled r sounds weird when I say "perro". It doesn't sound like the crisp rr the native speakers pronounce. It has a slight dr sound to it. Please help! Thanks :)
Great Video. Really love the practise session at the end. Plus love your other video about the single "r" sound in Spanish. I've been working at this for literally months and I feel its finally starting to come together.
Katie, when I expel air and move my tongue upward, am I also making sound with my throat? Or just a hissing from my mouth?
I feel my tongue vibrating a little but it sounds like I'm sighing.
Your videos help a lot. But I have some trouble here. I can pronounce rr when just say rr, but i cant put it in a word. Like parro, I cant do it
It might take some practice to get there! If you can get the rr sound down, that's the first step. Then try adding it to nonsense syllables like ra, re, ri, ro, ru. Some people have told me that it's easier for them to say words that start with 'r' (rather than words that have 'rr' in the middle), so you can start there.
I could only do the 'rr' sound at first too, but I practiced and practiced to add it into syllables and words. If you have the sound down, it really is just a matter of practice to add it into words!
thanks for the reply, but i met a new problem. I have met a French speaker, and she told me that my r is not the Spanish r, it s French r. It hurts me pretty bad..
Thank you for the help! I watched once yesterday and after watching once more today I can finally roll my r’s, not a year too soon. This will make Spanish more fun.
I took Spanish for many yrs I. high school which lets be honest, has been 20 or more yrs ago now but even still, I never learned how to roll my r’s. Ugh! After watching your video, I’m spitting all over the place trying to roll my r’s and laughing hysterically at the same time! Not sure that I’ll ever get it down but am having a fun time trying! Lol! Some things just don’t come easily to some ppl as they do to others and I’m trying to impress a Puerto Rican guy at my job. Damn! 😂
Hello Ms. Hankins:
WOW! Your instructions are incredible! I cannot thank you enough! 💯
My problem has always been that I can do it, but inconsistently. Getting the tongue in the right position can be difficult when I'm trying to speak with anything approaching normal speed of conversation. I had a bit of a revelation last week though when my Spanish friend said that I pronounced words much better when I'm not thinking about it.
Esto era muy revelante para dos razones. Primero, no puedes hacer este sonido con una lengua que no es relajada. Esto es imperativo. Cuando me esfuerzo en hacerlo, desafortunadamente tiene el efecto contrario y es menos probable que pueda hacerlo. Así que ser relajado es clave. Y segundo, como has dicho en tu video, para hacer este sonido, no es un movimiento consciente, o exagerado de tu lengua. Si la lengua está en la posición correcta, y es relajada, entonces el movimiento del aire por encima de tu lengua va a producir el sonido deseado.
Your Spanish (at least written) is simply flawless, only one problem you constantly use the verb "ser" instead of "estar" when you're talking of situational, temporal things, such as being relaxed. All the things that are temporary or situational are always with "estar". But again, everything is else is perfect, congratulations!
I can't stop making the "h" sound , like costa hhhhhrica. How do I solve it
SOLUTION: drop Spanish and learn French lol
I'm a native speaker. This an awesome video. I'll give you a tip we get at school: when the r is at the beginning of the sentence and followed by a vowel, then you use the strong R. If the r is between vowels, then it depends on the word, they should have 1 r (soft sound) or 2 rr (hard sounds). Try ferrocarril for hard sounds. Notice the words carro (hard rr) and caro (soft r)
I have a week to master the Spanish sounds, and with 3 days down, your videos have brought me more than half-way there. These are some of the best tutorials I have ever watched.
(And thanks for pointing out that it's different from the French R. You don't typically roll the R in the middle of words in French as you do in Spanish, so the sound kept coming out weird, and I didn't know why because I was definitely rolling the heck out of those R's.)
I can vibrate it so easly and also do the R sound. But then when i need to use it in a centence its not really sounding natural but more a forcing R
so I can vibrate me tongue. practising keeping it relaxed and getting better at it. when I do try to pronounce ri re ra ro ru to me it sounds like I like to make a th sound. almost like thre thri thro thru thra. I'm pretty sure it's wrong. I'm going to keep practising but what noise should I be making when trying to trill my r? thanks so much
Thanks SO MUCH for your videos!!! You're SO GOOD at explaining things! I've learned A TON from the video's I've watched so far. It's really helped my pronunciation and reading skills (I'm just starting) . THANKS!!! :)
On this video specifically now I understand how to pronounce (and roll) a 'r'-- before I think the problem was I didn't know what to physically do. Thanks to you, now I do! And great ID on the alveolar ridge-- you're the first person I've come across who says it's the wrinkly part of the palate. Now I actually know where it is!.
Yours is about the 5th video I've watched on this subject (I'm learning to speak Italian) and has the most helpful. Not there yet, but I think I'm on my way.
I can only do the sound for about half a second. I can't sustain it for longer than that. Any thoughts/advice?
+VictorFr0st I would say to just keep practicing it in syllables, words, and then sentences! You don't need the rr sound to be long and drawn out. (For example, people say 'perro'; and not 'perrrrrrrro'!). You just need to put the sound into words. As long as you're not making a flap sound (like in 'pero'), yo are probably doing it right.
If you listen to native speakers, you'll notice that the 'rr' sound usually isn't really long, unless emphasis is being put on a certain word. I hope that made sense!
+VictorFr0st im spanish and when im little i couldn't say perro and i pronounce perro like pero
+Sean Paulson same!
Hi Katie, I have a question:
Did you learn Spanish in college? If so, I've always wondered what exactly spanish (or any language) majors have to go through for their training?
I can roll my tongue a bit when I add some sound, however, I get almost nothing when I'm just blowing out, the harder I blow, the less vibration I gets. If I move my tongue up to the ocular while blowing out it almost blocks the air and does not do create any vibration. So, I can only do it without any sound when my tongue is below or close to the ocular. However, I can sometimes roll my 'rr' abit when I say 'ara' or 'oro'.
i have tried to do the roll for years and just can't seem to do it... I can actually do the back of the throat roll and no matter what I try I usually end up bouncing the back of my tongue around.. but that front of tongue roll, all I end up with is either a zzzzzzzz sound or just a bunch of air and spittle... lol It's embarrassing..
Muchas felicitaciones, soy nativo hablante español sudamericano y tu acento suena realmente como una nativa de habla hispana. Estoy admirado lo excelente que pronuncias.Muchas pero muchas felicitaciones y sigue así. Saludos desde Uruguay.
Thank you so much for sharing your experience, Katie. I just learned how to pronounce the trill from your video!!
I had learned classical singing (bel canto) for several years, but I was not able to pronounce the Latino "r" before I quit singing. Recently I am interested in learning Spanish, and again I have to face the challenge of trill. Fortunately I found your video, and I just made clear "rrrrrrrr"s!! Muchas gracias!!
This video actually helped me to roll my r's!!
I've been trying solong but Katie really broke it up and made it a little bit easier for me. It's hard at first, and right now I can only roll with short bursts, but I'm sure with much more practice I'll get it eventually.
Thanks!
Thank you! Your video really helped! It's much harder for me in the middle of a sentence, but much better than before. . .
i'm actually Spanish but since i got a speech problem i cant say r or l in ]both English and Spanish
when I try to say "perro" it sounds more like "peddo" ugh! this is so hard!
ElPailaFederal Haha really ? omg 😂
Risa Yamanaka lol... keep practicing :), "peddo" means fart in spanish
I think it's OK for "Pero" to say it that way. But I can get 2 or 3 taps of my tongue for "Perro" which sounds close. But I know that isn't the solution but the best I can do.
I found your video the most helpful. Good job!
Do i need to slightly curl the tongue and keep relaxed to pronounce all the process?
thats exactly what i want to know, because when i try it makes it harder for my tongue to vibrate
Your thrilled r is good. However esto parece imposible para mi. My tongue seems too big. I can only make what sounds like a 't' when I let the tip of my tongue do what a feel is vibrating. Can thrilled r be made if one has a permanent retainer?
Bien hecho, o mejor digo: Bien DICHO, HECHO y EXPLICADO! Una de las mejores maestras!
I am just beginning to learn Spanish and really appreciate your videos. I recently found the Chegg's flashcard app for my iphone. I was wondering if you would possibly consider creating short decks of Chegg flashcards to accompany your videos to practice your helpful suggestions. It's great how the flashcards allow you to hear the front side of the flashcard in Spanish and the back in English.
Question- do the sides of your tongue form a complete seal against the sides of your upper teeth when you do this, or no?
After two weeks of pretty constant practice, I'm sorta close to getting it. Thanks Katie!
Your video helps me make the first ever trill r in my life. Thanks a lot!!!
the r sound in Spanish is the same sound with r in Vietnamese, so it's quite easy for me to pronounce, but a little bit different when the r sound behinds vowel like ir, or, er, ur Vietnamese doesn't have those sounds
this did help, I can finally make something that kinda feels right, but there's a problem.
I seem to be doing all the things right, I think (relax tongue, move it upward while expelling air, toward alveolar ridge etc.) but when I finally get to the actual "rr" bit, it just sounds like a breathy vibration ;-;
I do love your argentinian accent haha. I'm studying english in Dublin and I have problems with the English R, so you people are not alone hahaha.. un beso grande genia !
+Luciano Benvenuto I thought that we didn't have problems with the english's R... Agt least It isn't as hard as the RR for the english speakers.
+Alejandro Matos Anguis but when it comes to trying to speak as a native, you would realise that our R doesn't sound natural at all. Try it out by yourself by saying mirror repetitively! xD
Luciano Benvenuto Well... I have practiced a lot, I have been studying and using english for about 10 years and I believe the way to pronounce it is... Fast, but I am not really sure. Until I don't find a native speaker who tells me, I won't really know XD
well yes.. the what I meant is to no one, either natives or not, notes that you are not an english speaker. Speaking could be easy after a while, but the elephant in the room is speaking fluently and sounding as a native :P
From Japan!
I can do tongue trill but can’t pronounce words containing RR sound. My pronunciation is like HRA HRE HRI HRO HRU, which have H-sound with too much air to produce doble RR.
When I adjust to reduce h-sound, my tongue easily loses trill.
What can I do? Please help!
Thank you. I have watched many other videos on this topic and they all have their merit but found yours most helpful. I aprrrrrrrreciate yourrrr experrrrrtise. Thanks.
This along with your other r video really helped me, thank you!!! I havent found anything else that truly helps with this and does it well!!!
this is the only video that has ever helped me thank you oh my god
Thank you again Katie. I started, 'again', to learn Spanish and also spend time with these rr!
I kind of getting there but yes it's difficult, I realised i have to find the right timing to expel that air (reminds me the old days trying the same thing learning to drive manual car with getting use to time the clutch when changing gear. I find it easier with words starting with r than when the r are in the middle of the word. Then with some vowels I find it more difficult than with others - then through a whole sentence I lose it! But you just said it practice, practice....
And it does not look you are expelling that much more air when you do it the normal speaking way?
Help I can make the “trill sound” in the back of my throat no matter where my tongue is in my mouth. I can pronounce the single R well but should I just make the trilled sound from my throat? It sounds fine to me just sometimes a little strong/forced
Nevermind got it time to practice:)
Omggggggggg I CAN DOO IT. THANK YOU!!!! AFTER A MONTH PRACTICE
Thank u❤but my trill r have d sound, how to get rid of it?
my singular r has a small d sound too
umm I can do the rolled r in the middle of words just fine and if I want to do it in the beginning of words I kind of have to go hud-rrrrrrrr( I learned by using the word butter so that probly why) any sujestions so I can trill at the beginning of words?
I can only do the French r, no idea how to fix that. Any ideas?
im on the same boat as you friend. I can make a french rr but not a spanish one. Just try asking as much people as you can either in real life or this comment section.
I'm doing it slowly, but I'm getting better. Thank you for this tip.
So. I'm just saying rice in spanish and dog. XD
Arroz y perro :D
I struggle with the R in Perdon, how I can say it without sounding really weird or so broken
up into two words where the r is? thanks
oanh dang per-don (peRr-don)
Jean Carlo Palacio thanks!
oanh dang the R is not that important in Spanish. With a short and silent R is ok
Jean Carlo Palacio ok thanks for letting me know
Is it like saying "Harder" in English ? The "rder" part seems to flap if I relax and forcifully expel with a loose tongue.
Thanks a lot, Katie. Very helpful. The two "r" sounds have been driving me crazy. I'm going to use your tips and I'm sure it will help me a lot.
Really wonderful lesson Katie! I'm walking around the house saying "correo" and it sounds really good! Thank you!
I can only roll my R in words like “perro” but if I try and do it in words like “arroz” or “rápido” it turns into and L sound...helpppp
really appreciate this video you took the time to share. I find this is the best explanation so far, but man it is absolutely frustrating. I will keep working on this for the next month then ill come back and let you know how much progress i have made.
So I can do the part where you exhale and make the front of the tongue vibrate with and without sound but when I try to put it into a word it sounds ridiculous lol. For instance, when I try to say perro I'm not sure how the tongue should be positioned at the beginning of the word for the 'pe' part because I'm already trying to have the back of my tongue tensed for the trilled r so I end up sounding like Lumpy Space Princess (if you've ever seen adventure time) haha. Do you have some advice?
Hi there! Sorry for the delay in my response. I would think of it as two separate words: pe - rro. Say each part separately with a pause in between, and then try to combine them together. During "pe", your tongue should be in a neutral position to make the 'e' sound. THEN, the tip of the tongue will reach up to the bumpy region behind your front teeth to make the 'rr' sound. You don't want to have your tongue in the 'rr' position when you start your word or else you will sound like Lumpy Space Princess :) You want to complete your first syllable, and as you're finishing it, move your tongue up to the 'rr' position. I hope that helps!
I hit the spot for a second. Now, I can't find the spot anymore hahah
Following your video I learned to roll my Rs in combination with vowels. (Also, some other videos helped with making a voiced trill.) However, i feel that in regular phrases, such as “donde esta el restaurante” I have to make more “vocal effort” to pronounce the Rs in restaurante. That is, it isn’t smooth, and it results in a slight pause before both Rs. Will this smooth out with lots of practice?
I think my trilled Rs are too emphatic, and rolling at the ends of words, such as “por favor”, doesn’t sound natural. How do I reduce the trill to sound native?
Giving myself a headache blowing out…
Same
Same+2 XD
I can do a mimicked rolled R where I blow air to vibrate my uvula, and when it doesn't sound like a pigeon, it sounds like a rolled R.
I have been trying for decades since college Spanish! I can trill the middle of the tongue, but not the front.
If I make the trilling sound 'rrr' my tongue leans to the left side. Does it happen usually to the Beginners? I need your help.
+hoyun myoung My tongue Also leans prob b/c I used to have bracelets and it's ...not so symmetric inside
Excuse me?