Randomly came upon this video while looking up some pronunciation hints for a completely different language and now I'm sitting here at 4 am, studying how my tongue moves while doing "rrrr" noises. It's a fascinating thing, just like watching someone trying to explain it to English speakers is. And the best part? I have no trouble with rolling Rs, since my native language has them as well :D
Here I am, me at 24, a guy who's first tongue is Spanish finally realizing how to make the (soft) R sound thanks to some very clear examples in English.
I swear once I learn this I'm going to end up just non stop trilling for a month through excitement and lose all my friends haha. For not tho it's making silly noises whilst I try to trill and fail constiantly! Lol Ty for the video
Haha I can actually Trill now but I am still no expert! Can only do it now when I don’t think about it or try to actively Trill :) It it possible though so keep at it!
Surprised I have another response from this as I posted my comment a year ago. If it helps it was definitely a combination of both when I was learning to trill. Videos helped me a lot but I think as long as you want to do it and practise enough you will eventually be able to do - trill. For me personally I remember I managed to pull it off once, then managed a few times and just persevered until I was able to do it. Again though if I really think about how to Trill i can totally muck it up. It’s very much a natural sound with not much effort on what your doing with trying to make the sound. If that Makes sence? Lol Keep practising and failing a LOT would be my advice tho,
(I’m American) It clicked for me more when I realized, that you have to open your mouth much more than when you’re speaking English. We keep our mouths very closed bc we use our tongue so much, but once I opened my mouth wider the tongue could move more (like almost smiling), and it started working (better airflow)!! Now I just need to practice!! Thank you!!!
TheStina1979 OH MY GOODNESS. You are a saint. This worked. 2 years now... I have been trying to figure out how to do it. TWO YEARS. None of these videos never helped, this video finally started to help due to te excellent instructions, but i was still struggling but then I read your comment tried again and bam. I felt it legitimately. Thank you! Sorry I’m 5 months late haha.
Thank you for being the first one on You Tube to adequately explain how to create the trilled R sound. Your advice to make the TH sound and pull the tongue back worked like a charm. Muchas gracias!
Thank you, now I can finally pronounce the R right! It’s actually much easier to do than I thought. I’m German and have always pronounced my R like the French do, since the German and French R are quite similar.🙏🏻
That's the standard dialect, standard high German, but there are dialects that pronounce it with the rolled R, specially in the North, low German, North Frisia, the Saxon dialects
i have a hard time mixing the hard r sounds into words i could roll my tongue and all but i can't do it while trying to pronounce other sounds together too
As a latino, I knew this but didn't know I knew this. I would try to help my friends who were taking Spanish class but was terrible at it. So they mostly came to me to learn curse words instead.
Thank you Milena! you video was very informative! and learned to really get some good vibrations going on with my tongue Its very hard! but i will fore sure keep practicing this! you're a good teacher!
I'm from Finland so the hard 'r' doesn't pose any difficulties for me since in the Finnish language that's the only 'r' sound we have, but the soft 'r' definitely doesn't roll off my tongue quite as easily...
Thank you so much ! I've always been able to make the trilled R sound in isolation, but have always struggled to use it in words or sentences because I couldn't make it flow with other letter sounds. This video has made me realise that I've been making the sound with my tongue in the wrong position; I've been doing it with my tongue pulled way back into the middle of my mouth, nowhere near my teeth. Which meant moving my tongue quite a lot when transitiong from R to any other sound, which is why I've been unable to make it flow. Now I know what I need to work on. Thanks again.
OMG!!! I’m a Chinese speaker and I watch tons of videos on RUclips to learn the strong “R” sound. And your video make me pronounce the sounds in 1 hour, even it’s still not perfect, but at least it works!!! OMG !!! Thank you so much
damn that tongue twister is a beauty girlfriend. I have practicing to say perrrrro for 1 year. I'm not giving up yet - I am gonna call my next dog perro that will teach me-love from Australia again
Muchas Gracias. He estudiando español por 16 años y todovia no puedo pronunciar el sonido. Haré este ejercicio todos los Dias. Gracia's! A proposito , mi esposa es Peruana! ☺
Thank you for putting up this video, I tried so many other videos but they are just over or under explaining things. Learn this within two mins, really helped, very grateful for posting!
I'm a German and my r sounds so horrible when speaking Spanish which frustrates me a lot. I've been trying for long to understand how you do it and your video has helped me to finally understand how it works. Thank you so much!
This is a very good explanation and one I have not heard before-thank you! I am learning this for Welsh-and also because I have never been able to do it and I would really like to (I am 65!😂) From other videos, I can just about do it, but not long and hard like you can. This technique has helped give me more consistency, I feel, and I guess now it is practice, practice, practice (like the passer by told the woman in New York when she asked the way to Carnegie Hall)!
I’m so grateful I grew up watching that so raven. I learned how to roll my tongue when I was six from the Spanish teacher that was on that so raven. I used to run around the house just rolling my tongue for no reason. I think her name was señora Rodriguez .
I try to impress the Spanish speaking folks at my job with my DuoLingo and they all ask me to pronounce R. I’m too embarrassed to do it, so here I am. Thank you 🙏🏼
Yeah thats the problem with saying "Say it like the P in apple", cause every country says it a bit different. Irish dont do a dental fricitive for th for example, but would make a strong T sound in bottle and not a dd sound. However she does explain in a way an american english speaker could understand. For UK/Irish people it would probably be better to diagram it, as they are exposed to the French thrill, the spannish one, italian and even germany and often they cant tell the difference. French and german ones made at back of throat. Also some accents in English actually thrill the R already, some northern/scottish accents etc, also all the english accent villains in star wars roll their r.
Thank you! My tongue trills all over the place, but I could never locate where it should be so I could continue the word at the same time. This really helped!
I just started the video.I can speak Spanish but pronouncing the r's with the authentic Spanish accent has always been a challenge for me.I am not American.I am from the Caribbean,so I don't pronounce bottle like an American would.Here I am practicing pronouncing "bottle" Luke an American would.Shouldn't be too conplicated.I figured the hard r would really be the challenge.
Can you help if I can do the sound but not sustain it? I can say certain words perfectly like perro but no others (like reto is hit and miss). I can't sustain the rr for more than about a second.
Having trouble with this “rr” sound but I’ll keep practicing....... prettiest Spanish teacher on RUclips I think. Think I found my teacher.....z how can I not want to watch? 😍
i sometimes had trouble pronouncing my hard R's at times and other's i was fine, but now i realized it was the position of my tongue! thank you soo soo soo soo soo much!
I would like to learn how to make the high pitched longer trill that is used in the song "The lion sleeps tonight" I can roll the short rrr's soft and hard. I really want to learn how to trill a longer rrrrrrrrrr sound, like a high pitched bird call. Would you teach me please?
Was trying to do this, but decided to practice just my "r" in spanish first. So I said "caro, caro, caro" and my friend who speaks spanish said "One of those times you said carro" and apparently it was just the one time and i didn't hear, i don't know what i did, and i can't replicate it. Funny that I did it when trying to say "caro" though. I somehow am always communicating the wrong thing in spanish hahahaha But hey, I'm getting closer maybe!
Thank you so much! It's my first year learning Spanish (I've been doing it for about 5 months) but I never new how to do the soft sound.. now it feels so simple!!! :)
@@kraken5690 thats cool soy de inglaterra y he estado aprendiendo español por una semana quiero ser fluente español en pero soy really trying too get down the double r down but cant 🤣
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I’m angrily growling at my phone at 2 am 😂
Lmao
Randomly came upon this video while looking up some pronunciation hints for a completely different language and now I'm sitting here at 4 am, studying how my tongue moves while doing "rrrr" noises. It's a fascinating thing, just like watching someone trying to explain it to English speakers is. And the best part? I have no trouble with rolling Rs, since my native language has them as well :D
me too, I was watching a video about RP English and people commented the R with Russian R, Swedish R, French R and Spanish R so here I am
Same!
I really don't understand why y'all can't pronounce it, it's rather easy.
But maybe it's 'cause I'm seeing this from my POV.
4:35 is the point it clicked with me. Now I can finally tell people about my car and not my expensive
Hahaha
Bromomento
You can also say "coche" for car instead of "carro"
@@theweirdmaterial4908 You just saved my Spanish project
@@pondererofpointlessdreams5029and auto too
Here I am, me at 24, a guy who's first tongue is Spanish finally realizing how to make the (soft) R sound thanks to some very clear examples in English.
grassy grass We can practice each other, I help you practice your Spanish and you help me practice my English, just let me know
Me at *25
born and raised in the US and Spanish is my parents tongue! i just learned this at 30 :(
My boss is 31 and Spanish, and she doesn't know how to speak Espanol at all
hablo español y se me hace difícil hacer una r fuerte
I swear once I learn this I'm going to end up just non stop trilling for a month through excitement and lose all my friends haha.
For not tho it's making silly noises whilst I try to trill and fail constiantly! Lol
Ty for the video
one year later, how about now?
Haha I can actually Trill now but I am still no expert! Can only do it now when I don’t think about it or try to actively Trill :)
It it possible though so keep at it!
@@TheRandomvidsareusdid you just learn it trying it on your own or did a certain video help you?
Surprised I have another response from this as I posted my comment a year ago.
If it helps it was definitely a combination of both when I was learning to trill. Videos helped me a lot but I think as long as you want to do it and practise enough you will eventually be able to do - trill.
For me personally I remember I managed to pull it off once, then managed a few times and just persevered until I was able to do it.
Again though if I really think about how to Trill i can totally muck it up. It’s very much a natural sound with not much effort on what your doing with trying to make the sound. If that Makes sence? Lol
Keep practising and failing a LOT would be my advice tho,
2 years later , hows it going? i cant pronounce any r .. i am also a native spanish speaker
I like this teacher. This is helping. Strictly teaching. No extra talking.
Even though I’m still struggling and trying to learn, this is by far the best explanation I have come across
How is it going your spanish R? I'm trying to pronounce the French R :(
@@albertobrown8048 i have no problem with it now just took a while to practice.. you will get there eventually
@@MeezMiah thanks a lot bro you as well
(I’m American) It clicked for me more when I realized, that you have to open your mouth much more than when you’re speaking English. We keep our mouths very closed bc we use our tongue so much, but once I opened my mouth wider the tongue could move more (like almost smiling), and it started working (better airflow)!! Now I just need to practice!! Thank you!!!
TheStina1979 OH MY GOODNESS. You are a saint. This worked. 2 years now... I have been trying to figure out how to do it. TWO YEARS. None of these videos never helped, this video finally started to help due to te excellent instructions, but i was still struggling but then I read your comment tried again and bam. I felt it legitimately. Thank you! Sorry I’m 5 months late haha.
Holy shit this worked
For me it's worse when I open my mouth more lol
Good thing it helped you (I'm also American).
so true, Italians often talk about this.
Thank you for being the first one on You Tube to adequately explain how to create the trilled R sound. Your advice to make the TH sound and pull the tongue back worked like a charm. Muchas gracias!
Thank you, now I can finally pronounce the R right! It’s actually much easier to do than I thought. I’m German and have always pronounced my R like the French do, since the German and French R are quite similar.🙏🏻
I'm German by blood and I still can't pronounce either r lol
That's the standard dialect, standard high German, but there are dialects that pronounce it with the rolled R, specially in the North, low German, North Frisia, the Saxon dialects
Wow I’m sure that was hard. I am learning German. Supper easy language but Spanish is so hard. That “r” is evil 😅I can’t say it
instead i learned how to whistle but thats fine too:')
🤣🤣🤣☠☠☠ Omg!!! I can't breathe!
I'm Spanish and Portuguese And I can't even pronounce Hard R
i have a hard time mixing the hard r sounds into words
i could roll my tongue and all but i can't do it while trying to pronounce other sounds together too
Omg same!!!!
Slow motion, like for example carro you would say ca first then rr then o. Then just practice going faster.
I can't even do it on its own😅
As a latino, I knew this but didn't know I knew this. I would try to help my friends who were taking Spanish class but was terrible at it. So they mostly came to me to learn curse words instead.
Thank you Milena! you video was very informative! and learned to really get some good vibrations going on with my tongue
Its very hard! but i will fore sure keep practicing this! you're a good teacher!
I can now pronounce "me pica el trasero"
hago caca en cajas
@@Doodlz que ptas? Jajaja
@@rinne4855, Jajaja no mames wey 🤣
I'm from Finland so the hard 'r' doesn't pose any difficulties for me since in the Finnish language that's the only 'r' sound we have, but the soft 'r' definitely doesn't roll off my tongue quite as easily...
This is the first video that has gone into how to position the tongue. Thank you, thank you!
Thank you so much ! I've always been able to make the trilled R sound in isolation, but have always struggled to use it in words or sentences because I couldn't make it flow with other letter sounds. This video has made me realise that I've been making the sound with my tongue in the wrong position; I've been doing it with my tongue pulled way back into the middle of my mouth, nowhere near my teeth. Which meant moving my tongue quite a lot when transitiong from R to any other sound, which is why I've been unable to make it flow. Now I know what I need to work on. Thanks again.
I can’t do it in isolation at all, but sometimes I can sneak in a sound between two vowel sounds.
Can you the difference soft R and another R. Plz
The best explanation I have heard yet regarding how to trill the double ere
all this did was make my dog look at me funny and want to play
LOL! That's great, now you have a happy dog!
Andrew Osmola wow you have a fascinating [sur]name!!
OMG!!! I’m a Chinese speaker and I watch tons of videos on RUclips to learn the strong “R” sound. And your video make me pronounce the sounds in 1 hour, even it’s still not perfect, but at least it works!!! OMG !!! Thank you so much
damn that tongue twister is a beauty girlfriend. I have practicing to say perrrrro for 1 year.
I'm not giving up yet - I am gonna call my next dog perro that will teach me-love from Australia again
You do well! Don't give up. I know it might seem so difficult but with practice you'll get it.
Loma 😂😂😂😂
Hey David, have you learnt it ? :(
Damn that bottle explanation unlocked new levels
Muchas Gracias. He estudiando español por 16 años y todovia no puedo pronunciar el sonido. Haré este ejercicio todos los Dias. Gracia's! A proposito , mi esposa es Peruana! ☺
He estado estudiando* todavía* pero a pesar de que el español no es tu primer idioma lo escribes muy bien
Thank you for putting up this video, I tried so many other videos but they are just over or under explaining things. Learn this within two mins, really helped, very grateful for posting!
I'm a German and my r sounds so horrible when speaking Spanish which frustrates me a lot. I've been trying for long to understand how you do it and your video has helped me to finally understand how it works. Thank you so much!
SAME! except my first language is both english and german and for some reason i sometimes use the german r in spanish and it frustrates me so much
This is a very good explanation and one I have not heard before-thank you! I am learning this for Welsh-and also because I have never been able to do it and I would really like to (I am 65!😂) From other videos, I can just about do it, but not long and hard like you can. This technique has helped give me more consistency, I feel, and I guess now it is practice, practice, practice (like the passer by told the woman in New York when she asked the way to Carnegie Hall)!
OMG I am so blessed to have "rr" in my native language🙄😍😂
exactly xD I enjoy reading the comments of desparate people who have no idea how to pronunce it.. :D And I have no problem with it
@@luciecepova6538 Same😂😂
@@ajanni2009 the good thing is that you don't need to learn another language because everyone knows English
Show off.. :(
Dark Lilith What language? (if i may ask?) 🤓
I sound like I'm choking on a spoonful of peanut butter 😅
I’m so grateful I grew up watching that so raven. I learned how to roll my tongue when I was six from the Spanish teacher that was on that so raven. I used to run around the house just rolling my tongue for no reason. I think her name was señora Rodriguez .
As a native finnish speaker it's really hard to make the soft sound even tho I can say it in english. Luckily our R sounds same as your hard one.
That tip about pulling back the tongue from the TH sound is awesome!
Thanks for this video now that you explain in it seems so simple!
How about the short tongue like me.. how can I curve my tongue correctly??
I try to impress the Spanish speaking folks at my job with my DuoLingo and they all ask me to pronounce R. I’m too embarrassed to do it, so here I am. Thank you 🙏🏼
Explaining how to place the tounge was really helpful actually, this was the first time I managed to make the hard r sound, thank you
Why does this actually work 😂
Thank you so much for the extra detail!!
British people watching her pronounce bottle be like.
*UnEduCaTed noIsEs*
Yeah I was thinking that’s “American English” lol
sameeeeee ;''''''D
Yeah thats the problem with saying "Say it like the P in apple", cause every country says it a bit different. Irish dont do a dental fricitive for th for example, but would make a strong T sound in bottle and not a dd sound. However she does explain in a way an american english speaker could understand. For UK/Irish people it would probably be better to diagram it, as they are exposed to the French thrill, the spannish one, italian and even germany and often they cant tell the difference. French and german ones made at back of throat. Also some accents in English actually thrill the R already, some northern/scottish accents etc, also all the english accent villains in star wars roll their r.
not uneducated just different accents...
Bri'ish people be like:
thank you so much. after watching this my first time I was able to finally roll my r. Your explanation of the "th" really did it.
Fantastic!!!
Best explanation on the rolled r so far. Cheers Milena!
Thank you so much... while I was watching this I started doing perfect rolled r’s for the first time of 200 hours of practicing Spanish... :0
Gracias profesora por el vídeo.
I sound like a weed eater 😭
1 year later, can you do it now?
Nakoda It’s better! It sounds ok on some words, but still not great or natural sounding 🤷♀️
@@misslauren2825 woah 1 year and u still respond
The little and bottle example blew my mind
I finally got it! I'm been failing at this for 40 years. I can't believe it. Now I want to know every spanish word there is with rr.
Thank you! My tongue trills all over the place, but I could never locate where it should be so I could continue the word at the same time. This really helped!
I got it! Never able to do it until practicing while watching this. Thanks so much, Milena!
You are very welcome. It truly makes me happy that it helps. That's the reason I'm here, to help.
this really helped me i recomend it to anyone who wants to learn
I sound like I'm growling 😭😭
Ninki Minjaj I'm barking like a dog now
jejejejeje
ur lucky you can do it at all
sometimes im growling sometimes im choking
I just started the video.I can speak Spanish but pronouncing the r's with the authentic Spanish accent has always been a challenge for me.I am not American.I am from the Caribbean,so I don't pronounce bottle like an American would.Here I am practicing pronouncing "bottle" Luke an American would.Shouldn't be too conplicated.I figured the hard r would really be the challenge.
Great video, the only problem I have is if there’s a word with a t and then an r right after. I can’t do it
the explanation of the strong R is really good. I think i'm finally making the sound correctly
thank u...now I ended up knowing how to pronounce the r in French ( back in the throat...)😂wrong r
Someone tell me you can do it please. Just a little inspiration to keep practising
You can do it man.
I got the vibrating bit BUT I cant get the R sound to come out with it...
5:10 you were right at first its actually concave
Can you help if I can do the sound but not sustain it? I can say certain words perfectly like perro but no others (like reto is hit and miss). I can't sustain the rr for more than about a second.
Great video. Very instructional.
I sound like a bee. But I will keep at it. Thank you.
This easy for southeast asians. our r is way harder
Yeah right
I did it! 4:52 Thank you for your good explanation. Now I need to apply it to words
BTS hater? You got no jams thats the hard part for me
lol wtf ^
1:52 for all my fellow brits who don’t pronounce the t’s in those words, think of Lidl instead :)))
IT WORKED IMMEDIATELY!!! I’m honestly shocked. That explanation could not have been better.
DO THIS!! I learned how to do the trill in 1 day from this video! Now I just have to combined it with words!
hey!!!!! Milena, within one hour, I have practiced and known how to do making sounds. all I need is practice!!! thanks
Omg so helpful thank you so much did not know that you had to do all that with your tounge
Having trouble with this “rr” sound but I’ll keep practicing....... prettiest Spanish teacher on RUclips I think. Think I found my teacher.....z how can I not want to watch? 😍
Wow. I did it for a second. It tickles.🤣🤣🤣🌹🌹🌹
i sometimes had trouble pronouncing my hard R's at times and other's i was fine, but now i realized it was the position of my tongue! thank you soo soo soo soo soo much!
AAH U SAVED MY LIFE I HAVE LIKE A STUTTER WHENEVER I PRONOUNCE MY DOUBLE R's IN SPANISH OMG TYSM
I got the trill "R" from watching your video despite the other videos didn't help me at all. You rock! Thank you.
Great! I truly makes me happy that it helps. ThaT's why I'm here!
I would like to learn how to make the high pitched longer trill that is used in the song "The lion sleeps tonight" I can roll the short rrr's soft and hard. I really want to learn how to trill a longer rrrrrrrrrr sound, like a high pitched bird call. Would you teach me please?
You are better than most are in explaining, or you are just the right type for me to deliver the spanish soft and strong R.
This was the only video that actually got me to thrill the Spanish R. Muchas Gracias
The best lesson this to easy for spanish people who are having treble with pronounce the letter rr in Spanish
Bri'ish "people" trying to find the r in "bo'oh'o'wo'a" like 😐
Ese intro con Carlos Vives ufff
R is a real pain while I try to learn Spanish, btw I'm from Brazil, mucho gusto
Thank u the exercise helps
I’m just learning,… but this is the best explanation I’ve saw!!😳😳 I have to keep watching you❤ but I need help🤦🏽♂️
So helpful, thank you!
Thank you so much, this is really useful to me.
I was born with a bilateral cleft palate and I have really hard time doing this. Is there any alternative ways to do this?
I'm so proud I speak Spanish and that I had the facility to learn English lol
Was trying to do this, but decided to practice just my "r" in spanish first. So I said "caro, caro, caro" and my friend who speaks spanish said "One of those times you said carro" and apparently it was just the one time and i didn't hear, i don't know what i did, and i can't replicate it. Funny that I did it when trying to say "caro" though. I somehow am always communicating the wrong thing in spanish hahahaha
But hey, I'm getting closer maybe!
Thanks I’m still practicing.
Very helpful
Me olvide a pronunciar de nuevo la r de mi idioma, este video me hizo volver a poder aprender español :)
No sé, yo estaba aburrido y lo busqué XD
thank you very much it very easy to understand and very helpful!
I'm glad is helpful!
Thank you so much for your video. I have always struggled with the “rr” in Spanish
Algunos hispanohablantes tenemos la misma dificultad. No es para torturarse.
Thanks for sharing , this was really helpful !
Girrrrl you uber helped me. Thank you so much. 🎉
Thank you so much! It's my first year learning Spanish (I've been doing it for about 5 months) but I never new how to do the soft sound.. now it feels so simple!!! :)
Good luck , I am Mexican and I want to learn English but is very difficult
@@kraken5690 thats cool soy de inglaterra y he estado aprendiendo español por una semana quiero ser fluente español en pero soy really trying too get down the double r down but cant 🤣
I help you, if you want
Subscribed just for the intro song
Este video le ayudará mucho a mi amiga de Londres a que aprenda a pronunciar la R fuerte
1:52 sounded like butthole instead of bottle :D
Sorry :(
Dasha Hoffmann I think 1:49 sounds more like that hahahaha
Uhh no she said it just fine. She has the words on the screen too so you can tell exactly what she is saying 😂
Dasha Hoffmann I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that! 😂😂
shut up
there are a lot of spanish native speakers that never learnt how to pronounce the "rr"
my respect for those non native speakers that made it.
Thank you! You teach very well and explain clear and simple, great video!!
Literally over here struggling with the one I'm suppose to kn soft r while the strong r is super easy 😭😭😭
Oh my God did u learn it? Im here trying so hard for the soft r and its driving me crazy 😭
I have but it was more of an unconscious improvement😬
nice video very useful , and nice intro
I had the best one editing it!!
Easy Spanish with Milena cant you be true mexican can still not say the r
whats the name of it ?
this was a great example gracias
You are welcome. Thanks for watching.