How to pronounce the German R 🇩🇪

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  • Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
  • German R pronunciation: Having a hard time with the German R? Yes, it's a strange sound - Alexis thinks it sounds like Chewbacca. In this video, LIlian tries to teach you and Alexis how to do it. It's a struggle for sure, but hey, practice will get you there! This video was a request by Helena Ferreira - we hope you find it useful, we tried! Thank you for watching and keep on practicing. Up next in the German lesson segment will be words and phrases you'll need for a trip to Berlin! Subscribe for more videos like this, updates on our long distance relationship, advice, challenges, travel vlogs and all that fun stuff.

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  • @charlierashi100
    @charlierashi100 3 года назад +18

    Instructions not clear, I summoned a demon.

  • @cheenneevidal-siacor6057
    @cheenneevidal-siacor6057 7 лет назад +88

    The struggle is real 🤣🤣🤣

    • @carolitta4267
      @carolitta4267 3 года назад +2

      Oh yeah. It is hahahah my throat hurts

    • @avanny3915
      @avanny3915 3 года назад +1

      totally accurate, my throat also hurts trying to pronounce it, especially with the word _pfirsich_

    • @fabiansaerve
      @fabiansaerve 3 года назад +1

      @@avanny3915 it’s no problem if you roll your R. South Germany does that too and even I, as a Bavarian, can’t pronounce her R. And a tip if you really struggle with the r sound you can just skip it in most word. Like in Pfirsich. Just say Pfiasich with a very short a. You’ll still sound like a German :)

    • @avanny3915
      @avanny3915 3 года назад

      @@fabiansaerve oooh thanks, I really appreciate your help

  • @Zapatozi
    @Zapatozi 3 года назад +25

    Them being home makes me think that this video was recorded during this pandemic.

  • @thiswayisup1144
    @thiswayisup1144 7 лет назад +24

    I keep hearing the "L" sound, or what I thought was the "L". So when making the "r" sound I started pulling my tongue back a little to the roof of my mouth which helped me to form the sound that I needed to make. If anyone is having issues with "R", that is what worked for me; try pulling your tongue back.

    • @AlexisLilian
      @AlexisLilian  7 лет назад +5

      Great tip! Thanks for sharing

    • @abbeydawngirl
      @abbeydawngirl 5 лет назад

      This is really helpful thanks :)

    • @masoudafrakhteh5455
      @masoudafrakhteh5455 2 года назад

      U saved me mate 🤣😂🤣😂😂 Finally I got the trick 😘

    • @lehuong5319
      @lehuong5319 Год назад

      i'm confused that where should we place the tip of our tongue? Does it touch the upper/lower teeth? Or is it floating in the mouth?

  • @deivorous-3592
    @deivorous-3592 7 лет назад +37

    Dammit, beaten in German 'r' pronouncination by a Wookie.
    That said, this was a helpful video. I couldn't understand how to say 'Frau' properly without this - or any other German 'r's, for that matter.

  • @Lena-cb6xg
    @Lena-cb6xg 7 лет назад +44

    Thank you so very much, I finally understood it. Need a ton of practice, but I can understand the theory.
    And you DO sound like Chewbacca.

  • @alixlv4964
    @alixlv4964 6 лет назад +16

    I think all the r in different languages of Europe are so difficult to pronounce... but it's good to know. And I like this video!

  • @KDespati
    @KDespati 5 лет назад +5

    ) I have actually asked my german teacher back in the gymnasium to explain this "r", cause she literally never have pronounced it aloud, even once... just kinda skipped it or stopped to explain it was ment to be there... sooo I have asked and that sweet lady told me and the rest of the class, that she don't get it right herself, so she will not spoil our first impression and ruin "the german "R" for us for life")))) Double thanks to you both for this vid!)

  • @regina.smiles1395
    @regina.smiles1395 7 лет назад +146

    I cant even do that and i'm german :D

    • @H.Wotton
      @H.Wotton 6 лет назад +15

      Regina.smiles but.. how do you talk words?

    • @linajurgensen4698
      @linajurgensen4698 6 лет назад +8

      Lady H. Wotton she’s trolling you.

    • @almadelatierra5153
      @almadelatierra5153 5 лет назад +6

      Bist du Bayerish?

    • @-Winterwinde-
      @-Winterwinde- 4 года назад +6

      Same. But people understand me anyways, even if I can't do it so I don't really care about that 🤷🏼‍♀️

    • @tadrips
      @tadrips 4 года назад

      Really?

  • @jssc_san
    @jssc_san 4 года назад +5

    At first i cant do the r, but when you said :"try pronouncing rot"
    I CAN DO IT AND I GET WHAT U MEAN ABT THE VIBRATION .
    I need more practice since i still cant pronouce R alone , but, thankyou :")

  • @sarahrose7445
    @sarahrose7445 6 лет назад +14

    We in bavaria are just rolling the r :)
    I don't even know how to do it myself xD

  • @springfieldterritory2142
    @springfieldterritory2142 5 лет назад +10

    holy crap I did it thank you so much
    The only problem now is that I linger on it for too long, but I can't accomplish it otherwise

  • @king8a_egg915
    @king8a_egg915 2 года назад +3

    1:42 exactly what I think.
    I’m korean, we don’t have R sound either…
    I try my best but usually most of sound is more like GH, sometimes I’ll make that sound successfully…
    Just focus on how to increase the rate of success, not to be perfect like native.

  • @LittleLulubee
    @LittleLulubee 4 года назад +5

    Alexis, you’re totally cracking me up 😂

  • @pallavighotekar4738
    @pallavighotekar4738 3 года назад +4

    I am from India and this sound is very easy to make for any person from India .
    It is little bit similar to' r ' sound from Hindi language and marathi language

    • @thus.spoke.zarathustra
      @thus.spoke.zarathustra 2 года назад

      Wrong

    • @prithviraj8776
      @prithviraj8776 Год назад +1

      this is not your typical R sound made at the front by most of the Indians. It's German R sound made at the back of the mouth with the help of your throat.

  • @ausseriridische976
    @ausseriridische976 6 лет назад +18

    Alexis’ hair ❤️

  • @honey__
    @honey__ 3 года назад +5

    1:43 My reaction exactly!

  • @that_white_girl4858
    @that_white_girl4858 3 года назад +3

    my problem is i cant do the sound light enough lmao

  • @entas7558
    @entas7558 19 дней назад

    This helped! Thanks! :)

  • @MonkeyDToniProductions
    @MonkeyDToniProductions 3 года назад +9

    As a german, seeing people struggling with the R makes me laugh a bit (I'm not making fun of them)

  • @magorzatamordosewicz5704
    @magorzatamordosewicz5704 3 года назад +2

    After having watched this film I thought that the German 'R' sound should be called the Chewbacca sound from now on :-) :-) :-) ... and now about my experience with some of German sounds... [ I had been taught by my mother - she was German and I really liked to know her mother tongue ] ... the thing which was really difficult for me wasn't at all the 'R' sound but the pronounciation of German 'O' ... I always pronounced it like Polish 'O' or 'U' which was incorrect ... I was trying to say the name of my favourite German band - DIE TOTEN HOSEN - but I couldn't do it properly ... it was driving my mum crazy ... and after about 20 years I still cannot pronounce it correctly ... it is a kind of 'trap' on me and I always 'lag' when I have to say the German words with the 'O' sound ... :-) :-) :-)

  • @figotheanimator4883
    @figotheanimator4883 5 лет назад +17

    Im French and that has the same R thing

    • @jowillll
      @jowillll 4 года назад +6

      Ohhh i keep coming to these videos bcuz i thought german r is different than french’s, im fluent in french but im not native so i cant rlly tell if those r diff, tysm!!

  • @mormor19glad
    @mormor19glad 6 лет назад +4

    Hahahahaha it's so funny. The sound with the sound. Im Danish and my girlfriend is English. Know this. My God the times we've done this. Danish sentience. RØD GRØD MED FLØDE. Hahahahaha

  • @easterneuropeaninmexico3554
    @easterneuropeaninmexico3554 3 года назад +2

    I was smiling throughout all the video! ❤️

  • @allisonjones6657
    @allisonjones6657 6 лет назад +3

    I'm glad she said it; because I was thinking Chewbacca the entire time :D

  • @user-er7ey4oe4m
    @user-er7ey4oe4m 6 лет назад +2

    So much funny .can not help laughing 😂

  • @Ahmad-lc1ln
    @Ahmad-lc1ln 3 года назад +2

    It's easy for Arabic native speakers, Cuz we've that sound
    Called غ

    • @yawarkhan6535
      @yawarkhan6535 3 года назад

      Is R sounds like Gain??
      Not a native Arabic .

    • @yawarkhan6535
      @yawarkhan6535 3 года назад

      @Myname JazakAllahu Khairan Brother 😊

  • @beyourself8654
    @beyourself8654 4 года назад +6

    I feel like to accomplish that “r” sound I have to have a lot of saliva in the back of my throat, is it just me?:)) or this is how it should be? Can you (native speakers) make that sound with a dry throat?

    • @-julie6691
      @-julie6691 4 года назад +3

      i usually can, but on the other hand i dont really pronounce my "r" like it's shown in the video bc i live in the southern part of germany and we tend to roll our "r" much more (almost like the spanish one) and also not in the back of our throat but with the tip of our tongue :D

  • @marthamacgilp623
    @marthamacgilp623 3 года назад +1

    I find the german 'r' a bit tricky because im scottish and used to rolling my 'r's' so when i try say it i either sound french or stupid😅

    • @marthamacgilp623
      @marthamacgilp623 3 года назад

      Although im getting better at it

    • @fabiansaerve
      @fabiansaerve 3 года назад +1

      No no. It doesn’t sound stupid it sounds southern German. South Germany rolls the R as well. I am from Bavaria and I also can’t pronounce her R. I roll it as well. So no Problem, you’re probably doing a great job

    • @marthamacgilp623
      @marthamacgilp623 3 года назад

      @@fabiansaerve thank you so much! That helps alot

  • @BK-rw6uw
    @BK-rw6uw 4 года назад +3

    R in german is so easy for me because i speak Arabic and we have the same sound but w diffternt letter it is غ

  • @ochjim
    @ochjim Год назад

    Yep . . .Learning should always involve lots of laughing!

  • @puff6796
    @puff6796 2 года назад

    whats the difference between this and the spanish r? i can do the spanish rr but not the german r

  • @gabiocampos
    @gabiocampos 2 года назад

    Help me is it similar to the french r?

  • @freshface2991
    @freshface2991 6 лет назад +6

    Would you say it's like a French R?

  • @soulless_mermaid666
    @soulless_mermaid666 4 года назад

    I'm Greek and this is easy :3

  • @abhinavchauhan7864
    @abhinavchauhan7864 3 года назад +1

    Does it sound little bit like G sound?

    • @chunkyboi7443
      @chunkyboi7443 3 года назад

      Yes

    • @abhinavchauhan7864
      @abhinavchauhan7864 3 года назад

      @@chunkyboi7443 are you german ?

    • @chunkyboi7443
      @chunkyboi7443 3 года назад

      @@abhinavchauhan7864 I know Arabic and one of letters sound just like a German r. It's called gain

    • @abhinavchauhan7864
      @abhinavchauhan7864 3 года назад

      @@chunkyboi7443 but are you german ?

  • @josetrrr
    @josetrrr 4 года назад

    I don't know how, but it worked XD

  • @TomMFAO
    @TomMFAO 3 года назад

    Hey, do you offer pronunciation lessons?

  • @iamaunicornandidontbelieve8897
    @iamaunicornandidontbelieve8897 3 года назад

    So the German R is the same as the French R?

  • @esraaatef4719
    @esraaatef4719 6 лет назад

    soooo useful ❤❤

  • @cynhwon
    @cynhwon 5 лет назад +3

    My R sounds like ch😭😭😭😭😭😭

  • @hibabensaid4481
    @hibabensaid4481 3 года назад

    I find it easy

  • @carlosrudriguez
    @carlosrudriguez Год назад

    So… the German R is basically the French R right?

  • @anlace3447
    @anlace3447 2 года назад

    du kannst auch die zunge benutzen....im Sueden ist das normal...

  • @raulvargas4322
    @raulvargas4322 4 года назад

    This is really easy for latinoamericans

  • @amymin5078
    @amymin5078 6 лет назад

    love u both

  • @darknem6
    @darknem6 3 года назад

    German R it's easy to pronounce just be a wookiee

  • @murdaonmymind
    @murdaonmymind 8 месяцев назад

    Chewbacca hahahahahaha

  • @dominika7183
    @dominika7183 6 лет назад +1

    Polish R it sounds the same ;D I can do it even longer!

  • @mariewilliams5883
    @mariewilliams5883 7 лет назад +2

    try harder next time. Guten Morgen

    • @AlexisLilian
      @AlexisLilian  7 лет назад +2

      Haha sure. Marie Williams
      - Alexis

  • @majornature4764
    @majornature4764 5 лет назад

  • @rajanasir3342
    @rajanasir3342 6 лет назад

    Seni seviyorum ❤

  • @pressgreen
    @pressgreen 5 лет назад +1

    Teach hipsters German.