I am from Slovakia and this "sound" is actually a letter in my language-ŕ- and that is exactly how you pronounce it, so it is quite natural for us :D lot of kids have trouble learning it, though
It’s so annoying. I can roll my r’s when speaking in languages like Spanish but I can’t extend them into a purring sound…. I feel so left out that i am the only one in my choir who can’t tongue trill 😭
This is what did it for me!@@vocabilities I could only ever "fake" it by having the trill go into the back of my throat. Couldn't get the tip of the tongue to do it. Saying "prune" helped. I'm guessing the plosive consonant helps force the air in the right direction? (now to get it to go longer than a second. XD)
I've spent all day watching videos on trilling an 'r', and thanks to your video, I can get my tongue to vibrate through the gusting 'h' sound you mentioned. Your instructions on the cupping position and relaxing the tip of the tongue were very helpful. All the other videos have said to completely relax the tongue, and it was confusing and made me frustrated because it's literally impossible. But I think it comes down to accent and dialect because most other videos I watched were from Americans who have a very strong and rounded 'r', so they probably don't feel the muscles cupping in the base of the tongue like British and Australians do. I'm nowhere near trilling properly but it's a start. Thank-you heaps. :)
I did not understand this video for weeks despite watching it several times, I saw your comment and did what you said he said, "gusting the 'h' sound" and got it first try. I felt like the biggest dumb idiot idot dumbfart dumb, dumb. Maybe I have an attention span deficiency or I have a natural dislike for verbal instructions so when I read written discussion about instructions that are not targeted at me, I understand better? who cars
Same here. Lord knows how many hours listening to linguists and native Spanish/Italian speakers… and then in three minutes, for the first time EVER, I at least have a vibrating tongue. The neighbours probably think I am strangling my puppy, but, as you say, it's a start.
I made a cup with my tongue and made the gusting H and all that happens is the air flows around my tongue. Just some weird hissing sound, no vibration at all. I don't know how it's possible to simultaneously relax the tongue and also form it into a cup. The muscle contracting is what forms that shape! Therefore it's rigid, therefore it doesn't flap. If I didn't know that millions of people (not me) do it effortlessly, I would think it were literally impossible to do.
Couldn't do a tongue trill to save my life, then he said 'To help people roll their R' and I was like, wait, I know how to roll my Rs .... And just like that, I knew how to tongue trill without even watching the whole video!
As soon as you mentioned thinking about it to much, I tried with as little thought as I could manage and my tongue moved so weird! Obviously now I can't repeat it, but just that little was something I've never done. Now to the rest of the video! Hopefully it'll be like learning to whistle and it's just something I can pick up with an explanation.... Ok you even bring up whistling, thanks so much for this video! I had a lot of luck parroting you. I look forward to being able to do it regularly!
When I was learning Spanish, the trick that helped me the most was to start the roll with a T or a D, then try to hold it as long as possible. Only after practicing this could I start to roll off a H or R sound.
Try not to over analyse it! Best to just give it a go and play until you figure it out. Thinking too much and trying to be too correct might slow down progress. Just go for it! 😝
Bro no matter how hard I try and how many hours I spend in my room hissing like a snake I simply can't do it. I literally get bullied about this in school and I am just desperate to learn this. Somebody please help😫😭
I have no idea how this magically helped some other people in the comments but unfortunately it didn't help me at all :( this is probably at least the 20th video I've watched on rolling Rs and literally no one can explain how to do it. Seems like the advice is always just "do it this way! rrrrrrrrrrr! See? Now you've got it!" About as useful as them flying around the room and telling me to try it myself.
It’s a tough one. My son’s first language is Finnish and most kids here have to have speech therapy just because of that trilled R sound. It’s annoying I know. Sorry this couldn’t be more help but you should really visit someone in person if you want to correct your speech .
@@vocabilities thanks for the response and sorry if I was kinda negative here, I've just been trying a long time and it's pretty frustrating not to make progress. I have considered going to a speech therapist, perhaps that's the best way to do it because they can observe what I'm doing wrong.
Thank you for this, as someone who`s begun his journey working on one`s voice. I`ve found to be the most frustrating but rewarding task at hand. With time though I believe videos like these will help/
my name has a trill sound in it (atleast according to a random ipa transcriber i found on thr internet) so to pronounce it more correctly i have to learn trill sounds i know tap sounds they are trill sounds but only once but doing it repeatedly i cant dp
If you make the sound with the back, it's called gargling. If you make it with the front, it's trilling. If you can gargle, then all you have to do is "force" those vibrations towards the tip of your tongue from the back.
I'm curious, do you know how to prevent my tongue from just pushing forward and forming that "T" sound? I keep having that happen no matter what I try.
I can do the trill alone just fine, the problem is combining it with other consonants. But I get it this is not a language channel primarily. Guess I'll just have to practice :\
I'm having serious trouble rolling my R's. Whenever I try, I feel like I'm getting more like a buzzing/vibration sound. Like, I'm vibrating my tongue rather than letting the tip flap. I'm not sure how to do the proper tongue placement. And when I have my tongue cupped, it feels rigid and won't relax and flap. But when I try to do the breath thing, when I exhale, it feels like my tongue is trying to catch the breath, which makes my exhale feel a bit flappy, but not at the same speed you demonstrated. Am I getting on the right track?
@@itz_apollo6774 just try to copy the sound he is making. Don't think too much about making the sound, just try and make the sound. Initially yiu might get one or two trills and run out of hreath, but once you "feel" the sound and the vibration, you will get it.
Got it after half an hour, but can't trill and add sounds at the same time. I'll get it after some more practice. Unfortunately all this vibration loosens the allergy gunk in the back of my throat and brings it forward.
Actually you are very fortunate that it has loosened the gunk! The more you practice the less gunk will accumulate and you will find your vocal control is better. It has renewed my vocal skills. Keep pushing forward. You will see benefits!!
what the frik, ive actually watched all those other vids and have always believed i just cant do it.... did it instantly with this video... youre a magician
I am only able to make some kind of flaps, but its only about 1/3 of the speed of your trill. Am I doing something wrong? I am practising pretty hard for about 3 weeks now, but i was not able to make at least a short trill. (backgroundinfo: German speaking country/ never had to use the trill in my accent)
Try moving your entire tongue into different positions. Forward and back. Up and down etc. Play with it’s placement and attempt the same troll each time (a few times) then come back to how you were! 👍
@@vocabilities When I relax, then air just flow through my cheek and lips, and if I tried to control air to flow over the tongue, then things get tense up. I could get my cheeks, lips and back of tongue to vibrate.... every where except for the tip :/
When I make the same sound you're making, my tongue is curled downwards facing the front of my mouth. I think it is in my throat, not my tongue. Is this because I can speak French and not Spanish? I'm trying to learn how to trill my tongue to become a better singer...
I wonder for people like me who have a frenulum that goes relatively far out closer to the tip of the tongue, is this technique harder? The best luck. I have getting tongue trills is while singing. But I can’t do it for more than half a second as an isolated exercise.
You are gargling. You need to concsiously push the vibrations from the back towards the tip. If cupping the tongue doesn't help, try keeping it flat but inside the mouth and raised. Kinda like when you say 't', but don't touch your teeth with the tip ajd instead of 't' sound, try making the 'h' sound.
Can all sharp of tongue do this? I have seen my classmate did it when I was in primary school, I wanted to did it so bad but still can’t after 20 years haha
I can breathe in for a weak trill, but I can't for the life of me, in any way, get a trill breathing out. I also can't do the retroflex'd r, and I couldn't make any R sound until I was 20. It's so hard for me and I don't know why :(
Home. Alone. Glad. because I sounds like a moron trying this. I can only get the "machine gun" sound effect with significantly high air flow. (which I don't think is remotely correct!)
@@gabyyfahmy8562 I'm 17 too and I can't roll my R's. It's really frustrating to have a language where the tongue trill is common as your first language (I'm Brazilian). I'll speak to a speech therapist soon so that I can solve this incapability of mine 😔
@@vocabilities oh, I'm sorry, but I don't really know what's happening. Why do you only have 7 likes and zero comments? You've got around 6.8 k subscribers..I don't undersatnd. Sorry for bothering you.
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"When you have to consider how your body breathes..."
'starts thinking about how to breathe' >:(
Ha ha same here!
I've tried to learn this for YEARS!!!
"Copy me"
And BOOM, I CAN TRILL!!
THANK YOU!
🤣
Out of all of the techniques I have tried, you simply saying "just copy me" is the thing that made me get it. And first try no less.
This is what I came here to say. Thank you.
I am from Slovakia and this "sound" is actually a letter in my language-ŕ- and that is exactly how you pronounce it, so it is quite natural for us :D lot of kids have trouble learning it, though
Agreed. From Slovakia as well.
It’s so annoying. I can roll my r’s when speaking in languages like Spanish but I can’t extend them into a purring sound…. I feel so left out that i am the only one in my choir who can’t tongue trill 😭
Try saying it in a word like prune! Gradually but gently extend the r troll part. See if that helps!!! 👍
Have you learned to do it one year later?
This is what did it for me!@@vocabilities I could only ever "fake" it by having the trill go into the back of my throat. Couldn't get the tip of the tongue to do it. Saying "prune" helped. I'm guessing the plosive consonant helps force the air in the right direction? (now to get it to go longer than a second. XD)
@@vocabilitieshow do you extend r troll part? I’m trying but with no such luck
I've spent all day watching videos on trilling an 'r', and thanks to your video, I can get my tongue to vibrate through the gusting 'h' sound you mentioned. Your instructions on the cupping position and relaxing the tip of the tongue were very helpful. All the other videos have said to completely relax the tongue, and it was confusing and made me frustrated because it's literally impossible. But I think it comes down to accent and dialect because most other videos I watched were from Americans who have a very strong and rounded 'r', so they probably don't feel the muscles cupping in the base of the tongue like British and Australians do. I'm nowhere near trilling properly but it's a start. Thank-you heaps. :)
Great! Keep it up!
I did not understand this video for weeks despite watching it several times, I saw your comment and did what you said he said, "gusting the 'h' sound" and got it first try. I felt like the biggest dumb idiot idot dumbfart dumb, dumb.
Maybe I have an attention span deficiency or I have a natural dislike for verbal instructions so when I read written discussion about instructions that are not targeted at me, I understand better?
who cars
Same here. Lord knows how many hours listening to linguists and native Spanish/Italian speakers… and then in three minutes, for the first time EVER, I at least have a vibrating tongue.
The neighbours probably think I am strangling my puppy, but, as you say, it's a start.
I made a cup with my tongue and made the gusting H and all that happens is the air flows around my tongue. Just some weird hissing sound, no vibration at all. I don't know how it's possible to simultaneously relax the tongue and also form it into a cup. The muscle contracting is what forms that shape! Therefore it's rigid, therefore it doesn't flap. If I didn't know that millions of people (not me) do it effortlessly, I would think it were literally impossible to do.
Highly surprised and elated that I successfully made that rrrrrrrrrr sound!!!!!!!!!! Thank you Sir Darren!!!!! :D
Sweet! What's next?
Couldn't do a tongue trill to save my life, then he said 'To help people roll their R' and I was like, wait, I know how to roll my Rs .... And just like that, I knew how to tongue trill without even watching the whole video!
As soon as you mentioned thinking about it to much, I tried with as little thought as I could manage and my tongue moved so weird! Obviously now I can't repeat it, but just that little was something I've never done. Now to the rest of the video! Hopefully it'll be like learning to whistle and it's just something I can pick up with an explanation.... Ok you even bring up whistling, thanks so much for this video! I had a lot of luck parroting you. I look forward to being able to do it regularly!
When I was learning Spanish, the trick that helped me the most was to start the roll with a T or a D, then try to hold it as long as possible. Only after practicing this could I start to roll off a H or R sound.
Thank you!
I read, I tried, I succeeded. :)
It took me 2 months to tougue trill now ive got it
Thank you, atleast I have ever trilled my tongue the first time after 10 years.
mission accomplished!
Wow congrats 😁🤩
I might have caught it for just a second.
How much air and how fast are you breathing out with "h"?
Try not to over analyse it! Best to just give it a go and play until you figure it out. Thinking too much and trying to be too correct might slow down progress. Just go for it! 😝
duude i went from 5 percent sucess to 50 percent sucess THANK YOU. even five years later you are helpi8ng people, crazy.
Bro no matter how hard I try and how many hours I spend in my room hissing like a snake I simply can't do it. I literally get bullied about this in school and I am just desperate to learn this. Somebody please help😫😭
Don't give up. Try other methods. these things take time. Say a month for every year you have been alive.
@@Grumm1592 In my language It's pretty common, so I didn't even now that some people had a hard time doing it 😅
I have no idea how this magically helped some other people in the comments but unfortunately it didn't help me at all :( this is probably at least the 20th video I've watched on rolling Rs and literally no one can explain how to do it. Seems like the advice is always just "do it this way! rrrrrrrrrrr! See? Now you've got it!" About as useful as them flying around the room and telling me to try it myself.
It’s a tough one. My son’s first language is Finnish and most kids here have to have speech therapy just because of that trilled R sound. It’s annoying I know. Sorry this couldn’t be more help but you should really visit someone in person if you want to correct your speech .
@@vocabilities thanks for the response and sorry if I was kinda negative here, I've just been trying a long time and it's pretty frustrating not to make progress. I have considered going to a speech therapist, perhaps that's the best way to do it because they can observe what I'm doing wrong.
I swear he looks like a white Tyler the Creator. Good vid.
YOU'RE AMAZING. THANK YOU
Thank you for this, as someone who`s begun his journey working on one`s voice. I`ve found to be the most frustrating but rewarding task at hand. With time though I believe videos like these will help/
my name has a trill sound in it (atleast according to a random ipa transcriber i found on thr internet) so to pronounce it more correctly i have to learn trill sounds i know tap sounds they are trill sounds but only once but doing it repeatedly i cant dp
I can’t wait to learn how to roll my tongue, Although it might be hard, considering my face is the shape of a beak…
Thank you! This worked like a charm.
Excellent, You're welcome!
I'm confused. Do you make the sound with the tip of your tongue or with the back? The tip does nothing for me
The tip but it’s pulled back in the mouth
If you make the sound with the back, it's called gargling. If you make it with the front, it's trilling. If you can gargle, then all you have to do is "force" those vibrations towards the tip of your tongue from the back.
I'm curious, do you know how to prevent my tongue from just pushing forward and forming that "T" sound? I keep having that happen no matter what I try.
bro i have been trying for so long im crying😭😭😭
Don't push too hard. Come back each day. Baby steps!
1:48 how do i even get this sound 😭😭😭😭 my tounge just stays behind the teeth and i get a BZZZZZZZ the tounge doesnt move at all WhAT DO I DO 😭😭😭😭😭
I can do the trill alone just fine, the problem is combining it with other consonants. But I get it this is not a language channel primarily. Guess I'll just have to practice :\
Thanks Darren , see it get my tongue round this 😺
I feel like I'm going in and out of actually doing it correctly as I can feel the tongue flapping and then doing like a gargle sound with my throat.
Yeah it can take time. Keep playing with it. Try changing the position of your tongue. Relax 🧘♂️
Im so confused this seems pretty easy to do, i don't understand what thats supposed to improve though
Many people can’t and this video was a response to some of their requests. Depends what language you speak also I guess
@@vocabilities I speak German and English, maybe our language just lends itself well to stuff like this yea.
I'm having serious trouble rolling my R's. Whenever I try, I feel like I'm getting more like a buzzing/vibration sound. Like, I'm vibrating my tongue rather than letting the tip flap. I'm not sure how to do the proper tongue placement. And when I have my tongue cupped, it feels rigid and won't relax and flap. But when I try to do the breath thing, when I exhale, it feels like my tongue is trying to catch the breath, which makes my exhale feel a bit flappy, but not at the same speed you demonstrated. Am I getting on the right track?
When I put my tongue and and blow air just goes around it and when I relax my tongue it gets pushed down by the air
@@itz_apollo6774 just try to copy the sound he is making. Don't think too much about making the sound, just try and make the sound. Initially yiu might get one or two trills and run out of hreath, but once you "feel" the sound and the vibration, you will get it.
This is what my life has come to,,, 🤣 thanks lockdown I've learnt some cool new skills
Got it after half an hour, but can't trill and add sounds at the same time. I'll get it after some more practice.
Unfortunately all this vibration loosens the allergy gunk in the back of my throat and brings it forward.
Actually you are very fortunate that it has loosened the gunk! The more you practice the less gunk will accumulate and you will find your vocal control is better. It has renewed my vocal skills. Keep pushing forward. You will see benefits!!
Can you please tell how to trill and add sound at the same time ?? I can only trill but can't add sound in it.
My first time to try, my first time to do it... Well done sir, I jst trusted you and did it 👍👍👍
u look like human version of thanos :D
Thanks for the tips!
Thanos eh?! 🤔
@@vocabilities yeah you know Thanos right?
Bit bigger than me
I can do a “tapped r” like in Japanese’s ありがと(ah- RI- gah- to) but I can’t roll my r’s, and it’s frustrating.
Did this help?
@@vocabilities It did, actually!! Thank you so much 🙏
Hi! Is there a benefit in tongue trills versus lip trills?
a signing teacher told me that tongue trill is actually the best for hitting the extreme note (either highest or lowest)
I seem to be able to do it with a "T" or "D" sound more than an "R" sound
My tounge is too short- im unable to do it ;-;
Now that is something I am unable to help with. If creating these sounds is an issue then I might recommend contacting a speech pathologist 🤔
what the frik, ive actually watched all those other vids and have always believed i just cant do it.... did it instantly with this video... youre a magician
I am only able to make some kind of flaps, but its only about 1/3 of the speed of your trill. Am I doing something wrong? I am practising pretty hard for about 3 weeks now, but i was not able to make at least a short trill. (backgroundinfo: German speaking country/ never had to use the trill in my accent)
Try moving your entire tongue into different positions. Forward and back. Up and down etc. Play with it’s placement and attempt the same troll each time (a few times) then come back to how you were! 👍
How do you cup and relax the same time? When I relax the tip, then air will just blow it forward and air flow straight out my lips. I'm confused....
Practice will bring a familiarity which will eventually be normal and easy to do, that’s the point when you will relax into it!
@@vocabilities When I relax, then air just flow through my cheek and lips, and if I tried to control air to flow over the tongue, then things get tense up. I could get my cheeks, lips and back of tongue to vibrate.... every where except for the tip :/
Is tongue trill the same as roll R?
Mmm yea...kinda!
I can vibrate my tongue but not trill, I feel like quitting fr
Vibrating is trilling. You are doing it right. Try saying the 'h' sound when your tongue vibrates.
When I make the same sound you're making, my tongue is curled downwards facing the front of my mouth. I think it is in my throat, not my tongue. Is this because I can speak French and not Spanish? I'm trying to learn how to trill my tongue to become a better singer...
The Polish word "kurwa" sounds great with this tongue trill "oh kurrrwa"
Great! What does it mean? Any others?
@@vocabilities it means beautiful 😍😍
Can you teach how to metal scream/growl!
I wonder for people like me who have a frenulum that goes relatively far out closer to the tip of the tongue, is this technique harder? The best luck. I have getting tongue trills is while singing. But I can’t do it for more than half a second as an isolated exercise.
Any tips to avoid nose sound:)
By nose sound do you mean overly nasally?
Here you go! th-cam.com/video/vQ-V3SG43-c/w-d-xo.html
i can trill my tongue but no matter how hard i try i can't make any sounds while doing it
You can if you can hum!
nice, learning this so i can use it to annoy my friends
Each to their own I guess. Strangely hope it works lol! 🤪
My tongue is not moving at all but the throat is vibrating, and sometimes speak as like rr... what's wrong with me, is their any problem???
Same with me
when i try it i get throat singing vocal instead
You are gargling. You need to concsiously push the vibrations from the back towards the tip. If cupping the tongue doesn't help, try keeping it flat but inside the mouth and raised. Kinda like when you say 't', but don't touch your teeth with the tip ajd instead of 't' sound, try making the 'h' sound.
Can all sharp of tongue do this? I have seen my classmate did it when I was in primary school, I wanted to did it so bad but still can’t after 20 years haha
I can breathe in for a weak trill, but I can't for the life of me, in any way, get a trill breathing out. I also can't do the retroflex'd r, and I couldn't make any R sound until I was 20. It's so hard for me and I don't know why :(
Why can't I do it ? I feel like my tongue is not moving???
It took me a weak of figuring out how to whistle after I accidentally did it but this is so much harder for me 🙁 maybe my tongue is to big.
Keep practicing you’ll get it! 💪💪💪
I failed miserably at this. 🙄 I find that the tongue tip is broad and rigid.
Practice
Really though, just keep trying it and you’ll eventually become more dexterous and able
Home. Alone. Glad. because I sounds like a moron trying this. I can only get the "machine gun" sound effect with significantly high air flow. (which I don't think is remotely correct!)
It always takes more effort at first. When you get more used to it you’ll use less naturally! 💪
When I trill it, my whole tongue trills and sounds like a rolling r from the throat
That’s the air valves at the back of your throat opening and closing I think
My tongue isn't flapping
How to stop the sound coming out the side of my mouth
YAY!!!
I'm tongue tied, does this make it impossible?
It might certainly make this more difficult. But With such a condition I'm not the best person to advise. How does it effect your every day speech?
@@vocabilities it doesn't affect my speech at all, it means I cant stick my tongue out.
Hello, when I trill my “r” it sounds like a jackhammer :(
Lo más fácil de hacer en tu idioma, es lo más difícil de hacer en otros.
i cqn do it with a g but not a r
I could remember In my childhood I could do it but now I can't but I'm still trying
I cant do it
My tongue doesn't move by itself when i blow
I'm 17 and I still can't pronounce R😫
i’m 11 and my latina/arab family are VERY disappointed that i can’t do this. been practicing for like a year. how’s it going for u?
@@gabyyfahmy8562 I'm 17 too and I can't roll my R's. It's really frustrating to have a language where the tongue trill is common as your first language (I'm Brazilian). I'll speak to a speech therapist soon so that I can solve this incapability of mine 😔
How do you cup your tongue and relax it while blowing our air?
I have the same question. I don’t get the air flow.
*AGH* this pain to learn
*glads in spanish*
2:00
Sir please make one video on z how to pronounce z instead of i pronounce s like I pronounce zoo as soo
This makes me sound like Chewbacca. 🤣
Probably the worst lesson on TH-cam lmfao . "Do what I do" proceeds to roll tongue for 3 minutes
i’m tryna learn german rn and i’m dying rn
hello?
Hi?
@@vocabilities oh, I'm sorry, but I don't really know what's happening. Why do you only have 7 likes and zero comments? You've got around 6.8 k subscribers..I don't undersatnd. Sorry for bothering you.
Not sure I understand. Only just posted this less than an hour ago. Usually It picks up. Were you looking for something specific? Maybe I can help.
Help him trill his tongue
1:51 drrrr
hrrrrrr
Just try copy me, now you can trill your rs lol
Lol. It’s actually one of the most effective methods. It’s how we as young humans learn everything we do. By watching and imitating.
The only reason i'm here is Cardi B. Okuurrrrt
*fails miserably*
Oh! 🙄
I'm here bcz of rrrrrrap monster😂😂
I did it accidently when i was a child eh
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