I completely understand your struggle as it is mentally hard to move from a language where I assume you pronounce /r/ all the time to one where you don't. If you are interested in being a bit more non-rhotic, I suggest you read the pronunciation symbols of words, not how they are spelt. You won't see /r/ and if you just say what is written, you'll be surprised how easily you can get rid of /r/ :)
phew...there are lots of useful information I have to digest in your lesson. There are no "f" or "r" sounds in Korean. If you ask a Korean" how are you today?", you probably hear " I am pine" more than " I am fine". in my case, because I didn't get used to pronouncing R sound, I used to say I live at Castor load which I should have said I live at Castor road. The two English letters are the biggest challenge to me to pronounce in the right way. your lessons are so practical and helpful. Thanks a lot!!
It must be really tricky to pronounce those similar sounds correctly! With /f/ you bring your top teeth close to your bottom lip and blow air out (just like /v/ but without vibration in the vocal cords). /l/ has no lips and you touch your top teeth with the tip of your tongue (this is the clear /l/, there is also a dark /l/, which I might cover in the future). For /r/ you curl your lips forward and place the tongue in the middle of the mouth, then you suck it back in as you make the sound, so that you sound like a snarling dog. I hope this helps a bit and I might do a video in these things in the future! -there IS a lot of INFO (INFO is uncountable) Thanks for your comments as always! 😉
DO YOU FIND IT EASY TO RECOGNISE THE SPELLING OF THE NON-RHOTIC /r/?
Your pronunciation videos are worth appreciating.
Thanks
Thank you so much, Muhammad!
I'm Polish and so my r is quite strong, that's why I sometimes struggle to pronounce the non-rhotic r. Your video is very useful. Thx.
I completely understand your struggle as it is mentally hard to move from a language where I assume you pronounce /r/ all the time to one where you don't. If you are interested in being a bit more non-rhotic, I suggest you read the pronunciation symbols of words, not how they are spelt. You won't see /r/ and if you just say what is written, you'll be surprised how easily you can get rid of /r/ :)
phew...there are lots of useful information I have to digest in your lesson.
There are no "f" or "r" sounds in Korean. If you ask a Korean" how are you today?", you probably hear " I am pine" more than " I am fine". in my case, because I didn't get used to pronouncing R sound, I used to say I live at Castor load which I should have said I live at Castor road. The two English letters are the biggest challenge to me to pronounce in the right way.
your lessons are so practical and helpful.
Thanks a lot!!
It must be really tricky to pronounce those similar sounds correctly! With /f/ you bring your top teeth close to your bottom lip and blow air out (just like /v/ but without vibration in the vocal cords). /l/ has no lips and you touch your top teeth with the tip of your tongue (this is the clear /l/, there is also a dark /l/, which I might cover in the future). For /r/ you curl your lips forward and place the tongue in the middle of the mouth, then you suck it back in as you make the sound, so that you sound like a snarling dog. I hope this helps a bit and I might do a video in these things in the future!
-there IS a lot of INFO (INFO is uncountable)
Thanks for your comments as always! 😉
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Thank you, Hanibel! 😍🤩