How to pronounce the /R/ sound | American English Pronunciation
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In this video, Sean explains how to pronounce the /R/ sound in English to speak like an American (with the american accent). You can find this R sound in several words like RUN, RAP, ROAM. And it can be one the most challenging sound in English. Let's try!
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I'm from Germany and I never pronounced the R correct. It always sounded like a "w". So for example there was no difference between right and white. People made fun of me and it really annoyed me. This video was very helpful! Thanks a lot!
Glad it helps!
Same😪
I'm from Germany too. I lived in Canada for a while and one day I was cooking with some people. My spoon slipped into the pot and I joked:"For an extra source of iron."
No one understood what I said. "Huh, I win?" It went on for a while and I thought, they were mocking me and that was the day I learned, that I couldn't pronounce the r and that I was making a w all the time.
Still can't figure it out and none of the videos help me. Due to my bad hearing I can barely hear a difference
It's exactly the same with me.
I am German and to me the English r always sounds like a w. 😭😭😭
And somehow, tongue instructions don't really help me. It sounds than to me as if I have a billiard ball in my mouth because I move my tongue unnaturally and cramped. 😭😭😭
For me that means I'll probably never be able to do it properly and always have to pronounce it like the German R. 😭
With some words it works like "hard", even if the R is not at the beginning. But words like "Retail" sound like "Wetail". Unless I speak it the "the German way" 😂 "Rrritail".
@@serial_box Cant pronounce the English R as well. So instead of doing the German R, I learned the Scottish R, which is kind of a trill/rolling R - far easier to learn, and it sounds cool
this is me, a german student, watching a video about how to pronounce the english ‚R‘ because my classmates made fun of me. Funfact: i do actually pronounce it correctly. ughhhh i hate my school🤡🤡🤡🤡
Haha! Well, you could send them the link to this video ;)
Same xD
too
My tounge when i say R : ↗⬆⬇⬅↙↖↗⬅↩↔↩⤴🔀🔄
Thanks! I'm from America and speak well, yet I never could properly say "r". This helped a lot.
We're really glad it did!
I just learned how to say the letter "r". Can't believe this actually worked. Thank you so so much.
Well done!
Keep on practicing it so it comes out naturally :)
Great advice, really appreciate it!
Thanks ! Finally a helpful video..
Hi there! If you have some questions about how to learn American English pronunciation, feel free to add a comment! We'll be happy to help 😉
LUCA
Hey, my problem is that I roll my r's. Even when I try to follow the advice in the video, it's still hard for me not to. Any advice/tips?
@@juliewasnthere i think you were 3 years late....
@@warrior6633 never too late to try :/
@@juliewasnthere daaamn you responded after 1 year. Now that’s dedication
Thanks! Really helpful for me
thanks very helpful :)
Merci
Thank you, this was the most challenging for me, I've got it now....
That's good to hear Temesgen! We're glad to help you.
And thank you very much for your comment 😉
MATHILDE
I am today years old (almost 42) and I have only just learnt that my entire life I have been pronouncing my Rs /ʋ/ not /r/. I fully thought that R was usually pronounced /ʋ/. I should point out that the /ʋ/ pronunciation is actually very normal in south-eastern England but I had always thought it was THE way.
That you very very much for this tip with the form of the tongue, it really helped me!!! My r sounded like a w until i saw this video, thank you very very much
Wonderful!😍
Keep on practicing until it becomes completely natural!
Thanks for the video. Because you claimed be teaching "correct tongue placement for American R", it made me study more in-depth about why I teach a
very different "correct tongue placement for American R" method.
Hi Dennis,
Thanks for your comment. Would you mind telling us the difference between what we/you teach?
Bests,
SAMUEL W
Retroflex R is what was taught to me a child, because I couldn't pronounce the R properly.
I toast to the Irish with a green beer every March, as I now make a "correct tongue placement for American R".
For Chinese speaker the "r" and "l" sounds are distinguishable, but the difference is that the "r" sounds in Chinese is more curving. (that's the most difficult thing to learn American accent.
I'm having issues curling my tongue at the sides, I can get the initial position but when I actually say the r the middle just raises back up and flattens my tongue, I'm just wondering if there is any kind of exercise or something to help with this?
Hey,
Thanks for your comment. First of all, don't worry if you are having trouble with this sound - it's one of the last sounds that even native speakers master. You could try strengthening your muscles by pushing the middle of your tongue down with a (clean) straw, pencil, finger, etc. You might have better luck learning the retroflex R, which another commenter mentioned. Basically, place the tip of your tongue right behind your top front teeth, and make an L sound, then slide your tongue backward until it sounds like an R. You should be able to find some videos about it by speech language pathologists. Good luck!
ABBE
Thank you very much Luca
You are very welcome, Mira!
LUCA
thx at least smth i can spell :)
I really tried hard to curl my tongue but it's really difficult really really
Yes, it can be very hard, but practice makes perfect ;)
bruh hard to read this reallys
You don't need to curl your tongue.
@@_fynn2009 🤣🤣LOL!
i thought this video was going to show me how to say r/ as in a subreddit because i felt stupid saying r/ irl
LMAO
Im from india. My tongue is actually getting tired .but u like people are really great.To pronounce a single letter ,omg .......
You don't need to curl your tongue.
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I'm curious if Americans can pronounce regular r sound that most countries use
I would like to learn english with you but je ne sais pas ou dois je commencer
s'il vous plaîs pouvez vous nous faire plus de vidéos sur la prononciation
Merci Luca mes respectueux salutation
HI Mira,
Sure thing, we are going to publish other videos about the pronunciation. And you can download this kit here to get started: www.mosalingua.com/youtube-gifts-en.
Best,
LUCA
I pronounce it correctly, just needed practice words because it's hard to pronounce it when i'm speaking fast in a sentence
Well done for practicing. Keep working on it with different combination of words so it comes our completely naturally :)
@@mosalingua Thanks, I'll do my best
I cant curl my tongue I think :/
My r sounds like a w... :/
Hi David,
It's as they say, practice makes perfect ;)
SAMUEL W
Grüß Gott i got the Same Problem
I try practicing it can be very disheartening I’m 15 now and I want to practice but I don’t see how it would help if I practiced because I just do not know the correct tongue placement to make it sound right.. the only sound I have a problem with is the GRR sound
Hi Kevin,
Try saying the "a" sound in "a dog", and simply putting your tongue deeper inside your mounth without moving its position.
Hope it helps!
Ehrenmann
Seria muito mais interessante ensinar a pronúncia do R inglês entre vogais. No caso de brasileiros é pronunciado de forma incorreta, quase sempre, por ser mais difícil também.
Olá, Luiz. Obrigado pelo seu comentário. No entanto, a pronúncia do R, ensinada no vídeo, não muda quando esta letra está em vogais, como você pode perceber em palavras como "more", "core" e "bare", por exemplo.
De qualquer forma, se você gostaria de mais informações sobre as principais dificuldades específicas de pronúncia dos brasileiros, não deixe de conferir também este outro vídeo publicado em nosso canal: th-cam.com/video/ZK3CBYJoDMw/w-d-xo.html
LUCA
@@mosalingua gostaria aqui então de fazer-te uma pergunta: qual a forma correta para pronunciar 'wherever & whatever' considerando que alguns acham que estão ouvindo o mesmo som ao escutar a pronúncia do /R/ de uma e o /T/ da outra!?
I just have trouble saying the letter r in the middle of the word sometimes for example every or everybody 😭
Hi.
Don't worry about it. Keep on working at it, and you'll eventually get there :)
i didnt know the american accent was more "desireable" than the british... i think we sound so unsophisticated lol
I've been practicing American 'R' for over 3 months now, but still heading nowhere it seems, especially because I'm also reluctantly speaking Hindi and Bengali languages in my everyday life, and the people I'm surrounded by don't pronounce 'R' like that.
Now the problem I'm facing the most while pronouncing 'R' is it becomes Hindi alphabet 'ड़' , not to mention we have three R's in our language, all are pronounced differently. I bend my tongue and try to restrain it to my last two molar teeth or the area where my molar teeth join the gums, but with my natural accent it mostly touches the roof of my mouth, hence it either becomes 'ड़' or it just doesn't come out like the Americans.
These are a few words I have the most problems with:
1. Curry/sorry/very/dreary (The Ry part)
2. PrioRity/deteRiorate/supeRiority (The Rio part)
3. Girl/world/curl/arm (The R's sound about right when I pronounce but just don't come out like Americans when I listen to my recordings, no matter how perfectly I try).
Do you have any words of advice for me on how to improve?
Hi Akash,
Thanks for your comment. First of all, you are not obliged to pronounce the R sound just like an American speaker. Providing that your R sound is understandable and does not block the communication, I think you can live with it. But I understand your will to get closer to the correct pronunciation. We have helped many learners out there to reduce their accent and improve their pronunciation : for instance many French, Brazilian, Spanish learners experience what you describe. Instead of pronouncing the American R, they pronounce a similar sound which is used in their native language. Unfortunately we do not have activities and exercises which are specifically designed for Hindi speakers.
All I can say is that you should not give up and continue practicing. It's normal to have these difficulties because it's quite hard to improve our pronunciation, especially if we learned the wrong one. The idea is replacing a bad habit with a good one. A personal tip I can give you is hiring an American tutor to ask him/her to explain how to pronounce this sound. Then practicing with him/her the sounds you find difficult. At some point you will get there.
I wish you best of of luck and happy learning!
LUCA
@@mosalingua Thank you so much for your invaluable suggestion. I truly am willing to keep practicing until I get there someday, for I don't want to speak English in a Hindi accent 😀
брат
I am German and to me the English r always sounds like a w. 😭😭😭
And somehow, tongue instructions don't really help me. It sounds than to me as if I have a billiard ball in my mouth because I move my tongue unnaturally and cramped. 😭😭😭
For me that means I'll probably never be able to do it properly and always have to pronounce it like the German R. 😭
With some words it works like "hard", even if the R is not at the beginning. But words like "Retail" sound like "Wetail". Unless I speak it the "the German way" 😂 "Rrritail".
Sorry to hear that!
Do know it's normal for it to feel unnatural. It's a movement you normally never make.
Keep on practicing it and you'll get there :)
why do some americans pronounce the R as a L, its not really L but it sounds like it? i only hear it sometimes and only with certain words, i think with words where the r is in the middle of the word instead at the start.
Hi there,
Do you have a specific example? It could be a regional dialect or the influence of another native language, but it might also be the result of a sort of minor speech disorder.
ABBE
*Who else came from that girl on tiktok* 😂
why am i watching this i’m from america
🤣🤣🤣
No clue🤷♂️
But we've got more of these if you want 🤣
Nossa...
Vaphthm I'm watching this because my friends make fun of me saying the r and they say I'm british
watching this cause i have a slight speech impediment
I once said ‘R’ correctly cuz I felt it but again it disappears and back the way I was saying R in the first place😭😭
Keep going at it, you'll get there ;)
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It's all in the lips, not the tongue.
No its definetly the tongue.
annoying intro