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I think I've figured it out
how to emulate the french rolling of the r's!!
I said something today without clearing my throat, and it sounded like a french person said it. The secret is to leave your mouth and throat full of saliva when you speak. Try it! (sorry if this insults anyone, but it really seems to work) |
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Hmm interesting approach, but ya the French R is guttural meaning it is pronounced in the throat. I know that description is as useless as a bucket with a hole in it for carrying water, but keep playing around with your throat and you will learn to do it without the saliva. Once you get it all of a sudden your French sounds tons better. Personally I am not looking forward to when it comes time for me to perfect the Spanish trilled R.
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I agree with HibyPrime, a good mouthful of saliva makes much rounder tones.
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Wouldn't the French think that we're being slobs when we roll the R with spit flying everywhere? And I thought the Spanish R was tough.
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And it's not rolled in French. Russians do that (and others I don't remember) |
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for me the spanish r is easy but the french one gives me trouble
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I don't know what to call the french r's other than a roll, but yeah, it's not really a roll.. |
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http://french.about.com/cs/pronunciation/ht/r.htm Other (same site): http://french.about.com/library/pron...nciation-r.htm In that page, she confirms the second most difficult French sound is the "U" |
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Hehe, personally I think the hardest sound for me has got to be that damnable triphthong uei, like in the verb "cueillir." That's got to be at least 10 times worse than the "ai" diphthong found in the word détail (which, the few times I've heard her full name spoken, seems similar to the sound used in the last syllable of "Jacotey"), which drove me crazy for a while itself. I still have to think about what I'm doing pretty hard to get that triphthong in the right spot - the U, and most of the R's, I have down now (I think).
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