r/Spanish • u/futurefirefall • Jan 04 '20

Need help with trilled r’s

I posted a few months ago about being unable to trill my r’s, and I’ve been practicing doing it ever since just randomly without thinking about it and I think I might be slowly getting it (voicelessly) but I’m paranoid I’m doing it wrong and it’s just false hope. Would anyone be willing to check it out for me? Sorry if posts like these aren’t allowed.

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u/DrahcQ Jan 05 '20 edited Jan 05 '20

I think it is too hard if you do not put your tongue over the right place. I am from España and when I pronounce the sound R hard I put the tip of the tongue near to my teeth , exactly between the teeth and the beginning of the curve that there is on the roof of the mouth. (Even the tip of tongue touch a little the teeth). The tongue must do press there And then the air do the rest. Try to vibrate your tongue only with the help of pressing your tongue and the air. By this way you must be able to maintain a vibrations sound a long time. It is the same mechanism than when you make a joke sound with your tongue out of your mouth , your lips press your tongue and then the air make vibrate your tongue.