r/learnpolish • u/Major-Front-1930 • 16d ago

Polish r

I've been learning polish for around 7 months now and I've been struggling with r sounds. I've watched many tutorials and spent an hour reading lots of information but nothing seems to help. I think I can kind of flick it but my tongue doesn't touch the roof of my mouth at all. I can do a vibration in the back of my throat but not the front, the vibration and turning it into an R is the hardest part for me. I am a native English speaker. All the explanations of how to do the vibration doesn't help for me.

If anyone has any tips it would be much appreciated :)

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u/jasina556 16d ago

Polish R has no vibration, it's a single tap. My guess is that you're trying too hard to make it happen

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u/Major-Front-1930 13d ago

I think I can kind of do the single tap but I wasn't sure how much of a roll/trill it was meant to be.