Pronouncing that tricky R - The Alveolar flap

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[täftxuyu]

The 'r' sound, to me, sounds like a cross between a Japanese ra/ri/ru/re/ro (as in when Neytiri says 'nari' and Jake mispronounces it like many foreign speakers do with Japanese r's ) and the Spanish rolled 'r', like in rojo or pero (as in when Neytiri says 'ikran'). 

Zoe Saldana is fluent in spanish, so her r's probably sound more like the spanish r I guess.

[kxanì tsamsiyu]

I still cant do it but im trying every day. i can do it when i say "ladder" ^{(sounds stupid but it works)} over and over again whilst getting faster but i cant carry it on for any length of time.
But hopefully my persistence will pay of and soon i will be able to trill my "rr"

[Yanatan]

The 'rr' - the trill - is unequivocally the most difficult sound for me to make. All of the other Na'vi sounds I have no trouble with. I did manage to 'get' the very beginnings of it a day ago, and progress is a little slow.

I'm practicing mainly by repeating 'vrrtep', 'krr' (sometimes helps to use 'lekrr' instead), and larger phrases including them (I'm particularly fond of "Nga lu levrrtep, ma oeyä tsmuke": My sister, you are demonic). Also 'burrito' .

[Rothlindyre]

this is the thing i always screw up on

['Oma Tirea]

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[Meynari Ke'nawm]

When you say anything with a rolled r in it, all you have to do is touch the roof of your mouth, relax your tongue, and blow out air in a puff. It works if you practice, but don't concentrate on just the rr part of the sentence, or it will sound like "pudrr" instead of "prr".
Remember to make the noise on the roof of your mouth, not the cheater way in the back of your throat.

[Kamean]

When you say anything with a rolled r in it, all you have to do is touch the roof of your mouth, relax your tongue, and blow out air in a puff. It works if you practice, but don't concentrate on just the rr part of the sentence, or it will sound like "pudrr" instead of "prr".
Remember to make the noise on the roof of your mouth, not the cheater way in the back of your throat.

You really understand pronuncitation of "rr"!

[TxepTaronyu]

Rolling r's is the bane of my phonetics right now. Pesky thing.

[Takmeyalan te Tsu'erak 'Ewfwefpxìkap'itan]

it's almost like a (t)th sound. just say the word, such as nari, like na'i, and then, instead of ('), say a REALLY soft (t). there. haha