Pronouncing that other tricky r: the alveolar trill

Started by 'Oma Tirea, June 16, 2010, 01:55:09 AM

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'Oma Tirea

I found a link that may come in surprisingly helpful.  Remember, aynga are not alone, ma smuk.  I was exposed to it in elementary when learning Spanish, and I had trouble producing it simply because I wasn't thinking about how it should come out.  I was flapping my tounge against my teeth instead.  It took me many years to do it right, and to be honest, it wasn't all that hard ;D
Just remember, ma smuk, that the end result sounds much like a cat's purr :D ;)

However, even after learning the {r}, one may still find it tricky to use it because it is syllabic.  If you are having some trouble with that alone, I would recommend saying the following: prr, trr, krr, pxrr, txrr, kxrr, frr, vrr, srr, zrr, tsrr, hrr, lrr, mrr, nrr, ngrr, wrr, yrr, 'rr.  Note that not all of these combinatons occur in Na'vi, and are only exercises for the tongue.
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ÌTXTSTXRR!!

Srake serar le'Ìnglìsìa lì'fyayä aylì'ut?  Nari si älofoniru rutxe!!

Vawm tsamsiyu

Lol I took Spanish and got the rr down fairly easy but I found out learning na'vi that I did the wrong kind, using my throught to trill not my tounge but luckily I picked this one without much trouble. And r got the r for Spanish and na'vi wrong too but now I got them right so my Spanish and na'vi are much better.
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