You need to stick your thumb up your butt and then say 'R'. Trust me, it works.
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Anonymous2009-09-23 14:21
How do you do it? By not being an ignorant rude American who can only make limited noises with his voice.
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Anonymous2009-09-23 14:43
I learned how to roll my R's from Japanese. I can keep my R rolling for a good 30 seconds, but I think the Japanese roll might be different? A russian person told me mine sounded too Japanese if that's possible. Basically, if you're doing R and expecting it to roll, it won't happen. The roll is like with the tongue movement of an L while trying to say R (which is why Japanese get L and R mixed up so easily, but I don't see any other way possible)
Basically your tongue tip will touch the roof of your mouth, the air to make the sound will push this tip but the pressure from your tongue will kind of make it fall back, causing the roll. Obviously, if you put too much pressure just air isn't going to push it, so it's got to be borderline touching.
Honestly, the easiest word to practice is probably with 'drill' as the D sets you up in the position like an L, and you make the R sound right after to get that roll
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Really? I just youtubed it and found this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLsUXDkVKYA
and it seems the same to me, admittedly I don't know shit about Spanish.
did some searching too and it seems like Japanese can't do R's but when it comes to rolling they're decent. Japanese actually don't roll R's in normal speech though, it's only to fuck around and pretend you're in yakuza and say こら！！
Any proof of their difference cause I can't find any
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Anonymous2009-09-23 17:31
>>8 Japanese actually don't roll R's in normal speech though
That's what is called a flap! Spanish Rs are reduced to just single roll too, although they aren't flapped. Well-rolled Rs occur in words like perro or tierra and are considered a distinct phoneme.