German pronunciation R -- how to get it right?

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3 жыл бұрын

The German R comes from the back of the throat.
You can feel it if you touch your throat. You get the R at the right position by trying to clear your throat. If it hurts in the throat, the place where you make the R is right.
The R is a little tricky. There are basically two pronunciations. One is the throat R and the other one sounds very similar to A. I recommend to use only the throat R in the beginning. If you don't pay attention it will soften by itself and become smooth and non-hurting "A"-R over time.
Training words:
Rote Rüben
Kartoffeln
groß
drei grüne Regentropfen
Zungenbrecher:
Ich bin 33 Jahre alt.
33.333 durstige Räuber bedrohen Robert.
Hannover /hanova/
-er at the ending of words are usually pronunced "a". The throat gets tighter when producing the sound for -er.
Words with a soft R:
sondern
Kiefer
Lärm
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@paulzestack2886 2 ай бұрын

I think the hardest combination of all is r+e, as in "andere, weitere, mehrere". I find myself overpronouncing the R sound or hissing it, whereas it should be a "dry"and clean gurgling (by dry I mean that it shouldn't be heard any liquid/water/spit vibrating to help amplifying and getting the sound right) with a hopping intonation; if I go with the Italian R, I can get the rythm right, otherwise both rythm and pronounciation escape me. Dunno if anyone else has the same issue like me

@ImeLara17 Ай бұрын

I'd find myself adapting a new voice for learning how to to speak german. Letter R is sooo hard.

@gisellaroma8151 2 ай бұрын

The best class!! Dankeee😊🙏🏼

@sepehrazemi7611 2 жыл бұрын

Dankeschön 🙏🏻

@anlace3447 2 жыл бұрын

2:15 dreiunddreißig Tausend dreihundert drei und dreißig durstige Räuber bedrohen Robert ?!

@NamaeAidiaNai 25 күн бұрын

I'm having such a hard time saying 'groß' well. The back-to-back of a hard g and this r that I still don't understand is incredibly difficult for me

@xinling6832 3 жыл бұрын

Gut erklärt

@sprachrolfdeutsch1091 3 жыл бұрын

Danke :-)

@andrewrichardson2293 11 ай бұрын

So with the gr combination I imagine it’s more about getting used to emphasizing the G briefly before the R. I have the problem of my Gs disappearing into my R or the R dragging on an obnoxious length of time.

@anlace3447 2 жыл бұрын

cooles Video...aber im Sueden benutzen die Leute mit dem "R" die Zunge, nicht wahr? Sie verwenden eine Zungenrolle um den R Laut zu machen? aug englisch-- 'Voiced dental trill"...

@ramamonato5039 21 күн бұрын

As long as I know, before World War II, German speakers and Dutch speakers employed an alveolar trill 'r' when speaking German and Dutch. Take the word 'recht' and 'vier". Germans pronounced them [rɛçt] and [fiːr], the Dutch [rɛxt] and [viːr]. After World War II, however, Germans and the Dutch have started to use a French 'r' [ʀ] at the beginning of words and syllables.

@leonidsmirnov1788 2 ай бұрын

Rrr haha, Danke dir!

@anonymousxxx9513 2 ай бұрын

2:17 I doubt any native speaker naturally pronounces /r/ like that. [ʀ] ("gargled" /r/) was not considered correct until 1957 when it got implemented as an alternative to the traditional [r] (alveolar trill) for stage acting purposes. It was meant to be a substitute for the much spreading [ʁ] (uvular fricative), which itself is seen as too soft for plays. Up to today it can only be found as a stylistic device (overstress), usually in contemporary music, plays, readings etc., and even as that it's not very common. Therefore I advise against picking this up as regular realisation - unless you want to be mistaken for French. LOL.