How to Trill Your Rs

[alexi-exists-i-guess]

It's 4am and I'm still sounding like a distressed minecraft villager. *HAGH*

[splatonika]

My tongue has never felt more unrelaxed

[bethscholes]

so i was trying to do this and i managed to whistle. Not what i was aiming for but i couldnt do that either so i learned something

[Jefeze]

R's are very strong in my native tongue. I've had a speech impediment for 30+ years. Went to speech therapy for years when I was a kid. I just learnt in 4 minutes to trill my tongue for the first time. I've never managed to make that sound before. No one ever tried to teach it this way.

[freyafasanya]

I'm just obsessively growling at this point

[zoom]

:Me 1am - FFFFRRRR
:Parents Are you trying to mate with a tiger?

[nanderssson]

"bro you need to relax your tongue while also lifting it up"
"bro just relax your tongue bro"

[fairyperry]

Started doing this trying to roll my r's, learned how to whistle in the process

[ewanbird]

Make sure your tongue is completely relaxed


*proceeds to swallow tongue*

[squidd]

My Spanish teacher told us that if you say “pot of tea” normal speed and then get faster and faster, you can do roll your r’s. I’m half Hispanic, my whole family except me can roll their r’s and this is very helpful. Don’t worry about air flow, just say “pot of tea” really fast, but try not to purposefully try a rolled r. Hope this helps, it helped me

[joenouveau]

People are just watching me on the bus while I go ‘DLRLDLDLLELDDLLELRLD’

[Armerri]

I’ve been trying to roll my Rs for TWENTY ONE YEARS and you were able to teach me in five minutes!!!! What sorcery is this??

[chickentigerfoot]

"you might spit a bit"
Me just literally spiting all over my laptop

[WhatsBliss]

I always get lost at the part where people tell me to completely relax my tongue and THEN move it. Moving it unrelaxes it instantly

[thescoliosiswarriorwarri]

Now I'm in an endless loop of either making motorboat sounds or really weird fart sounds and laughing really hard at myself...

[ryanxia]

Everyone: learns this for Spanish or Russian
Me: THE TING GOES

[xlpy]

No one:


Me at 3:32 AM: “FFFFRRRR”
*gets text from mom to stfu*

[CherilynQ]

No teacher has ever emphasized "not to curl the tongue back" like you did. I just made a tiny trilled R sound, thank you so much!

[harribo]

Me: thinking this would be a piece of cake


Me 20 minutes later:

[pscyokilla]

This just made me angry. I'm not faulting the person who posted this, I'm just very angry that I can't seem to get it and I have no idea what I'm doing wrong