how do i roll my R's in spanish?

Answer 1

It absolutely can be learned, no matter what anyone says! I am living proof--I used to not be able to roll my R's in Spanish either, but now I can.

Normally I don't like to cut and paste my answers, but I recently described how I learned how to do it on the advice of a Spanish instructor I had in a similar question, so here was my answer (modified appropriately for this question):

1. Curl your tongue and very lightly touch the very edge of it to the top of your mouth, the part where that ridge is at the very front of the hard palette.
2. Make an R sound and hold it for a bit longer. Also, get some air behind it. Keep in mind that this itself won't make your mouth do the right sound, so don't get frustrated.
3. Pick a couple of different words with different vowel sounds to practice with. When I was doing this, I used "perro" and "correr" a lot; I also used "pelirroja," but that one was a little more difficult for me. Try words that begin with R as well, as R's at the beginning of the word have a slight roll as well in Spanish: try "rumba" and "reloj."
4. Do this at every opportunity throughout the day: while driving, while sitting at home, while doing the dishes, while walking through the grocery store (if you're in public, you might want to whisper instead of saying it aloud :) )
5. At some point, almost as if by magic, your mouth will make the sound. It just will! Once it makes the sound for the first time, don't stop, keep practicing. I did this a year ago and I was able to roll my R's within a few days, and I still practice from time to time so I can improve the sound.

Another thing that really helped me was listening to music in Spanish, in which the singer makes very clear rolled R sounds. After I was able to make my mouth make the sound, I found that developing it was a bit easier while singing along than it was while talking (though keep practicing it while talking).

Do all of this until you get absolutely sick of it!! It will work, I promise!!

Buena suerte :)

Answer 2

Complaining approximately rolling R's is simply laziness. Or satisfaction. Whichever suits. Don't fear approximately sounding like a dork, simply make the noise. It's now not difficult. Suck it up. Just do it. In the vast majority of nations in this earth, individuals roll their R's. Even if you happen to attempted to wuss out and choose an additional language, you'll nonetheless come to be dealing with this ridiculous trouble.

Answer 3

No, Veronica C is wrong. I have friends who were taught to roll there r's. When i lived in Mexico, as a child, some of my friends couldn't roll there r's even though they had grown up in a spanish speaking household. You can learn! good luck! I heard that if you say "butter" a lot really fast it helps. i don't know! Buena suerte!

Answer 4

I also disagree with Veronica C. People can be trained to make sounds from languages other than their native languages (and in fact, they often do). For example, when college students take linguistics courses, they often learn to produce new speech sounds that they've never made before.

Here's a question where I explained how to make the "rolled r" sound:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/;_ylt=AlzjN8VteJIMjULkxCEXyOMjzKIX?qid=1006022701762

Keep learning! Learning new languages is awesome!

Answer 5

first of all, veronic c is wrong....i spoke spanish until i was 5 years old, then learned english and when i speak on the phone people assume i am from the Midwest until they ask me for my name.......i am learning Italian and what little I can say, sounds native ( having been told this by plenty of native speakers...)
some people just can't learn to speak like a native but that doesn't mean all people can't.
and where did you get the 10 month thing....as if a child who will be 10 months on August 1st, won't be able to speak a language the same as if someone decided to teach him/her on July 30th......

Answer 6

I am sure you can do it. Veronica C wrong.
It is hard to explain by typing, but do the following:

Put the tip of your tongue behind your upper front teeth. and make your tongue vibrate once is there (Move the tip against the Teeth very fast)
Try it

Answer 7

You can't, unless you were born in a family that rolled their "r"s. The reason is that we learn our language by the time we are 10 months old and there is nothing we can do to sound native in another language. But you can try this: make a "r" movement and try to sound like a car. Practice that, see if that helps.

Answer 8

I agree with Veronica C

Answer 9

First you dink water make sure your mouth is moist and then make your tounge knock against your upper gums really fast then say rojo!

Answer 10

that's hard to explain in typing.