hmm this is interesting! i wish i could see the vocal cords of a Japanese person speaking and an English person speaking...i wanna see juxtaposition of the vocal cords
I like the way you talk. I think you're a very intelligent person. I noticed that most of my Korean friends can NEVER pronounce a long "R" as well, they JUST pronounce it as "L." Actually, they can't even pronounce "J" or "G". They pronounce them like "Z."
Hmm, I read that the Japanese people have a combined sound between l and r. How does it sound? It isn't just a short alveolar trill, is it? Many Japanese speak English, what "r" sound do they usually use if they have difficulties?
Japanese cannot pronounce a long "r", in no way with thier normal pronunciation mechanism. Long "r" can only be made with lung air, which Japanese abhor and cannot use for physiological reasons. However they can pronounce decent short "r" s in foreign words without long sounds, like "America" for example. This is done by pulling the cupped tongue far back in the mouth with the edges against the side teeth. Please tell me about yourself and your interests.
@lbalazer Dear Ibalater, thank you for your answer. How is the Japanese short "r" called. Is it a throat "r" (uvular) as the tongue is in the back or an alveolar tap? I'm from Germany and depending on the region alveolar or uvular "r" are used. I'm from Bavaria and we use mainly alveolar (trilled) "r"s (with the tipp of the tongue. (see "Frisch auf frisch auf" at watch?v=t_rMDaPiu0Q)
There's more to it than this guy says. English speakers find it amazingly hard to pronounce the Japanese R/L sound, because the phonem does not occur in English. The sound is between an L and an R. This is also the reason why Japanese have issues. The basic R sound seems to be identical to L to them.
Wow! This video was amazing! I feel like I learned so much and I have such a better understanding of Japanese language. I am a native English speaker but I have been trying to learn Japanese for several years. I had always wondered about why Japanese have a hard time pronouncing the letter 'r'. Thank you for the outstanding, clear, informative explanation!! I am going to favorite this video!
Japanese CAN distinguish the sound difference of English L and R. But, they are not used to pronounce them differently. They will be able to pronounce them properly with practicing. Their old ancestors decided to make it in between because some can't pronounce them. Japanese L is pronounced EL. (エル) and R is pronounced "A-Le", AAl, or AL (アール). Japanese ラリルレロ is pronounced more like La, Li, Lu, Le, Lo. That's why they are not good with rounded R sound
hmm this is interesting! i wish i could see the vocal cords of a Japanese person speaking and an English person speaking...i wanna see juxtaposition of the vocal cords
PiercedPika 2 days ago
he gives me a rear feeling --> possitivily
iTechRevolutionTV 1 week ago
nice artuculiation
iTechRevolutionTV 1 week ago
I like the way you talk. I think you're a very intelligent person. I noticed that most of my Korean friends can NEVER pronounce a long "R" as well, they JUST pronounce it as "L." Actually, they can't even pronounce "J" or "G". They pronounce them like "Z."
LuvCatz905 3 weeks ago
Hmm, I read that the Japanese people have a combined sound between l and r. How does it sound? It isn't just a short alveolar trill, is it? Many Japanese speak English, what "r" sound do they usually use if they have difficulties?
Niklo74 1 month ago
@Niklo74 Dearest Niklo 74,
Japanese cannot pronounce a long "r", in no way with thier normal pronunciation mechanism. Long "r" can only be made with lung air, which Japanese abhor and cannot use for physiological reasons. However they can pronounce decent short "r" s in foreign words without long sounds, like "America" for example. This is done by pulling the cupped tongue far back in the mouth with the edges against the side teeth. Please tell me about yourself and your interests.
lbalazer 1 month ago
@lbalazer Dear Ibalater, thank you for your answer. How is the Japanese short "r" called. Is it a throat "r" (uvular) as the tongue is in the back or an alveolar tap? I'm from Germany and depending on the region alveolar or uvular "r" are used. I'm from Bavaria and we use mainly alveolar (trilled) "r"s (with the tipp of the tongue. (see "Frisch auf frisch auf" at watch?v=t_rMDaPiu0Q)
Niklo74 1 month ago
You seem to be a nice gentleman. Thank you for useful explanation. Ukraine.
inyazserg 1 month ago
good
bizarewigga 1 month ago
I kinda hoped this was going to be outrageously racist.
E11ykins 1 month ago
if you mute it you can still tell what he's saying :)
JaCkMiChEaLs0n 1 month ago
Why is he so adorable? ....Maybe it's just me who thinks so... o.O
alaynaabnormal 2 months ago
There's more to it than this guy says. English speakers find it amazingly hard to pronounce the Japanese R/L sound, because the phonem does not occur in English. The sound is between an L and an R. This is also the reason why Japanese have issues. The basic R sound seems to be identical to L to them.
m4tt3m50n 2 months ago
are you japanese?
Ir0nF1st924 2 months ago
Enlightening video. I honestly wasn't expecting such an intellectual and informative video on youtube.
magnusra 2 months ago
Wow! This video was amazing! I feel like I learned so much and I have such a better understanding of Japanese language. I am a native English speaker but I have been trying to learn Japanese for several years. I had always wondered about why Japanese have a hard time pronouncing the letter 'r'. Thank you for the outstanding, clear, informative explanation!! I am going to favorite this video!
ic3sk83r 2 months ago
learned somthing new todaay thnks
Imhighandhungry 3 months ago
that was the slowest 4 minutes of my life :P pretty informative but i didnt understand it :P
suupertramp 3 months ago
Very, very interesting!!! I never realized what you said about vowels in Japanese O.O I'll keep this in mind.
Thanks a lot for sharing your videos!!
Genki de ne! :)
amaidayo1 5 months ago
Japanese CAN distinguish the sound difference of English L and R. But, they are not used to pronounce them differently. They will be able to pronounce them properly with practicing. Their old ancestors decided to make it in between because some can't pronounce them. Japanese L is pronounced EL. (エル) and R is pronounced "A-Le", AAl, or AL (アール). Japanese ラリルレロ is pronounced more like La, Li, Lu, Le, Lo. That's why they are not good with rounded R sound
ArturoYamashita 7 months ago
@ArturoYamashita Thats Metal Gear!!!
zerghalo2 4 months ago
Fascinating!
lyric142 7 months ago
Thank you for this very informative video. This changed my approach to learning the Japanese language and the improvement was almost instant.
cyberlord64 7 months ago
I never really though about this. It's actually quite interesting :) thanks
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BryanAsHimself 1 year ago