German pronunciation of "r" part 1/2

Due to a youtube user request...my poor tries to explain the german pronunciation of letter "r" part 1/2

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[ElvenStone]

I've actually just learned how to correctly pronounce the first type of r you described, and I can't believe I can do such a distinct sound in that place of the throat! It feels strange, but I'm practicing and I actually got it, just need to get more used to it and make it come naturally afterwards :D Very cool, Thanks a lot!!!

[avredetaje]

@ElvenStone

immer gerne doch^^

[owlsgohoot]

wow. very interesting. i hear the differences. how do you know which one to use when reading? or it just knowing the language?

[avredetaje]

@owlsgohoot well as native speaker you're off course not thinking about what kind of "r" you're applying when reading etc ;)

as someone who's learning the language it ought to be similar after a while...otherwise it would sound peculiar when reading and thinking about the right pronunciation hehe

[althganur]

arabic u forgot to mention arabic^^

[avredetaje]

@althganur well I don't know every language hehe...arabic does have some sounds I cannot really reproduce ...I tried to learn some arabic some years ago...but at first glance it was too hard for me^^

[Niklo74]

The throat "r" is nice explained but one thing I have to mention. It is not really necessarry to speak the throat "r" in German. In some parts of Germany, Austria or Swiss the "r" is mainly spoken "alveolar" rolled with the tip of the tongue. The "r" pronounciation in the German language depends very much on the area.

[Ramen258]

I just had my second college German class today and we were reviewing the alphabet... the teacher tried to explain the German "R" to us, and just said "you'll get it eventually." So I youtubed it. Your video was excrutiatingly helpful (and I mean this in the BEST way possible!)

[leomatrix2009]

That's funny... most German I've come to know or singers (like Christina Sturmer and Juliane Werding) I guess they must speak that alveolar thrilled R.. but I just can't notice it.... to me they're saying it like the French R (trâumer, drei, fru.....).

[rembpilot172]

1:58, wow, wahrrrrGrrheit!!

[msimu]

Thank u very much!, other people would have said that if u are not german u cant do it. After 3 years of German classes I am starting 2 do it correctly :) , your video helped me a lot!

[SaschaHeylik]

@avredetaje

Du übertreibst es etwas mit dem "R". Du solltest sagen dass man es normalerweise nicht SO sehr betont.

[utubesqueeze]

@avredetaje Good video - at least in terms of demonstration! You have a nice clean pure German 'r'.

I'd just like to give a tip to new speakers: there is a strong link between the back/hard 'ch' and German rolled 'r'. The 'r' is basically a *voiced* back 'ch'. You can practice a word like 'acha' very slowly and then crane your neck back a little and force your vocal chords to vibrate at the 'ch' instead of switching off completely. If it feels a bit like gargling, you're doing it right!

[rembpilot172]

WOW!!! i really love that sound!, it's really difficult, i'm spanish speaker, trying to learn the bribrating R- danke!

[sdjnwhyNZ]

I can sound the "R" individually, but when I read it in a word like "Brot", I can't vibrate at all... Woo~~~!! T.T

[Xotoxic]

I cannot get to vibrate the r :(((((