Looking for the best substition for pronouncing "P"
ok this is my last post about rolling Russian "P", today i decided to give up, the statement "everyone is capable of rolling R with tongue tip" is equivalent to "Everyone is capable of being the president of a country", possible but extremely difficult.
The followings are what I am about to substitue "P" with, I need some opinions from NATIVE Russians, please let me know which substitution sounds the best(or the least bad) to you native Russians.
1. English "R"
2. German throat rolling "Rrrr", or single throat vibrating "R"
3. French "R"
4. Chinese or Japanese "L"
what do you think? your anwers will be greatly appreciated.
Re: Looking for the best substition for pronouncing "P&
Are you assuming that all Russians know sound of Chinese L by heart? :lol:
Make a recording and we will choose!
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Originally Posted by MikeM
Are you assuming that all Russians know sound of Chinese L by heart? :lol:
Make a recording and we will choose!
ok, I just make this up: if the Russians say "p-rrrrr-ah"
then the Chinese would say "p-l-ah"
Re: Looking for the best substition for pronouncing "P&
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Originally Posted by awjln
ok this is my last post about rolling Russian "P", today i decided to give up, the statement "everyone is capable of rolling R with tongue tip" is equivalent to "Everyone is capable of being the president of a country", possible but extremely difficult.
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1. English "R"
2. German throat rolling "Rrrr", or single throat vibrating "R"
3. French "R"
4. Chinese or Japanese "L"
what do you think? your anwers will be greatly appreciated.
Not everyone is capable of doing rolling them and sometimes you may need a lot of practice and time.
1. forget about this one, or maybe the Irish one.
2. there's a rolling one?
3. no, but in the south of France they kinda roll them.
4. not this on either
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Originally Posted by awjln
I need some opinions from NATIVE Russians, please let me know which substitution sounds the best(or the least bad) to you native Russians.
1. English "R"
The best is the sound of English tt in gotta. It sounds to russians like "гара".
Re: Looking for the best substition for pronouncing "P&
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ok this is my last post about rolling Russian "P", today i decided to give up, the statement "everyone is capable of rolling R with tongue tip" is equivalent to "Everyone is capable of being the president of a country", possible but extremely difficult.
The problem here is the premise. Russian consonants are generally NOT pronounced with the tip of the tongue, especially the flipped R. As usual, I recommend you buy a copy of "Pronounce It Perfectly In Russian". It's dirt cheap at $14 for book and cassette.
There's also some good beginner pointers in this thread:
http://masterrussian.net/mforum/viewtopic.php?t=5831
Re: Looking for the best substition for pronouncing "P&
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Originally Posted by awjln
The followings are what I am about to substitue "P" with, I need some opinions from NATIVE Russians, please let me know which substitution sounds the best(or the least bad) to you native Russians.
In the movie "Brave Heart", these Scottish guys say "R" exactly in Rrrrrrrrrrussian way!
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Originally Posted by awjln
I need some opinions from NATIVE Russians, please let me know which substitution sounds the best(or the least bad) to you native Russians.
1. English "R"
The best is the sound of English tt in gotta. It sounds to russians like "гара".
That's if an American says it. If I say it is Готта or Го-а if I'm lazy.
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Originally Posted by JJ
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Originally Posted by awjln
I need some opinions from NATIVE Russians, please let me know which substitution sounds the best(or the least bad) to you native Russians.
1. English "R"
The best is the sound of English tt in gotta. It sounds to russians like "гара".
That's if an American says it. If I say it is Готта or Го-а if I'm lazy.
This can actually even go as годда. I never really had a problem with "Р" -- but I had a few years of Spanish prior to Russian, and I'm sure that helped, since you roll them in that language, too. So if all else fails, try to come up with an Espanol pronunciation tape. :roll: