Thread: Soft "Р" vs hard "Р"

Originally Posted by Throbert McGee

Ехал Грека через реку;
Видит Грека в реке рак.
Сунул Грека руку в реку ;
Рак за руку Греку "цап"!

with soft "Р", do I roll it once or give it a minor trill?

I don't know what rolled r means. Soft r is a flap like Spanish r in "caro", so the front part (not the tip!) of the toungue touches alveolars once. It is rarelly trilled.