Practicing the Spanish r: multiple vibrant /r̄/. Part 2

The /r̄/ (multiple vibrant “r”) is one of the sounds that presents the most difficulty for many Spanish students.

In our previous post, we showed you the manner of articulation of this sound: multiple vibrante /r̄/. This time, we practice it again with another tongue-twister: El perro de san Roque.

For French-speaking students, the problem is that the French “r” is guttural (pronounced in the back of the throat), while the Spanish “r” is an alveolar and multiple vibrant sound (the tip of the tongue has to touch the alveolar part of the palate and vibrate strongly).

We encourage you to watch this video, Practice the Spanish /r̄/ with tongue-twisters. Part 2, where Françoise and Guillaume practice this phoneme again, and try it with them. The text of the tongue-twister is: El perro de san Roque no tiene rabo porque Ramón Ramírez se lo ha cortado.

And if you want to access some information about the history of the saint who inspired this famous tongue-twister, click here.

If you found it useful or want to make any suggestions for practicing other aspects of Spanish phonetics, leave us your comment.

Thank you very much!