Comments on: How To Pronounce The Japanese “R” Sound http://www.tofugu.com/2009/12/30/how-to-pronounce-the-japanese-r-sound/ A Japanese Language & Culture Blog Sun, 13 Apr 2014 11:32:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.2 By: izanagi http://www.tofugu.com/2009/12/30/how-to-pronounce-the-japanese-r-sound/comment-page-2/#comment-299594 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 13:57:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=2057#comment-299594 it’s not a “ra” sound. it’s a mix between the ra and la sound. when u make a “ra” sound, u sort of put the top 2 parts of your tongue at the back of your teeth ( try saying it urself, you’ll probably know what i mean) and with “L” sound, you put the tip of your tongue in front of your teeth and sort of bend your tongue so that it’s also touching the top of your mouth. IN JAPANESE you do these 2 things at the same time with ら, り, る, れ, and ろ

]]> By: Eric http://www.tofugu.com/2009/12/30/how-to-pronounce-the-japanese-r-sound/comment-page-2/#comment-156523 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 02:08:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=2057#comment-156523 Actually… My tongue is exactly where he says it needs to be for the English L and D. Maybe your accent is different, or… You seriously just suck at pronouncing your own language.

]]> By: Misty http://www.tofugu.com/2009/12/30/how-to-pronounce-the-japanese-r-sound/comment-page-2/#comment-64809 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 09:19:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=2057#comment-64809 No, not the Lada! Those are terrible.

To say the truth, I didn’t notice the difference between the way I pronounced Japanese “r” before and the way you do it. Which leaves me wondering what’s wrong with my English “r” pronunciation, if you say it’s different.

]]> By: Elizabeth Cloudwalker http://www.tofugu.com/2009/12/30/how-to-pronounce-the-japanese-r-sound/comment-page-2/#comment-56075 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 05:19:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=2057#comment-56075 Shoot me now. I’ll probably never pronounce ri, ra, re, ro, ru the right way.

]]> By: Ghost http://www.tofugu.com/2009/12/30/how-to-pronounce-the-japanese-r-sound/comment-page-2/#comment-55634 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 06:04:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=2057#comment-55634 Well I’ve been learning with other means for a little time now (Can’t afford textfugu sadly) And I thought I was making the R sound right…but you make it sound like a slightly off D that I can’t nail. I get close, but…Now I don’t know…I feel all discouraged =[

]]> By: Darcy http://www.tofugu.com/2009/12/30/how-to-pronounce-the-japanese-r-sound/comment-page-2/#comment-54899 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:28:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=2057#comment-54899 I decided to watch this to see if I was still pronouncing my R’s correctly. I picked up on proper R-sounds really quickly according to my high school Japanese teacher (she was originally from Japan) several years ago.
In the first minute or so of the video I was like “yay, I’m still doing it right.” But after watching the exercises out of curiousity… I feel like I’m now thinking about it too much and it doesn’t come out right anymore :(

(I don’t speak Spanish, but had plenty of exposure to it growing up. As well as an early introduction to subbed anime in elementary school when my brother was taking Japanese classes.)

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