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The letter R can have so many different pronunciations in various European languages.
In English the R sound is quite a bit different then practically every other European language. Although there a different ways to roll the R.
I'm from Canada and I'm a native English speaker but I can speak quite a bit of German and in German French and Dutch the R is known as the guttural R.
Although in Spanish Italian and Russian the R or as in Russian the P has a more rolled sound from the front of throat rather than the back of the throat like the Guttural R is in German Dutch and French.
I can pronounced guttural R perfectly fine but the letter R sound in Spanish and Italian I just can't do.
The letter R can have so many different pronunciations in various European languages.
In English the R sound is quite a bit different then practically every other European language. Although there a different ways to roll the R.
I'm from Canada and I'm a native English speaker but I can speak quite a bit of German and in German French and Dutch the R is known as the guttural R.
Although in Spanish Italian and Russian the R or as in Russian the P has a more rolled sound from the front of throat rather than the back of the throat like the Guttural R is in German Dutch and French.
I can pronounced guttural R perfectly fine but the letter R sound in Spanish and Italian I just can't do.
Can you do the Massachusetts R, as in: I pahk my cah in Haavad square?
The letter R can have so many different pronunciations in various European languages.
In English the R sound is quite a bit different then practically every other European language. Although there a different ways to roll the R.
I'm from Canada and I'm a native English speaker but I can speak quite a bit of German and in German French and Dutch the R is known as the guttural R.
Although in Spanish Italian and Russian the R or as in Russian the P has a more rolled sound from the front of throat rather than the back of the throat like the Guttural R is in German Dutch and French.
I can pronounced guttural R perfectly fine but the letter R sound in Spanish and Italian I just can't do.
Now I'm at the cellphone, so i can't give you a long answer.
Anyway I just wanted to say that also for some native speakers the R is difficult to say. It is called "R moscia" and In here it is one of the most common pronunciation defects. When I will be at the computer I will look for a video with someone who speaks in that way as an example.
I would also like to add that for some of us the mispronunciation of our language by foreigners could be annoying (considering how good we are at foreign languages I find it quite stupid), but usually we can understand you. In particular in the case of "R" it is difficult to misunderstand what the other is saying, also if he is using a different "R" sound. For me it is more challenging to understand someone who can't say double letters or that stresses the words on the wrong syllables for example.
We're as screwed with your English R as you are with our Spanish R.
Regardless, the way English speakers pronounce some of our sounds is pretty cute, me thinks.
Conversely, german "R" is very easy for me, it's just like in French, mostly, at least, to my ears.
IMO the pronunciation of the R varies greatly by region. Some Austrian and German dialects roll it, some don't. I can't roll it, but some Bavarians and people from the Innviertel do.
Albananians and Venetians are those who most roll the R
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