Oh my gosh. I've been trying to do the Hebrew R for days now. In the shower, while I'm doing chores, before bed, lol. It never worked. I tried your first technique and it came out instantly. I'm so happy!! Hahah, thanks for the video!
Nonnie same!! 😄 He videos are super helpful!! 😊 Same though it took longer for me, because I just didn’t noticed that much at first, until this video corrected me!! 😂
Out of all foreign languages, this is probably the hardest sound I've ever tried to pronounce in my life. But thanks to your tutorial I'm getting the hang of it. Thank you
For me, I think the hardest sound I've ever tried to learn is the "ы" in Russian. It's like this weird, deep, guttaral thing that sounds like you're starting to throw up and trying to hold it back. NEVER could get the hang of that stupid letter! lol
@TEHRAY Don't have any experience with Chinese. Korean though, the hardest part for me - at least in what little I've played - was the vowels. Man, half the vowels in Korean all sound the same!
You are AMAZING! It's always bothered me, as a non-native Spanish teacher, to hear my students say, "owh-lah" for "hola"...now I'm trying to speak ivrit to sound like a native. I can't wait for more of your videos!
Rhae Hodges hes a very good teacher for conversational! I’ve been learning biblical and this is so different! But even with the different accents between the two languages he’s helped me with conversational
Genius technique to get where in the throat to make the sounds and to get the body memory of how it feels! Todah! I'm so glad I found you instead of floundering around with how to pronounce this beautiful language with its unique sounds!
I'm soo beyond thrilled that this technique worked for you! It's great to have somewhat of a tangible connection, and sometimes hard to believe that the same sounds (or similar) exist across languages / language families! 🙏
Wow. This is SO helpful! I'm going to Israel in a week and have struggled speaking resh correctly. The starting with chet and adding voice worked for me. Thanks!!
God has truly blessed you with the gift of languages. Thank you for sharing what you've worked hard to learn, wisdom and helping unify the world in understanding 💓
This is really helpful. It's hardest when the ר appears at the end of a word, like נהר. And מקרר is about the hardest situation I've found! Good for practice I guess.
I stumbled across this video by accident and had little intention of even watching it through but it was excellent and thoroughly helpful: thank you so much! I shall be back for more!
To my French brain, the difference between resh and chet was almost impossible to hear. Resh is a lot closer to the vocalized G sound, thank you for making that connection!! It's still really hard to do but now at least I hear it
Chloebadoe I think in some instances a French R can be voiceless (or sound that way) esp after voiceless consonants (Très to me sounds more like טְחֵי) and maybe that's why? Either way I'm glad the G technique worked!
Linguistix Pronunciation I can't think of any French use of vocalized R, at least not in QC or Parisian! English vocal R has kind of a lame foreign quality 😅 but I finally understand why my israeli friends told me to use it!
Definitely giving you a shout out in my next video. I'm learning Hebrew to read the bible and am doing an art project to go along with my study. Nothing too serious, but it's like iconography stuff, meant for me to practice and have fun. I'm doing gimel and dalet and trying to record myself saying derech and it's taken me a week for just one word! This series of videos is amazing! Toda Rabbi!
Because of your video, I've improved my resh in just a couple weeks! Thank you so much! You helped me to pick up on this new sound so fast. The "start with G" tip made it click for me.
Wow! This is BY FAR the best advice/two-step approach. Thank you. On a more funny tangent, you mentioned '... that fleshy thing that hangs down in the back of your throat.' I was just minding my own business strolling down my neighborhood street when I randomly noticed a long chain extending from the roof to the ground of my neighbor's house. The chain was guiding the rain water from the open end of a roof gutter. The water exited the gutter and flowed down the chain, guiding it into a catch basin on the ground... then emptying the water away from the house. Could the 'fleshy thing' have a similar purpose, guiding any post nasal drip to a more localized concentrated spot down your throat for efficient drainage? I'm either a whack-nut with too much time on my hands, or I'm a absolute genius deserving a Nobel prize in medicine (though I don't know anything about medical stuff). I prefer the latter. Just having fun...
the only sound I still can't pronounce..my first language is Russian.. since I turned 3 I could pronounce Russian R normally. All my life I knew that there's only one normal beautiful R. (English R is easy too but it's different) But that sound R in Hebrew it's like something we all were told to avoid in Russian 😟it's even not a French R which I can pronounce from time to time. my problem is - I pronounce Russian R too professionally..😅😅
You can pronounce the russian R. This R is the mizrahi, sephardic and biblical pronounce. The people will understand you. And is much more beautiful than modern israeli ר
Не пытайся исказить рейш ,. Буква рейш должна произносится точно так же как и в русском , в библейские времена и вообще на всех семттских языках она твердая , просто гребаные ашкеназы из Германии которые говорили на идише исказили звук так что не следуй тенденции и произноси рейш правильно
@@davidsoliev this is not true. There are a lot of mizrahi who also pronounce the Resh like german/french R. In some dialects of Aramaic, the resh is also pronounced that way. You don't need to be disrespectful and xenophobic.
Fun to watch, awesome series. Super duper helpful. With your help I someday hope to say my boyfriends name, Tomer, without completely butchering it. Keep em coming!
Thank you so much for the tips! As a native Italian speaker (Spanish R) I'm struggling a lot to master the Resh sound. Sometimes I pronounce it too hard and it sounds like Chet. This video helped a lot!
This was helpful! I will practice both methods and see how it goes. I have often been confused with being French when I speak Hebrew and now I know why. By the way, the English translation at the bottom of the screen is very detracting as they get most of the words wrong. If the translation can be fixed or removed it will enhance the viewing experience. Continued Success.
Wow I really love your teaching technique. It really works. One of the hardest words for me is beseder. I am American and I come off with a really hard R every time. When I hear a Hebrew speaker speak it, it sounds like besedel. Is this just my ears deceiving me I wonder. Thank you ever so much.
The man's face and expression killed me when he did it inna french accent hilarious😂, you deserve the likes Efficient explanation, practicqlly useful and funnyyyyyyy
It would be helpful if the speakers emphasised where in the mouth the sounds come from and maybe to make a few more repetitions of the basic sounds. The videos are very helpful.
I'm so glad, I didn't have to learn that sound. I've always tried to teach my Russian friend our "r" sound which sounds almost or maybe even exactly like the Hebrew "r" sound using your first technique and I've never succeeded, she just couldn't do it, so that's how I know it must be pretty hard to master.
Holy shit man, this is extremely helpful. I've been living in Israel for 11 years now and always struggled with ר. Now it makes way more sense when you put it in the relation with כ. Thank you bro.
Thanks so much! Watched your video twice and finally got this! I was struggling and rolling resh like a Spanish r. In google translator it even sounded like an English w to me.
You are a genius! thank you so much for sharing your techniques! I was fighting for years with the the resh sound, finally, I think it becomes quite decent. 😃 (Ps. I am not native English speaker... )
Reuven, I've missed you! Why did I just get this sent to me today?? Well, this was genuinely awesome. I speak French (as does my daughter) and they think I'm French when I speak Ivrit in Israel (same for my dtr when she first moved there). The resh is by far the hardest thing to do. This will really help.
What a great way to teach it. I've been trying to make the noise by myself and I sound like a wookie. I get frustrated when I start sounding french and my tongue stops working. Now I know how to set up my mouth ;-}>
I am glad to know I wasn't the only one substituting the Russian "r" since I am more fluent in Russian than Hebrew. This video really helped me though with the pronunciation and hopefully I am a bit closer
Embarrassed to say I made Aliya three years ago--my Hebrew is so bad that the pizza delivery guy switches to English. I'm in Ulpan Gordon, but am not sure I've made it into kita bet... yet. (In my defense, I didn't know the letters when I first arrived.) So this is me trying. You make it much, much more doable. Thank you. Thank you! THANK YOU!
Oh I'm so glad to hear! And you're definitely not alone. Hebrew can be extremely dense and tricky and that's before you bring in pronunciation 🤣 Keep pushing (or simplifying) and I'm sure you'll get that pizza guy to keep it in Hebrew every now and again!
I absolutely loved the explanation of the pairing between ח and ר! I picked it up almost instantly. I was familiar with the chet sound from German, and kept trying to use a weird German/French r sound...It was bad. Now, I'm just struggling not voicing the Resh, but most of the time I'm fine. Only some sound groupings are throwing me off now. Thanks!
"ר" is the exact same sound as the French "r". In French, "r" is pronounce "ח" when preceded by an unvoiced consonant, and "ר" otherwise just like Hebrew. It's not really a language thing, it's just how the human palate is designed.
I sat on my bed for 1 and a half hours nonstop practicing םקרר because the two resh consecutively following each other was so weird and even dried my mouth out, making it harder to pronounce. I've been reflecting on how I pronounce it each time, and now I'm nailing it and not blowing out as much air each time. I think if someone else is experiencing this particular problem, try more clearly pronouncing the vowel that's between the two resh. Also try to put your tongue more up and forward a tiny bit when you're transitioning from the resh to vowel and to the the next resh. Well, maybe you're tongue position is different than mine where you may be messing up. Just try keeping attention to your tongue positions at all times and noticing where it needs correction, then give more focus at that point.
Hahaha! This is great! Thank you! I could not for t life of me figure out how to make this sound. Now I may choke on my tongue trying to do it but at least I understand the concept! 😂
It helps for me to think of it as a French 'r'. Maybe other French speakers will find that useful It's kind of a French 'r' with a little more roll to it. But not too much or it'll sound like chaf
Still love referencing your videos, and my husband is watching them now too. As I've progressed, I've found one thing really hard!! Any advice for voicing a resh and a chet together, like in far-- רחוק
Very nice commentary on resh. I am non Jewish English-speaking, but have been totally enamored with learning the Hebrew language. I am not a fast learner at anything, but I keep trying to learn Hebrew. Studying mostly Biblical Hebrew. I find resh very difficult to pick up when listening to Hebrew speaking. I find it sounds somewhere between an English R and L. I've been working on the resh sound. If I really understand it, I find placement of the tip of the tongue is important in pronouncement of resh. I find R sound has your tongue floating under your palette and L has your tongue touching the back of your front teeth. Is it correct to say the with resh sound, your tongue presses the little divot between your hard and soft pallet. Is that correct?
Great to hear one works better for you! I agree the Gimel trick is actually a little easier to access. PLUS that technique will help more with final Resh sounds and Resh between vowels, since what we need there is a softer, less scrapy sound 😀
I'm from Argentina and the Spanish is my native language. So, it was very difficult for me because the R Spanish is more in the tongue. Thanks for this help.
The Rs are definitely different in Spanish and Hebrew but there are more and more Spanish speakers in Israel and you hear a lot of the 'flipped' or 'rolled' Rs instead of what we review in the video. I'm glad it helped you! Suerte, capo!
I'm here in 2024 lol, I speak Hebrew in my home but I can't pronounce "resh" or "R" and it's so frustrating. Every time I speak I notice that I say R like W and resh like ch
I have such a strong American accent when I speak Hebrew and my friends always laugh at it thanks for the video and helping me make my accent a little less strong
Hey Bobby! Does natural = native? Either way, mouth shapes do vary and while this technique aims to help those who have little to no idea as to how this sound is produced, the two sounds as a voiced and voiceless pair do work for [let's call it] near-native fluency, which for many watching this video would be a significant improvement. It doesn't even mean that the shape of your mouth needs to be identical (I don't think I made that claim in the video) but the manner and placement should be similar. I appreciate the comment!
I was just thinking it sounds like between a g and a guttural ch, so this confirms it, now I have to commit and do it without self consciousness! Thanks!
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