How to Pronounce the Letter R in French? 

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him: grrrrr me: guuuuuuhhhh

My favorite type of R is the silent r 😂

Ok... so my throat hurts now. But this was the best explanation I've found!!! Makes so much more sense now.

While practicing, my wife thought she heard a cat vomiting. 🤣

him: "r" me: *chokes

I tried this but my phlegm is coming out

Note to self: don’t practice this in public

got a sore throat after this

Good for practice and thanks for the lesson, but gotta point out that it's not a vibration of the throat or the chest that produces this sound, but that of just the uvula (back of the mouth). So you need to constrict the back of the mouth by bringing the tongue closer to the uvula and then gently pass air to make the uvula vibrate. You don't need too much air. It's not aggressive at all. This explains all the comments about the sore throat or hoarse voice after practicing this. Once you know where the back of the tongue should be positioned to make the sound (you can make the ga sound to notice how to push back the tongue) and then try slightly different positioning of the tongue until you get the clean French R sound. What helped me was listening to Edith Piaf and trying to imitate her R sound. Eventually I was able to do it. Also, you should know that there are several different Rs based on the placement of the R in the word and this youtube video is excellent for practicing all those kinds of R. My only criticism is regarding the method of production of the sound which is linguistically incorrect.

Oh my goodness!!! You delivered so many different ways to help us! You are WONDERFUL! And to all of us practicing - good job! But don't over-do it. Remember: since we've never spoken French before, we've never had to make these sounds our use these muscles. So, it's like going to the GYM for the first time - for your mouth and throat! We'll be sore for a while, but then, we'll be so strong with our French pronunciation! That's why people have accents. Their mouths aren't used to making certain sounds, so they just make the sounds they are used to. All it takes is practice until it feels natural to your muscles... Muscle memory! Bonne a chance a tous!!! 💗 Merci encore

I got motivated to learn french , few days ago. But after seeing the pronunciation, am thinking to leave. But the only thing that stops me to leave learning french is that I will have to learn this as it can create my career. A problem of some days can you a better life. I will suggest them , who are thinking to leave learning french , don't stop guys . Tell yourself that you can do anything. Good luck ,!

What an amazing class! This guy is great! Thank you very much for this video it helped me a lot!

This is a sound a dog would make when he needs to show he is angry 😂😂😂

*' Rater- to fail '* How appropriate...

I find it easier to do when it starts with there's a letter like 'c' or 'g' before the 'r' sound. For example, "crier" is a lot easier for me to say than "droite" or "bras".

Scrolling through comments after trying so hard pronouncing R made my day

i wanna be like a perfect person😦

I was struggling to pronounce "R" Even laughing to myself 😂😂

him: BRRRa(s) me: Bruh

The French R pronunciation is similar to our R pronunciation (Sarawakian Malay). That is why I don't have much problem trying to pronounce the letter when I learn French.

Something that I'm doing (I'm not sure if its right but I think is helping) is placing the tip of my tongue at the base of my lower teeth or a little lower

I did this for 20 mins and my throat is hurting now. French is a beautiful but hard to learn .. Just have to practice everyday :) Ty for the tutorial

Thank you so much. Now i can pronounce french “R” a little bit, but still struggling to say “Droite”

Thanks for the lesson, at the beginning I had no idea how to pronounce the letter. Now I can read how it sounds in a word

I am not learning french, but yesterday when I went sleeping I somehow pronounced this R and now I am watching videos on how to trill, cause I can't do it anymore.

Damn! Spanish and italian is easier to learn, i sound like choking cat

Practicing while reading comments has me dying cause so true😂

The letter R in French is pronounced not exactly at the back of the throat, but at the uvula. There are two ways of doing it: the uvular fricative (ʁ) and the trill (ʀ).

Can i skip all the r sound while talking in french? 😂😂

Excellent and effective video ... I’ve been practicing your method and it’s beginning to work! Thanks 😊

Merci beaucoup! Votre vidéo m'a aidé beaucoup!

to anyone who's struggling, the letter "h" can be compared to the French R because it has the same air in the mouth, i also recommend putting your tongue behind your bottom front teeth. i also saw the guy in the vid do that too so i hope that helps! with practice it eventually becomes less hard

IT ALL SOUNDS LIKE "K" ANG "G" TO ME. THIS IS SO HARDAF BUT YOU DID GREAT!

Note to self - Be ready for a sore throat , humiliation in public and enmity for French !!! 😂😂😝

when he said “bRahH” i felt that

Just wanna say something : we don't always pronounce r like "rrrrrr", sometimes you almost don't hear the sound

Thanks so much, best on RU-vid

I found that it's a lot easier to pronounce if you take a breath before and force the air through your throat with your diaphragm and stomach muscles when you're saying the R.

Most helpful video I’ve watched

Thank you so much for this video!

Wow. I actually knew how to do this all along because I also use this guttural R when I’m speaking Portuguese

s’il vous plait c’est quoi la différence entre; en/an/on et in/un/ain ...

bruh how does he do that im sitting here sounded like a mfing alien in my bedroom rn istg

Great class - still a super tough part to learn 🤦‍♀️

I actually tried gargling with water and it helps to approximate the grr sound

BEAUTIFUL TEACHING

Merci beaucoup sir, you teach French awesome👌

it seems difficult i hope it will be easy with the time thank you good work

I am definitely working my thoart muscle. Thanks for the info. Your R lesson was just perfect!

Its in uvula. Not in the throat.

This is the second time taking this lesson. So helpful!

jesus christ whenever i watch a lesson for learning how to say r, it is more like a comedy clip hahah

This is the best tutorial I've seen. Merci beaucoup...

Ty i really appreciate the lesson

Gosh French is so hard 😔

I am a native Spanish speaker but I also speak English pretty well so trying to do the GRRRRR thing is impossible because I either roll my R like in Spanish or I miss pronounce it and sound super English. :(

Helpful enough 👍

Finally, your clip made google translate understand what I try to speak. (I use google translate checking my pronunciation) Merci beaucoup!

Merci!

my friend is Arab and they have one word sound exactly the same ! I learned "r" from her and I gotta say it's hard :( no tongue movement no mouth move it just comes naturally ugh really hard

Tres majestueuse et splendide lecon sur cette importante theme de la magnifique langue francaise et tres belle grammaire francaise, magnificent and wonderful lecon and video on the theme of the french letter R in french

We love lessons from Pierre!

Excellent..well explained..was waiting for such a video ..thankuou do much ..

Me: Grrr Gaaah Grrrate My mom: >_>

In czech is french R mistake in right speaking... so I have a problem with it 🙉🤨 but I'm still trying 😬

Merci beaucoup!!

Try to pronounce it like a mixture of the sounds of the letter k, h, and r. When you say robe for example, say /hgkrobb/

Best video I have ever seen.... Merci beaucoup !

This guy is too cute for me to be getting a lesson. I can’t concentrate lol

j'adore tes cours! Merci beaucoup.

The way of teaching is excellent 👍

Could you, please, clarify the difference between "rue" and "roue"? Thanks and cheers!

You'll have no problem with this if u know european portuguese xdd

💐Thank you very much

now I have sore throat thank you

French R is so much easier to pronounce than the spanish thrilled R. As an Asian, find it difficult to learn the thrilled R

This really helped. Many thanks!

This is very helpful. thank you!

I can make the gargling sound but i cant pronounce the r sound tho:( can u upload a more detailed video, or a slow-motion video for the r sound? Thanks

at least google translate can understand me now

the first word used to practice R is “to fail”😂

No matter how I try, I just can't get it done. I've watched hundreds of videos.

Omfg I laughed so hard when he started daginf Grrr

Yoh, im coughing a lot since I've learned the Ère sound. I will have a sore throat till I master this hahahaha ;v; Thank you guys, it was Très helpful

I shouldn't have read the comments before watching the video, now every time he pronounces the R sound I'm thinking of the cat's chocking sound

Thank u so much. Now my French 'r' are so much better now :-D

Omgsh the struggle is real pronouncing r’s in French!!! 🥺 Edit: this was super helpful!!!

Thank you

This really helped ❤️

1pm _: trying to pronounce the r word_ gurrrrrerrrerrr ... Sis- hey!!.. You okay...need water? Me- yes please.🤮

very useful video

Calendar with a "K" Kalendar. Thanks for the detailed explanation.

Majority languages: "R" Oh okay let's pronounce it like r. French: We'll try something new👻

this is so funny to watch :D anyway thank you a lot for the lesson

Is there a little tongue roll at the beginning and then ending with throat vibration???

I’m getting an actual headache from the R pronounced. Thank you for showing me French is not for me. Nope.

I follow right after you, sir😁. It's tough though.

He wrote " R as im = instead of: R as in " on the board

I can finaly make the sound I watched this at 3am and I had nightmares of being in France. My Brother said you don't remember things when you are bored, so when I have nightmares I quickly remember things cause I had nightmares about it. I have no much trouble pronouncing the french R now Thank you/Merci Also you can't pronounce the French R if you have something stuck in your throat