How to roll your R's - Exercises that work! 

FULL How To Roll Your R's course - realrussianclub.com/how-to-roll-your-r/

I am sitting here trying unsuccessfully to roll rrrs, and my cat comes over to me and purrs loudly. Show off.

I think I just made every noise on the planet except for a rolled r

Man I think my tongue is disabled.

*tries this exercise for 30 minutes *tries to roll 'R' *French 'R' comes out **quits*

Spanish teacher: ok say carro Me:takes out q-tips

I want to point out that I look like a mental patient with my finger in my mouth, sitting in a dorm study room at 3-AM going “dledeledeledele”

Everyone here during quarantine trying to learn this 😂

Ok, I'm 22 years old, my native language has rolling Rs, I've never been able to do more than a bit of a roll as a part of the 'tr' or 'dr' sound. Using a finger for this exercise was kinda awkward, so I grabbed a Q-tip, did it for a bit with a Q-tip and then without it and OH MY GOD. It's still pretty sloppy, but I'm actually able to (kinda) roll it after doing this once! Hopefully if I practice it regularly I can perfect it, thank you so much!

I accidentally swallowed the q-tip and now i speak fluent danish....

My dad walked into the room and I switched to porn because it's easier to explain.

I watched countless videos, lost my hearts thousands of times...until I found this video......It works!!!!!!!!!!

wow the Q tip actually worked for me, i was pushing it like how u described, and i was like ouch thats painful, a minute later, i am trilling!!!! thank you i have been trying to trill the R for years !!!

MISSING TECHNIQUE: This did it for me instantly after months trying: Lie in bed and tilt your head completely back. This makes your tongue rest against the roof of your mouth. Much easier to get the tongue into position while leaving it relaxed.

This totally works! I spent 30 years not being able to do the "rr." I speak Spanish very well and wanted to be able to speak it correctly. I watched so many videos, read tips, instructions, etc. and nothing helped. I found this video and ended up buying the full course. After a month of doing the exercises and stretches, I woke up one morning and could do it! It's been a year and a half now :)

I looked like I was having a seizure when doing this😂😂😂😂😂

God, after years, and I mean years of not being able to do it, even as a Russian born and raised in Pskov, I could not do it - I was bullied and took speech therapy for years but still nothing, ig something changed because after using this video for literally about a month I finally got it - I finally feel... «normal» but do not feel like me, even if you are from a place where its used, do not feel like you're bad - you are always beautiful just the way you are

I did the tongue stretching exercises and I just rolled the perfect r just after I did it, but it literally worked once and now I can't do it again! ☹️ Update: Keep practicing and keep doing the tongue-stretching exercise every day! Keep saying "Prince of Prussia" a few times, keeps adding a letter "D" after the "P's" (so you say "Pdrince Of Pdruussia" - this helps you identify where your tongue needs to be. Everytime you get the chance to practice try and Roll the R instead of just saying "r" in words (like if you're reading something to yourself, whenever there's an R-word use it as a chance to practice), listen to Russian people talk and try to pronounce things like they do (sounds daft but honestly that's helping me so much), learn Russian too (interestingly, I actually roll my R's better when I speak Russian somehow), try and add a silent "D" in words when you're gonna roll yours R's (example, say "D-Russia", the tongue will be in the right place and it helps when you pronounce the R) and above all, keep practicing. Honestly, I can pretty much do it now, but it doesn't quite sound as strong or pronounced as I want it to yet, but the fact I can even trill the R'S with my tongue instead of it coming from my throat like a French R is in itself progress for me, because before I had absolutely no chance! Those are all little tips that are helping me, so thought I'd share incase they help others too. Thank you so much for uploading this! You've helped me immeasurably, and I'm thankful to all Russian people in the videos I've seen of them trilling R's because listening to them has helped me (The Russian way seems to work best for me). 😎

i give up, i will forever sound like a foreigner despite being born here

Her: “Nobody expects a six pack after one day at the gym.” Me: Turns car around and goes back home.

This method works. Within hours I was apply to roll my tongue...not fluently but it worked! Practice makes perfect!

1950's: "In 21st century we will have flying cars." 2016: How to roll your R's with a q-tip.

POV: *You're looking at the comments just to make sure you aren't the only one who can't do it* 3:12 *me doing this* My sister sitting across from me while I have my headphones on: Wtf

I am a native English speaking speech-language pathologist and this is the first method that I have found that has worked for me! I am now able to produce the rolled r in isolation! Thank you!

I'm just learning so I can okurrr like cardi b lmao

I only watched the first few minutes and FINALLY figured out how to do it. You simply just have to place you tongue further back in your mouth! And then say the words with the double R.

I'm a spanish native speaker and i have never been able to roll r. You can imagine how hard it has been for me to grow up like this. I just gave up and move to France, no need for that stupid r sound here

She:rrrrrrrrrrrrr Me:left the group

Might be easier to learn Quantum Physics

She had me looking like an idiot with a Q-tip in my mouth making dah noises …my sister asked what was wrong with me

Guess who got out of there bed to get a que tip

I don't know how I ended up here. But as a native speaker of a language that uses heavily rolled Rs, I'll add this. Rolling R sound takes more air than other sounds. The air makes the tongue move, not the muscles. The tongue itself should be quite relaxed so the air can make it move. Using more air may help you make the sound at first; then, you can figure out how to control it better with less air once you get the feel for it.

I didn't try the Q-tip trick (can't get up to get a q-tip; the dog's in my lap) but I did the tongue exercises and wow! What a difference! I wish I'd known "long and relaxed" was the key 40 years ago when I was struggling in high school Spanish. I'm confident that with some practice, I'll be able to do it without even thinking about it. Many thanks for posting the video!

Im an arab and as you know arabs are master r rollers but i really regret learning it from childhood because im trying my best to practice my english accent and my insane r rolling really made it much harder for me

Me: *attempts to do R-Trill* Also me: *sounds like a strangled cat*

I am on the verge of tears in frustration. I've been trying to roll my r's for unironically 2 years and have never came close

As a Hispanic person who doesn’t pronounce Spanish too well because of trilled R’s, this has been the most helpful video for me. Thank you.

Love the accent. When she said "Q-Tip", I first thought she called it a " Cutie". That was cute :)

Instructions were unclear i swallowed the qtip and now I speak fluent danish

Thank you, I'm getting closer to doing it! This video has taught me more than all of the Trill/Spanish RR's put together. (I am learning Spanish and I am stuck)

Thank you for this. I was given an Icelandic/Old Norse name, but I've never been able to roll the final "r," and even got poked at for it when I was a kid. I eventually started telling people my name was just Leif. I'm 30 now and finally decided maybe I can learn it with some help. I will try these exercises. They must work, because even from just trying to stretch my tongue, it definitely hurts. I must have a very lazy tongue. 😜

I’m Spanish so it should come to me easily but I am having to much trouble with it and I have practiced for about 2 years

My mom walked in and she thought I was deep throating my finger

It's so cool that you just focus on the Alphabet, Vocabulary and Grammar. You are an amazing instructor. You make learning Russian a fun and exciting adventure.

Thank you SOOOO much! This was the first video that really helped me. I’ve been trying to roll my Rs for 30 years and I’m now just being able to say words correctly for the first time ever.

I can only do it for like half a second... how to do you maintain it?

I look like such an idiot right now while trying this hahaha

omg thank you so much! I'm from China and it works!!! so happy

You're amazing! I've tried so many times before and I was on the verge of accepting defeat but..Today I learned how in exactly 2 minutes!!

I gave up on spanish years ago because of this. Now its in russian too. Keep at it.

I’ve been dealing with this problem since i was a kid, now i’m 23, even that i’m not from english spoken country, and i’ve been bullied a lot that i can’t even pronounce rolling R correctly. Well i might be trying this method then

Genius! Never been able to roll my Rs in my life, and just 5 mins into your video I've been able to do short phrases... can't wait to see where practicing gets me

I’m just tryna learn so I can say “ okurrrr

Hi, just wanna leave this comment telling you that this method worked for me. Thanh you so much for this, I've struggled so much to pronouce R and now I can do it thank to this video. Thank you so much.

Came for the R's and fell in love with the accent.

That single first exercise has helped my rolling so much better. Thanks so much.

I've bought your full tutorial, it's amazing, thank you!!! I can do it now! I've been trying for so long and finally understood what was wrong! Thank you!!!

Any fellow Americans having a hard time with this:(

The way I tell people to do it is to say "better day." Then change that to "vetter day." Say that repeatedly to get the basic feeling of saying green in Spanish, which is verde. I'm not saying this is the only method, but I think it can supplement the other techniques.

The stretching and then relaxing exercises for the tongue at 3:00 are very helpful (especially the third one for relaxing the tongue). The other techniques did not help me, but might help others. Thanks for posting this!

I learned it when I was a kid-inadvertently. I found I could roll it when imitating a dog's bark. In hindsight, I concluded that it was the fact that I did not focus on my tongue but rather the strong gush of air coming out that I was successful. Many people make the mistake of giving too much thought to the tongue, which creates tension and the false impression that it takes a lot of effort to do it. In fact, it isn't.

i hate that whenever i create the sound i am overly excited and focus so hard i cant produce it again ugghhh getting a little bit frustrated

I’m only here to learn to say okurrrr😫

Thank you for you honesty in this video. Many videos tell me that I can learn in a day or even five minutes. I was discouraged until watching this. :)

Omg! by within the first few minutes of watching your video I was able to roll my r's, something I've been always fascinated by, but was not at all able to do! Thank you ever so much ☺❤❤

I finally learned it after 20 years of trying

At first I thought a tutorial video was a good idea but now I’m laying in bed and I can’t help but feel how pathetic I am that I need to know how to do this for no apparent reason..

I am starting feeling the tip of my tongue vibrating, for the first time. With the Q-tip. It helps to understand how to pronounce the sound. Thank you.

Thank you, the q tip method is the only thing that actually worked for me! Very well explained!

DRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR My parents: what a wannabe helicopter

Every time I think I'm even close I hear you make the actual sound and realize just how far away I am from mastering it

as a russian thank you so much I couldn't roll my tongue for ages until you came along (I'm 50% russian and my grandmother is from cork)

Amazing! I learn to use the Q-tip from my boyfriend and then I searched this video for a deeper look. It works! Now I can say R, but with the D sound. Will move to your next video for more practice. Thanks for sharing!

I am thinking positive that I will accomplish this! Thanks for sharing.

Just say “what did I do” really fast lmao 😭😭

So frustrating. Thank you for your video. I’m still working on it for so long! I have been consistent this week and I will not give up.

After using your methods and praticing for 3 days, I finally DID it! Love you so much!!!

Being a native french speaker makes this so difficult

Oh my god I'm only two minutes in and I'm starting to do it. amazing

This is actually a great exercise. Coming from American English and German (which are both harsh languages) this makes complete sense.

I'm starting to realize I have a tongue for the first time in my life

I have just digested a q tip..........

I wanna do okurrr

Do I need a tongue in order to do this?

What a relief when u already speak Russian fluency

I can roll my tongue for trilling when doing the exercise just fine, it’s when trying to use it in a word where my throat wants to make the trill sound instead of my tongue.

As an English speaker, rolling the rs is the hardest for me. I'm getting better tho I practice by saying привет и город lol

This is incredible, Thankyou, after one go I can already tell an improvement

Thanks for explaining in such a clarified way...... i m trying to master the ra sound

this sound is the revenge English for their sound (th)

There’s an EASY explanation on RU-vid channel called Ten Minute Spanish. It is from 4 months ago and called How to Roll Your [r]’s.

Ohhhhh I did it :D Your the first person that's made it really understandable. Thankyou so much xx

毎日練習しています！ありがとう！！

I didn't understand that I was rolling my r until this video. I'm South African and alot of ESL companies were telling me stop doing this. It's actually frustrating coz I'm tongue tied and it literally took me years to learn to roll my r's only to be told later on to stop doing it. Eish hectic lol

I feel so frustrated. ive been speaking russian my entire life. before i learned english i only spoke languages that only do rolled rs. my entire life ive never been able to roll even a single r. at this point im sure my tongue is just unable to produce such sound.

grazie !! thank you so much I'm trying to learn Italian and I can roll my R's with most words buy not some .this helped alot thank you again.

Best step by step process video. Will get back to you in a week or so to tell you how I went

I’m 18 years old and i’ve NEVER been able to do some simple things like rolling my rs and snapping my fingers. I’ve always wanted to be able to do it, and now i’m finally on my own for a few days so I can try to practice without anyone judging me. lol

works for me. gracias.

Thank you for the Rolling R's lesson.