How to read Czech R/Ř - CZECH FOR BEGINNERS - 004

How to read Czech R/Ř - CZECH FOR BEGINNERS - 004 - Pronunciation

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Czech R and Ř are not that easy to say correctly. Let's talk about some ways to learn the right pronunciation.
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Mickey's Intro: 00:37
R - Natural Approach: 01:26
R - D to R Method: 04:49
Ř - R+Ž/Ž+R Method: 07:49
Ř - Natural Approach: 11:51
Tongue Twister - 12:28
Mickey's Outro: 12:53

Пікірлер: 20

@lilysitek73 15 күн бұрын

I hope to find some help and clarification on why Ř sounds like a ž when it’s on the end of the word! I’d like to surprise my grandpa by being able to do my R’s as it has bothered him his whole life haha

@xl250mon5 3 ай бұрын

"Tri" is also three in Welsh spelt the same😁

@xl250mon5 3 ай бұрын

Easy for a Welsh speaker the R , as in "Caernarfon" or "bara" = bread

@TheVirdra 2 ай бұрын

The normal R in Czech was easy to learn for, as I'm from Germany and we have many speakers of Slavic languages here. So when they speak German, some keep their accent with R. Similar to English the Ř sound doesn't exist in my native. I had to train that for two months every day, before I got it almost right. Still have my struggle with it though. Sometimes I bite my tongue, when I say "čtyři" for example. XD

@ladislavmasopust9017 2 ай бұрын

Cool, with enough practice it's all possible, isn't it! But yeah, there are some tricky words there in Czech. :) As there are many of those in German!

@TheVirdra 2 ай бұрын

@@ladislavmasopust9017 of course. 😄

@laszlovondracsek Ай бұрын

Don't worry, when I was child I went to a speech therapist (logopedist) to learn how to pronounce correctly this"Ř"!

@StainDesign09 4 ай бұрын

This is the hardest letter for me, I'm from the North of Norway where we have a "hard" R but I couldn't pronounce it so I borrowed a harsh guttural R from the south/western dialects. It does come accross like a crow cawing or french so I'll have to work on it or be happy speaking with a frenchish accent 😅

@ladislavmasopust9017 4 ай бұрын

Ah yeah, this "french" r is something that even some Czech people have (for example Václav Havel had famously bad pronunciation of r) and it takes some work to learn it right. However, if you put in the work, it's surely going to work out nicely!

@StainDesign09 4 ай бұрын

@@ladislavmasopust9017 thanks ! Yes, my motivation is to be able to have a simple conversation with my favourite band when I see them play in Prague next November :) I also must say I really enjoy the lessons! The best part for me is the exercise at the end cos then I have to think back to the lesson and it's easier to learn that way :D

@cactusgamer2186 Жыл бұрын

As a European, I can pronounce, American have difficulty with pronouncements. The younger you are to learn the better you do.

@lirisa1869 4 ай бұрын

Ladislav, may ask your opinion of thinking of ř instead of trilled thinking of it as a trilled L + 'ou' like in the French word 'Rouge'? What did is first take a word like 'řeka' and have a pretend l with a háček, some I'm thinking 'leka' and then think of making that l more like a 'ou'. I think you may find if you pronounce an L and keep the tongue in the same position as you shift to more of an 'ou' sound the resulting charchter is more 'ž'-like, even though it's not a ž. The additional component would be the trill and whether it's voiced or voicesless.

@ladislavmasopust9017 4 ай бұрын

Hello, interesting, I don't seem to be able to replicate the pronunciation according to your description :) I'd say though that when pronouncing L the shape of the tongue is a bit different as the sides of the tongue are flatter and are not touching the palate only the tip is. So when you pronounce RRRR and then freeze in the position, the sides and the tip of your tongue should be touchin the palate. Of course, during pronouncing RRRR and ŘŘŘ those are the places where the vibration is happening, so technically the tongue and the palate are not in contact.

@lirisa1869 4 ай бұрын

@@ladislavmasopust9017 yeah, I don't think my description makes it clear what exactly I am doing (or think I am doing ). The l is probably not a true l , probably more forward with the blade at alvelor ridge . I guess when I think I hear the sound it has more of an L charchter to me why I think L. I could see how that doesn't communicate well. I could always just be doing the sound wrong too. Hehe. I appreciate the thoughts!

@squaretriangle9208 3 жыл бұрын

uf! Mickey is brilliant, though, kruh:) and speaks Croatian also: kruh means bread in Croatian!

@ladislavmasopust9017 3 жыл бұрын

Yep, he's great! Czech people tend to be really impressed by how he's able to handle the language.

@laszlovondracsek Ай бұрын

It is not easy to pronounce the letter "Ř", it's the peculiarity of the Czech language and after this consonant you immediately realize that someone isn't a native Czech speaker. Even the Slovaks, who speak a language similar to Czech, do not completely manage to say "Ř" correctly, pronouncing approximately Rž. And YES, some Czech children go to a logopedist for this "Ř"!

@ladislavmasopust9017 Ай бұрын

That is true, it really is not easy to master the sound, and it is sometimes quite noticeable in Slovak speakers who speak Czech. However, I also know a lot of native Slovaks who have perfect Ř and also some non-slavic speakers who learnt it perfectly, like Mickey ;)

@laszlovondracsek Ай бұрын

@@ladislavmasopust9017 No tak, v tomto pripade gratulujme Mickeymu! Ja kdyz jsem byl maly kluk, chodil jsem k logopedovi pro ten "Ř"!!!