I watched this video and just about every other popular video you can imagine on learning to roll my R's, but I still couldn't do it. I practiced intermittently for a couple weeks and still couldn't do it. I started to get really discouraged until one of my friends said that rolling his R feels somewhat like a hiss. I instantly remembered this video and tried it again and it worked almost immediately. Maybe the practice made it possible the second time around. I want people that are discouraged the first time they watch this to revisit it in the future.

Not to be dramatic but theres tears coming out of my eyes im so pissed I cant do it rn

POV: This is your fifteenth video you’ve watched to learn this, and in the comments of every one of the videos people are saying “I couldn’t get it until this video, thank you!!”

I swear, once you get the vibration going you’re all excited and everything THEN you have to add the voice and omg that’s just a whole thing on it’s own 😭

I just keep hissing and feel my brain lacks oxygen

i just wanna be able to say okuuuuurt

WAIT!! Before you give up and say that you can't do it, why don't you try again?! You can do it! EXPERIMENT with your tongue positioning, and your breath.

Wooooow! This was the ONLY video out of many that helped me... i looked crazy as hell in my bathroom using the q-tip method lmao... THANK YOU SIR!!!!

I JUST ROLLED MY R'S FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER!!! This is the first video I've seen that actually makes sense to me, THANK YOU YOU GLORIOUS MAN

I've been sitting at my desk for like 30 minutes watching videos on how to trill my r's for spanish class and this is the first one I've had any kind of result with.

This didn't work for me at first.. but a few weeks later while driving I thought about it, tried it again, and IF MY GOD IT WORKED!!! I am still AWFUL at it and can only make the sound like 1-2% of the time, however I DID IT. for the first time in my whole life. Wow!! Don't give up guys. Like I said it only clicked for me randomly a few weeks after watching this video. Shout out to the creator, THANK YOU SO MUCH!

I’ve taken six years of Spanish courses and this is the first time I’ve come close to making anything resembling a trill. Thank you!

My mom thinks I’m watching this Video so I can speak Spanish properly but I’m just her to say oookkkurrrr

I can make my tounge make a vibration sound, but once I try to add my voice, the vibration stops. I can't do both at once XD

Great video! When I taught Spanish, there was always at least one student who couldn’t do the RR. I like how you broke it down into steps. We would practice it altogether so no one felt weird. The kids got really loud with it when they gained confidence. A favorite expression when trying it was: RRuffles have RRidges (potato chips).

Bro he's got two accents going at once. I love it!

So I can't tell you how many "Roll Your R's" videos I've watched trying to re-learn this and this by far has been the best advice that I've come across!! Thank you 😊

For the first time in my life over actually managed make the r sound lmfao thanks man, you the OG

For those saying they can’t roll their “r” it’s because it takes consistent practice. I used to not be able to do it either but after a year (yes, a year) of trying over and over while learning my Spanish I am finally able to make the trill sound. And it’s still not perfect like a native Spanish speaker but it’s something. Just keep practicing and you’ll get it 👍🏻

I have spoken Spanish for years but have never been able to roll my r's. Your explanation works so well! Thanks a million!

I can vibrate but it won’t make the r noise

this is the only tutorial that's really helped me! thanks so much

I'm 26, been speaking spanish my whole life. Could never roll my r's until this video. Still not perfect, but making progress. Thank you!!!!! I was convinced I was someone who would never do it!

You're a legend!!! I've been attempting to trill my r's for a month, relentlessly! This video finally got me there! it's fairly pathetic sounding at this point but I'm stoked! Thank you!

Only here so I can sing mans not hot

The "huck a loogie" thing helped me so much!!! I've finally realised my tongue was too far back and since this video I've now been able to get started with the R sound with my tongue in the right spot. I still need some practise to perfect it but I'm so excited!

I've been trying to do this for so long and thought i'd never be able to. Thanks to you, in less than 6 minutes, I was able to do it for the first time. Thank you so much for making this video. You're amazing.

FINALLY, after watching probably 20 videos about how to trill my Rs, I found one that works. A couple of months ago, I was able, with the help of this video, to get the first pedacitos (small pieces) of a trill. Now, after those several months of practice, I'm getting pretty good at it. It's actually happening! Words like alrededor are still difficult, but I'm now actually trilling my Rs . . . la palabra "correcto?" . . . I can trill it every time! I am super grateful for this video. Much thanks.

yep yep yep this deffinataley works now just need to keep doing it over and over and over again gracias rickie

2 minutes. Doing this had me rolling my R's in 2 minutes. Wow. Thanks!

my 6 year old has been struggling with rolling her tongue, and as such couldn't pronounce certain spanish words correctly and it was making her frustrated. We watched this video for 2min and 12 seconds and she was able to figure out how to roll her R and say cuatro correctly!! She is SUPER PUMPED! Thank you so much!! **disclaimer, we are an English 1st language family, but she is absolutely loving learning spanish in school and on duolingo.

This really helped! I had to practice a lot and felt ridiculous but I’m so happy that I made progress. Thank you 🙏

I have watched countless videos, over 15 of them, and read multiple articles on how to do this, BY FAR this has been the most helpful, I almost gave up but I'm now at the point of almost saying ferrocarril cleanly! couldnt recommend this video more, thank you!

Ricky, I just watched 7 to 10 videos on how to roll R's. Your demonstration was the BEST by far!! I got it right away and will continue to practice. Thank you again👍🏾

I've been trying to do this for 5 years......and now I find it's as easy as hocking a 'luggee' Dude....you're a genius! Thanks a million...my Romanian teacher will be so impressed!

I’ve been sat here like an idiot doing all these exercises for about 30 mins and iVE FINALLY GOT IT!! It’s still not perfect but it’s a start. thank you so much! Your videos have been really helpful

Yup, still ain't working to save my damn life...

Took me about a month and after practicing it today, I finally learned it! Thanks so much!

I too have watched at least15 to 20 people with the HOW ANSWER and only your procedure created results. Is it perfect? No, is it a start. Yes it is! thank you

Dude I seriously love you. I've been trying to make that sound for 10 hours now, its 3 am and I was freaking out. But I refused to believe I couldn't do it and there you arrrre. Still have to practice a lot but dude I love you

My SPANISH family thinks I suck cuse I can't not do this help

This is the 3rd "R trill" video I've tried and it works! The way you explained it makes so much more since. I'm still not perfect, but my R's are trilling!!

What the hell. I clicked this video and just tried to do it and it just came out, now I can’t stop.

AY DIOS MÍO HERMANO! you literally saved my Spanish. I’ve been on and off learning for a year (Rosetta Stone, duolingo, my ex and her family speak Spanish, my coworkers speak Spanish and a lot of our customers speak Spanish) and the only challenge I haven’t been able to overcome has been trilling the r’s! Muchas gracias! eres el mejor!

I was today years old when I finally learned to trill my r’s...thank you!!

Everyone's here from Cardi-B, or Man's Not Hot, etc... I need to learn Finnish for school

This worked for me!! After dozens of other videos and weeks of unsuccessfully trying, I can actually roll my r's!! Thank you!!

This is really helpful! I’ve taken Spanish classes before but I’ve never heard of breathing out like that while you trill. Much easier. THANK YOU!

THANKS SO MUCH! This video has gotten me the closest I've ever been to being able roll my R's. I was so happy, grinning, smiling, laughing. Changing the pitch and volume, sounding like Homer Simpson. Anyways when it comes to trying to quickly make the noise in a word, I can't yet. Takes me like a good second for my tongue to find it's spot

Thisjis the closest I’ve ever gotten. Perfectly explained and demonstrated! Thank you!

BRO THANK YOU!!!! As a Mexican it was embarrassing not being able to roll my r’s… LIFE SAVER

Man you are a legend! I’ve watched like 8 videos and none of them were working but yours helped in like 5 minutes. Thanks a bunch

I'm so light headed from doing this I feel like i'm going to pass out.

ALL MY LIFE I COULDN'T DO IT AND WAS A SHAME TO MY FAMILY. I CAN DO IT NOW OMG RRRRRRRRRRR

Oh my God - it works! I've have been trying to do this for YEARS! Thank you!

Omggggggg I’ve never in my life been able to roll my tongue until watching and practicing this video you have no idea how happy you just made me this makes the biggest difference thank you so much!!

I ROLLED MY R'S THANKS SO MUCH YOU GOT A NEW SUB!!!

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I’m learning te reo māori down in New Zealand and have never been able to roll r’s (to my Italian relatives’ great amusement) and I think I’m finally getting it! you simplified it so wonderfully, thank you!!!

I been trying many of the other sites techniques. Yours is the most effective.. I am a 68 year old Hispanic born in Philadelphia who never learned to speak the language. I am now taking college courses to speak the Spanish. Great job..

Omg this has helped me so much! I’m still not fully there and have to practice to make it more natural, but the explanation helped me better understand how the trilling process works and I’m so excited bc my rolled r’s are sounding so much better! Thank you!! ❤️

THANK YOUUUUU, spanish is my first language and ive never known how to roll my r's and i just did it omg ! JDLAFKDH THANKKK YOUUUU

Before this video I didn’t think I would EVER be able to roll my R’s but this technique changed that in like like 5 mins!!! Thank you so much :D

GUYS I GOT IT!!!! i’ve been trying for about a month now and keep coming back to this video and i finally got it!!! i need to work on the sound more but i’m almost there!!! there’s hope guys i promise

This helped SO freaking much. I was actually trying to say carro, but couldn't roll the r😂 and after this video, I can do it way better

Cardi: Okurrrrr Me: Okurr- *chokes*

First time rolling my r's thank you so much for easy steps. Was not expected it to work and it surprised me when I set everything up and did it that I started doing the trill. Now with a little more work I can use it in speaking. Really thanks a million so much easier than anything else I've heard or seen.

Dude. This works. I have never been able to roll my r’s... which, as a singer, is a real hindrance as it’s often expected. I’ve been trying for years, I’ve asked singing teachers to help me, to no avail. I watched the first couple minutes of this video deeply sceptical that this would make any difference, but lo and behold as I practiced along it actually worked- I’m far from perfect or consistent but this is far and away the closest I’ve ever been to rolling my r’s. So grateful!

Amazing technique that I’ve never tried before, after an hour or two of practicing I can roll the tongue at will. Still finding words a little tricky but I feel that will come soon enough, any tips ☺️

Owww los amo a todos, queriendo hablar español con todo y la R. Yo quiero aprender inglés, soy mexicana y me falta perfeccionar mi inglés. Qué gran maestro tienen!

My man! I've been trying on and off to get this for years! Thank you for being the one to finally get it through to me!

DUDE i have been trying for so long but after two minutes of this video i was rolling my r's. I've always felt discouraged learning spanish because i couldn't do it before, but this is so cool! thank you so much

Lmao I just figured out how to whistle unintentionally by trying to roll my r’s

This was funny but it works! 😂

I've been trying to get this down forever and this is the only explanation that worked for me! You're my dude

Where has this this video been man! I've been trying this for years with so many videos and techniques, but you got me there in 6 minutes! Thank you man! 🙏

my brother is shoving it in my face that he can roll his r’s and i cant :(

"when the ting goes skrrrrap!" "okurrr"

OMG I FINALLY GOT IT! I NEVER LEARNED THE RIGHT WAY BUT I WANT TO BE A VOICE ACTOR SO THIS WAS A MUST! And upon me saying "How could you do this to me Romeo?" at school (mocking soap operas) I accidentally did it right and I BUMPED UP my practicing routine, and I finally got it! It's been so cringy hacking up loogies every night but tis' the cost of practice! Guys the hocking method seems better to in my opinion! Like he says: just get your tongue to wiggle, and slowly move that sensation to the tip of your tongue. Keep trying! I'm finally getting it! Thank you SOOOOO much! If I'm on a public interview someday for being part of a cool show, I'm bringing you up in a story of how I got my awesome Russian accent down!

I got it!! I was one of the very few girls I knew who could hock a loogie, though I haven't done it for very many years. So, when you described forming "rr" in that way, I totally got it. I am now 64 years old so, after a while, was laughing so hysterically that I kept having to stop and get it together so I could say another word. I have studied Spanish off and on since I was six years old. I grew up in San Diego and traveled frequently to Mexico. I earned a Spanish minor in college 10 years ago. Yet, I have never been able to attain fluency. I am moving to Mexico within the next year and know Spanish immersion will get me fluent, but I'd like to be as fluent as possible before I go. I found your videos and have made amazing progress. I began approaching the language with openness and curiosity rather than as work and memorizing to be accomplished. I'm having so much fun with it! I am taking an online course through The Great Courses, watching your videos and have gotten some of the books you suggested. I read whatever I can in Spanish, including the Spanish version of the user's manuals for everything I buy. Just about everything in my home is labeled and not only do I talk to myself and through everything I do in Spanish, but also talk almost exclusively in Spanish to my cat, Maisie. I even silly talk her in Spanish. She and I will both be fluent when we get to Mexico! TMI? I apologize, but I am so excited and your approach, instructions and tips have been a big part of that. Thank you so much!!

EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY CAN DO THIS BUT ME. ALL MY FRIENDS CAN DO THIS BUT ME. WHY.

Omg I sound like a dying chicken!! I couldn’t say okurr if my life depended on it!

I've never been able to do this and decided today to try and actually learn it. This is the third video I've seen and within only a few minutes I'm able to do it. I can tell that a week or two of practice and it will become very easy. Thanks!

You have been the only person that I have watched and taught it in a way that made sense. Thank you! I am excited like a little kid over here.

I can do it slightly but it feels like my throat retracted into itself.

I JUST SOUND STUPID AF GOD I'M A DISAPPOINTMENT TO MY WHOLE FAMILY

After watching like 10 of these combined I can finally do it, now I need to do it in a high pitch voice, thanks for the help

Thank you so much I’m trying to get better with doing this for my college musical theater audition and this helped me improve myself in literally 5 mins you are the best!

Is this something that everyone can actually learn 100% Because I feel like I am physically unable to do this-

It helps to use “Rico” as a practice word.

OMG! I did it! I feel like like a little kid. I've been trying to roll my 'r's forever.

Hi bro, I've never been one to leave comments on KZfaq videos, but I just want to say thank you.As with many other Spanish-as-a-second-language learners, I've spent many years trying to learn the Spanish "rr" sound and have watched countless video tutorials in the process, but to no avail. Today, without any expectations as usual and believing that I am biologically incapable of making the "rr" sound, I stumbled upon your video and followed your "hock a loogie" method, and it freaking WORKED!!!!!!!!! Now I'm even more pumped to continue my quest for mastery of the glorious Spanish language. For those who are still struggling, here's my road to success: Step 1: Follow the "hock-a-loogie" method as described in the video. I felt my tongue vibrating a little, but with low consistency and strength. THEN THE MAGIC HAPPENED. Step 2: I added sounds/tones to it while doing the same thing. This time, the consistency and strength of my "rr" sound improved tremendously. Now I'm gonna try incorporating this method into pronouncing real Spanish words. After all, it is what this skill is really meant for. Once again, thank you bro for changing my life in such a SHORT, SUCCINCT and EFFECTIVE video (unlike most other tutorials on KZfaq which are 10+ minutes long). Thank you! P.S. I am an avid language learner from Hong Kong. Your video, I believe, has changed lives of many whose first language is an Asian language (e.g. Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc.) whose pronunciation bears little to no resemblance to the Spanish "rr" sound.

Thanks, man! This actually helped me, unlike the other videos I've watched on how to roll your r's. I can't do it perfectly, but I'm slowly getting there. The thing is, I'm not trying to learn some new language or something. My native language requires me to roll my r's & I've always been mocked for not being able to speak correctly in my own language. Soon I'll be able to, tho

Hey I'm a native Spanish speaker and I wasn't able to pronounce it, thanks!

I read so many comment on different videos saying” I’ve watched so many videos but this is the one that works for me.” Well this video is that for me. It works! Thanks!

I watched this video at one month learning Spanish gave me an idea of where to go re watching this at 4 months and im getting close to perfecting cant wait to watch this again at the year mark.

Ricky. As usual, this was an excellent vid. One great suggestion I was given when I started to learn how to sound my erre more natively was to keep the tip of the toungue at the top of the mouth at the ridge beind the front teeth as the sound was being pronunced. Eventhough it requires more action than that to perfect the trill sound, it was very helpful remembering the tongue position when saying words containing rr. One request, can you create more vids for intermeidate to advanced speakers? I am impressed with your ability to speak as fluidly and rapidly as you do. At the moment I seem to be stuck between the intermediate to advanced stage. Last, your suggestion of pratcing trabalenguas I found very helpful in improving my diction, but I still can't seem to completely move beyond the intermediate stage. Did you run into this issue as you learned? At this moment I have been learning intensively for approx. 10 months. Thanks and my apologies for the long post.

Who else scrolling thru the comments to see if this works😭

Wow. I have been trying to roll my R for almost 2 years. I was trying to use the front of my mouth versus the back. Thank you so much.

I’m sure you probably won’t see this, but this is THE video that worked for me. I legit thought i would never be able to do this. Took some practice, and i still have work to improve but this got me started