Re: Rating Languages

On 25 Sept, Yoon Ha Lee wrote:


> On Tuesday, September 25, 2001, at 02:22 AM, Heather Rice wrote:
>
> >> Spanish: the fact that my trilled r's come out
> >> stuttery even after a lot of
> >>    practice and Dan Sulani's advice, though I think
> >> I've been making them
> >> too
> >>    far forward, because when I moved my tongue back
> >> a bit it became somewhat
> >>    easier.  But then it starts sounding like I'm
> >> inserting [h] before the
> >>    trill.  I know, I know, practice...
<snip>

> :-)  I'll keep at it, then.  Sometimes I can get my tongue in a position
> where the trill will last a bit longer, it's just harder to *get* it there
> with all these vowels around it.  =^)
A further piece of advice, if I may.
Concerning practice: Syllables are a whole lot easier to do than words,
especially multi-syllabic words. I'd concentrate on achieving the trill in
syllables first. then trying words that contain that syllable.
    Some vowels are easier to trill with than others and trills at the
end of syllables are usually easier than trills at the beginning of
syllables
(but not always; sometimes some people find it easier the other way around.)
    Anyhow, keep up the good work.

    va'i kehs wfozuh! (May you succeed!)

Dan Sulani
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likehsna rtem zuv tikuhnuh auag inuvuz vaka'a.

A word is an awesome thing.

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