Thanks for this. The pinyin 'r' is the most baffling sound I've come across in any language. It's like a (non-pinyin) very soft zh, hard r, rolled r, y, and ə all blended together in various proportions every time it's used. Makes the Russian ы seem like a piece of cake. I might just put this video on repeat until it sinks in for me, eh!
So helpful. Plan to listen to this at least ten times. Just learning and want to work on pronunciation before my first lessons. By the way if you had a split screen where we come see your lips while you pronounce all these combinations, it would be useful. It wasn’t until the end of the video that I realized that my lips should be in the ‘semi-closed smiling’ position. This helped me a lot as I had been trying to make this ‘r’ type sound with my lips in a slightly open o shaped position. Thank you for making these videos. Xiexie.
Thanks for this. The pinyin 'r' is the most baffling sound I've come across in any language. It's like a (non-pinyin) very soft zh, hard r, rolled r, y, and ə all blended together in various proportions every time it's used. Makes the Russian ы seem like a piece of cake.
I might just put this video on repeat until it sinks in for me, eh!
Hope it helps!
This is wonderfully helpful, thank you!
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Happy to help-thanks!
So helpful. Plan to listen to this at least ten times. Just learning and want to work on pronunciation before my first lessons. By the way if you had a split screen where we come see your lips while you pronounce all these combinations, it would be useful. It wasn’t until the end of the video that I realized that my lips should be in the ‘semi-closed smiling’ position. This helped me a lot as I had been trying to make this ‘r’ type sound with my lips in a slightly open o shaped position. Thank you for making these videos. Xiexie.
Thanks for the feedback, Beardoggies!
I still have a little problem. Thanks for the video
The mouth position always reminds me of Mr Howell on Gilligan's Island, how he held his jaw so tight for certain sounds. lol
Lol. Just wanted you to know that someone showed up who gets the reference!.....😅😂🎉
So, so helpful. New subscriber.
Thanks! Glad to help.
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Ha! And I always thought Chinese people cannot pronounce the letter "R". Now I've leaned it is I who cannot! LOL