I can’t roll my r’s. I speak pretty decent Spanish (took 5 semesters in high school), but have never been able to figure out how to roll the r’s, despite years of trying on and off to figure it out.
It’s never a problem. On the rare occasions that I actually need to speak Spanish, nobody cares that I can’t roll my r’s.
I have the same problem, except one day I figured it out! I was rolling rrrs all day! But the next day I woke up and could only sort of do it. And now I can’t do it at all again, despite trying to learn.
You might have a physical limitation, I’ve met native people who can’t roll their Rs, it’s still fairly simple to understand as long as you’re pronouncing them as Rs, or something close/distinct enough, e.g. English R (How an English speaker pronounces the R in for example Row)
I have this same problem and my wife is actually from Mexico City and I travel to Mexico pretty often.
It’s really fun though, I refer to our chihuahuas as “los perritos” but it sounds like “little farts” due to my pronunciation. Her family loves having me read things in Spanish poorly as if I don’t know the language (which is hard!).
Could be! I’ve often wondered if the problem is something I can’t really overcome with practice. I’ve watched many tutorial videos over the years, but my tongue just ends up doing nothing when I try to practice.
I can’t roll my r’s. I speak pretty decent Spanish (took 5 semesters in high school), but have never been able to figure out how to roll the r’s, despite years of trying on and off to figure it out.
It’s never a problem. On the rare occasions that I actually need to speak Spanish, nobody cares that I can’t roll my r’s.
I have the same problem, except one day I figured it out! I was rolling rrrs all day! But the next day I woke up and could only sort of do it. And now I can’t do it at all again, despite trying to learn.
You might have a physical limitation, I’ve met native people who can’t roll their Rs, it’s still fairly simple to understand as long as you’re pronouncing them as Rs, or something close/distinct enough, e.g. English R (How an English speaker pronounces the R in for example Row)
I have this same problem and my wife is actually from Mexico City and I travel to Mexico pretty often.
It’s really fun though, I refer to our chihuahuas as “los perritos” but it sounds like “little farts” due to my pronunciation. Her family loves having me read things in Spanish poorly as if I don’t know the language (which is hard!).
Is it a tongue issue ? a girl I knew in school couldn’t do the english “th” because the leash below her tongue was too short
Could be! I’ve often wondered if the problem is something I can’t really overcome with practice. I’ve watched many tutorial videos over the years, but my tongue just ends up doing nothing when I try to practice.