Pronouncing Spanish - start from the beginning (R)

Now here's one especially designed for the Scots, who can rrrrroll their RRRRRs. The rest of you will have to do the best you can. In case you wondered, this letter is an alveolar trill in Spanish and an alveolar approximant in English. If you click on the links on these two descriptions, you will be able to tell the difference. Clicking on the image will do what we have been doing since this series on pronunciation began. And when you've learned to put your tongue just between the palate and the teeth, and it stops tickling, we'll ask you to say, Qué rápido ruedan las ruedas del ferrocarril. And now we've complicated it for you. Look at the phrase again and notice that some of the Rs are single, and some are double. The double ones are pronounced more strongly ( than their single neighbours - but we wouldn't worry too much, particularly if you're not Scottish.