I have been listening to some German music trying to read the lyrics along with it, is there a general rule for when you should roll the R's, or can it always be rolled, also how come German, Spanish, French, all have rolling of the R's, but English doesn't, it makes it much harder for English speakers to speak those other languages fluently?

IHateLove

Roll the r's when they have a a squiggly line over them. Apr 04 05, 7:58 PM

MaggieG 5

I'm very good at rolling my r's. Apr 05 05, 12:52 AM

Arpeggionist

The key to rolling the Rs is to live in a place where the dialect calls for it. My English teacher said to me: "Thpeak like thith for two monthth and you'll get uthed to it onthe and for all." Tho I thpoke like thith for two monthth and I got uthed to it onthe and for all. And everything went perfectly well exthept for a few inthtantheth, when it occured that I had to thpeak to other people who altho thpoke like thith. Apr 05 05, 3:47 AM

Baloo55th

Squiggly lines over r's are rare except in Czech, where they're like an inverted circumflex and called hacek (pron. hat-check). Approximate pronounciation rrzh. The Polish rz is just a zh sound really. Apr 05 05, 7:07 AM

Flynn_17

In German, the 'R' sound is pronounced in the back of the throat. It's weird, you have to practise it for a while, but it comes eventually. It's like a 're' sounds make in the throat. Listen to people saying 'Regierung' and 'regnet', and you'll pick it up. Apr 05 05, 11:01 AM