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 Message 1 of 15
01 November 2010 at 6:00pm | IP Logged 
Hello everybody!

I'm soon going to spend a semester abroad in Reykjavik and of course I also intend to pick up some icelandic. However, I learned that icelandic requires you to trill the r. Does anyone know if it's a serious problem if I don't roll the r? I've been trying to learn the rolled r for years, but unfortunately I just can't do it.

Thanks in advance!
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 Message 2 of 15
01 November 2010 at 6:47pm | IP Logged 
Not even a single flap?
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 Message 3 of 15
01 November 2010 at 7:26pm | IP Logged 
A single flap is not a problem, Having huge difficulties pronouncing Spanish "rr's" like in perro! I'm still trying though ...
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 Message 4 of 15
02 November 2010 at 12:44am | IP Logged 
An 'r' consisting of a single flap is enough to speak Icelandic in a comprehensible way, - you don't have to produce a long tongue tip trill.
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 Message 5 of 15
02 November 2010 at 2:21pm | IP Logged 
Thanks a lot! Can't wait to start learning.
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 Message 6 of 15
02 November 2010 at 6:57pm | IP Logged 
Good luck.
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 Message 7 of 15
10 November 2010 at 4:50pm | IP Logged 
If you're a native English speaker, you will be able to pronounce a flap (think ladder, later, latter, butter, wedding, etc.) without a single problem. The Icelandic /r/ is not heavily trilled, so it won't be a problem if you can't trill it like mad.
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 Message 8 of 15
18 June 2015 at 2:41pm | IP Logged 
I am also having trouble with the icelandic voiceless r which occurs mostly at the end of words - any advice on how to produce this sound?

Thank you very much!


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