How to pronounce R & Ř in Czech 🇨🇿
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- čas přidán 1. 06. 2024
- In this Lesson you will learn how to pronounce Ř and R in Czech.
We will go over different techniques, examples and you will have plenty of space to practice the R and Ř pronunciation as well. So grab a cup of coffee, find yourself somewhere private and lets get going with how to pronounce Ř and R in Czech!
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My mom was wondering why I was making RRRRRRRR sounds... her face expression was priceless, even more when I finally learnt the Ř sound, and she couldn't say it
Amazing! Dekuju za komentář
Being native speaker I struggled with R and Ř as a kid as many fellow Czechs do.
I even had to go to regular consultations with logopedics specialist who gave me exercises for daily practise that eventually helped me to learn pronounce R and Ř correctly.
Thank God for these and thanks to my parrents who were responsible enough to sign me up for the consultations back then.
I even remember some of the exercises to this day! :)
Hi Petr! Thanks a lot for this comment. Ř/R is such a struggle and is very individual how the body takes it in. :)
It was enough for me to hear from my parents (at the age of three) that we would have to go to see a speech therapist, I would finally say "traktor" instead of "tlaktol"
Same
@@vitozana8659 😂😂😭😭
I'm half czech and thanks for helping me with the r & ř
Nice! Do you have a feeling like your pronunciation got better after this video?
The ultimate challenge is amazing 😂😂
Great class Katka!
Haha happy to hear!
For the past 11 years, I (German) was trying to learn the Czech R pronunciation. I had Czech courses, lived in CZ, have a Czech gf, but ever since I haven't managed to learn the R. I was really hoping that this video will help, but unfortunately not. I guess I'm an R handicapped. Lol
If you have any more advice, I would be grateful to hear.
Nevertheless, I really enjoy and appreciate your videos and your way of teaching, @Kateřina.
Hi Kib!
I think this is one of the top comments I've got on my channel! :))) From what you are writing, there is a bigger issue. Since you are a native German speaker it's of course a bit bigger challenge for you to start saying R well as the German R is created in a completely different way in a completely different part of the mouth.
Have you tried consistent practice, like every day for let's say 5min? And even faster and more efficient way would be to visit a logoped once. They can really well distinguish what's the issue in your speech and direct you to a better practice. Let me know, how it went.
Thank you so much for your time to share your knowledge to us.
This is very informative, i watch your video over and over again😁.
So helpful content . Thank you for sharing.
Happy to be helpful! Let me know with any questions if they come up along the way. :)
Amazing video, it helped me a lot, keep doing what ur doing. Dobrou noc a mej se hezky.
Hello, I just found this video and it's amazing. Thanks a lot 😁
Hey Emma! Really happy to hear! What's your Czech level? Have you tried some more of my videos? I would be grateful for more of your feedback there too!
Great video for beginners..Thank you
No problem! Happy you enjoy
Great video Kateřina!
Děkuji. :)
Thank you. You are effective Teacher.. more videos please ❤😊
Every Monday at 19.00! :D
One more coming up tonight! In fact tonight will be a test of the first 9 lessons. Let me know how it goes if you watch it :)
Thank you so much Kateřina.
Není zač, Layth!
I feel like your tẹchiques are the besttt
Ahoj! Děkuju moc!!!
The video was really helpful🤗
Happy to hear!!! 🤩
I'm from Scotland, we roll our R's normally. It's the English, Americans, Australians, Irish that can't, won't. Ř isn't a problem, it's some of the long words and the grammar that throws me. Also, the long vowels, totally unnecessary I think. 😎
I love Scotland! It’s a great place! I spent 2 years in Glasgow.
Yes! Your R is really helpful, your Ř must be great. :)
Long vowels are not the core i agree, I just don’t agree it’s unnecessary ;) in some cases it changes the meaning completely... plus it makes the language sound prettier. :)
What topics are now difficult for you? Any favorites?
Interestingly, Indigenous Australian languages include rolled R’s, so if Australians learn to pronounce our place names and traditional owners correctly then we’re primed for Czech also!
@@CzechWithKaterina I'm so sorry, Glasgow is such a dump and they talk really funny. The East of Scotland is much better, the weather is better, people are a normal height.
@@DavidFraser007 What a patriot you are. A whole city is a dump! You are my new favourite hobby.
Glad you liked it. Your online presence is interesting.
Jsem čech a i tak jsem do dokoukal do konce
Děkuju za kompliment! :)
Já taky
Nice thanks keep vlogn😊
With pleasure ;)
Muchas gracias Kateřina! Este video es excelente para aprender cómo pronunciar la Ř🤓
Gracias a ti. Como es tu Ř ahora? :)
@@CzechWithKaterina Hola Katy:) Felicitaciones por tu maravilloso programa en CZcams!
Estoy practicando cada día la Ř. Creo que ahora es mucho mejor:)
@@tutor8350 buen trabajo! :) x
@@CzechWithKaterina Será genial! El intercambio Español Checo contigo!
🇪🇸🇨🇿🇪🇺🌎🤓
Fantastico!
Gracias!
Great video 👍 I'm natively English speaking, and I probably don't have trouble with rolled Rs because I've studied Spanish. When I first tried Czech, I noticed Ř was tricky. More recently I read something which seemed to click for me, and I now think of Ř as "rzh" ("zh" representing the soft J sound used in French, but here, made with the tongue behind the teeth as when saying a rolled R) and it seemed to come out sounding good! I need a true Czech to confirm if it sounds right, but your video has so many useful tips :)
7:09 Funnily enough this actually means "HOLD THIS" or "CATCH" in Croat, but it's written regularly, like in CZ too apparently "drž"
I got it on the first watch of the video, although I feel like I need practice so it stsicks to my tongue :D. You're a great teacher. The german R was harder for me to get it. Took like 30,40 mins~
🥳 congratulations on your Ř! And Great feedback! Thank you!!!
Ahoj Kateřina. Dobrý den. Today , 6th December 2023 , i start listening to pronounce r and ř. This is excellent lesson. Thanks so much for the lesson. 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🇨🇿
Děkuju ❤
Děkuji
Nice
Thank you so much, I've been living 1 year already in Praha and daaaamn its hard the ř... Im mexican but still
Není zač, Andrés! :) With a ton of practice you will be a pro! :)
@@CzechWithKaterina Well, now on, will follow every one video of you
I practiced 7:25 over and over again til I got it perfectly. I must say knowing the French r is really helpful
Nice nejlepsi na světě
Děkuju, Luboši. :)
I have an accent where my R's sound like W's! (Check out Roy Hodgson for a famous example) Listening and repeating the Scottish rolled R helped me to learn the Czech R and Ř sounds
Great, that's already a second person with Scottish R that says that. I lived there 2 years and it make total sense! You are right, it is completely the same as the Czech R! :)
Many varieties of Gaelic in particular have some form of the ř.
I have been learning Czech for a while and already knew some of the information. I wish I had access to these many months ago 😅 i wanted to ask if you have any ideas on how I can improve my comprehension. I live in Olomouc and the people here tend to speak a little fast for me. And I don't mind to ask them to slow down. But I would love it if you have any ideas that might help.
Ahoj Camerone! Dobrá otázka!
I will try to answer with as many resources and I ideas as there are just like that on my mind. :)
1) Try to listen with a text. Find books with audio that you like, find videos with subtitles.
2) Listen to videos you already know in your language second time in Czech (best again with the subtitles). I pretty much learnt English just by watching Friends first in Czech and then in English. I love this show! And I recommend it 100% as the language there is very much oriented on authentic daily situations that you will come across very often.
3) Set up (maybe an online skype call) meeting with a native just for a chat about some specific topics that you prepare your vocabulary for. And find a person that doesn't mind repeating and letting you to jot down the vocabs that are hard for you to understand. Believe me, the vocabulary will repeat all the time.
4) Start singing Czech songs. Try to read and translate Czech music. Best are the interprets that have for instance just a guitar i nthe background so you can hear better. First you will need to read the lyrics just on it's own. But when you listen again to the song, it will pay off. In the songs the language is sometimes very authentic and it will help the daily comprehension. To recommend some names of the interprets and even songs: Pokáč (Mám doma kočku), Chinaski (Víno), Jaromír Nohavica (album - Tři čuníci), Karel Kryl
5) Listening practice with written down exercises - they are a lot of work but they work like magic. They are often ver authentic and their advantage is that you can always pick your level so they are not too easy or too hard.
These are just on the top of my head. Anybody have more ideas? Maybe some personal experience?
I can do that final sentence really well after 8 pivos ;)
Thats also an achievement, Posh! Maybe it tells you to always chill while speaking Czech 😂
Krásný Ř
Děkuju
French native speaker here.
I have no problems rolling the R like in Czech, Russian, Polish, Spanish, etc... even though our standard French R is pronounced differentely.
However, concerning the Czech Ř which is supposed to be a combination of R + Š/Ž in one sound, each time I hear words with Ř on Czech radio or Czech television, I can barely hear the trilled R sound preceeding the Š or Ž sound.
For exemple, the Czech word for "good" /dobře/ sounds almost exactly like the Polish word for "good" /dobrze/ to me.
Hey! The sound R in the Ř doesnt preseed the Š or Ž sound. R+Ž/Š is kind of merged together and creates a completely new sound: Ř. With a bit of practice with this video (there are more around YT as well), it’s possible to master.
I am Czech and you have Cool videos.
Ahoj Vanny, já jsem taky Češka a moc dík.
România has also R 💪 Very good video, thank you 😊
Zdravím Tě Kačko, jsem ráda, že jsem zavítala na Tvůj channel a viděla tohle video... Je naprosto skvělé a sama jsi hrozně sympatická dáma s krásnou výslovností... Sama mám problém s výslovnosti "R"... Ráda bych se Tě proto zeptala, jestli je možné se to díky Tvému videu, které si budu pravidelně pouštět naučit vyslovovat to správné R, bez vyslovování v krku... Přeji hezký den a ještě jednou moc děkuju! Simona ❤️
Ahoj Simono,
to je moc krásný komentář! Cvičení na nácvik hlásky R, která ve videu jsou, jsou logopedické techniky, které když budeš trénovat, jistě se R naučíš velmi dobře. Pokud bys měla pocit, že k nim musíš přidat ještě nějaké další techniky, možná najdeš ještě další rady v jiných videích na CZcams, ale já sama jsem si dělala přehled všech různých logopedických pomůcek, popsaných ve fonetických příručkách, a tyto vycházely jako nejúčinnější. Takže věřím, že to určitě zvládneš. Zkoušej si to každý den a za pár týdnů budeš mít krásné RRRRR :)
A můžeš si klidně taky zazpívat, když budeš chtít trochu výzvu :) czcams.com/video/JKomxT7ImEg/video.html
podařilo se ti to naučit? a Ř umíš nebo to taky ne?
@@hskpc Ahoj, Ř mi nějak problém nedělalo problém... A řekla bych, že co se týče R tak už je to tak lepší... Měla jsem problém to jen vyslovit v některých slovech ho říkám už hezky a zřetelně ovšem v některých jsem zas na začátku 😅
Funy girl🤣🤣
:)
I'm glad to be able to pronounce "R" naturally. It's the same in my German dialekt too. "Ř" was and still is a challenge for me. Not as much now as it was, almost 8 months ago, when I started learning czech. I'm glad I had acting lessons many years ago. I reminded the speech training my class used to do before our rehearsals. That's been very helping. But your video showed me some other very useful technics to improve myself. I hope I'll be able to pronounce " čtyři " one day. That word nearly kills my tongue every single time. XD
Great to hear Virdra! :) I am sure you will master it soon!
Děkuji asi jsem prvně v životě řekla tři
To mám velkou radost!!!! :) xxx
Dobrý spůsop učení R a Ř
Díky. :) Pomohlo ti to? Už umíš obě vyslovit?
As a native French and English speaker, this one is definitely a hard one since my R is either flat (English) or throaty (French). I've been practising this for months now and I'm still struggling a lot- sometimes I'll get it right, and I've noticed this tends to be after a consonant such as T or D, or if it's in the middle of a word. I'm trying to practice so that A) I can hold my R for a long time like I can in French and B) I want to stop being so breathy when i say it- it always sounds like I'm saying errrr or arrrrr. I just want rrrrrrr xD
I'm from Indonesia. My letter 'R' has exactly the same pronunciation as Czech i.e. rolling our tongue. Yet I still find it difficult to pronounce the letter Ř.
Is it ok if I pronounce for instance:
Ři -> as Rzi
Combining R and Z is the easiest I think. 🤔
Sure, Shandy, that's a great start. And I am sure anyone will understand you.
Im from Czech republic
welcome! :)
Já jsem z Česka
🫶🏻
I came here from a Language group that said Czech "Ř" is hard to pronounce...
Anyway thank you for the video!
I understand you. :) Thanks
thank you so much mam for free tutorial. i have czech bf he must teach me but its too hard to pronounce .
Sure! Your Czech bf will serve as a great partner for practice of what you self-learn! :) And R and Ř is simply a matter of practice. :)
Wow , as it happens im in czech republic hahahaha 😅,
Thank you for this 🥰☺
😃 hodně štěstí!
@@CzechWithKaterina thank you 😊
@@MagicxReal-Studio neni zac!
I married into a family with Czech origin. I was hoping you could help me pronounce my new last name correctly “Runčík
Why are you trilling in the apical alveloar position instead of retroflex post alveloar it's so difficult and sounds so weird lol
I dont know what you mean by trilling :)) but why… im not sure, its just how Ř sounds unfortunately. 😂
I want to learn Czech and short sound and R, Soft t, d and n.
Wish you the best of luck!!! :)
Hi Katrina ,I have also same problem ,I have exam in this month for trvaly pobyt, still I m struggling ,please help me
Hi Kunal, have you tried one of the template tests? What are your results? I teach private classes, so feel free to send me and email and we can arrange a couple. czechwithkaterina.cz
@@CzechWithKaterina i m just try their website papers , my exam is so close , maybe after exam i will take private class from you
@@kunalranawat3724 i am sure it will be alright
Jeee já mluvím ceskyy 😂❤️
No supeeeer
Ř Is it similar to saying "je" in french?
Hi Kaushal, not really. "je" in french is more like Ž.
@@CzechWithKaterina then is it similar to say Ř as zh as in the word "pleasure"
i like his Book " Bez Bezmozny" The Power of the powerless.
He was a brilliant man! In Czech the title is: Moc bezmocných. Hope one day you will be reading the original. :)
@@CzechWithKaterina Thanks alot for correcting me and for your wishes.
I can sort of pronounce it. It is obvious that I am not a native but I never cared about that, I don't need an accent, I just need to have decent pronounciation :) Thank you.
I'm here in Czech Republic about 4 half years but still no speaking Czech alot it's hard for m3
I understand... but don't focus on Ř than... that's such a specific and pretty unimportant topic for starting to speak! :)
Wow this lesson was hard for me 😅
I can imagine! But with a ton of practice, you will be a pro. Do you have your favourite Ř word already? :)
Czech isn't the only language with this ř sound
Its also in Dzongkha/Bhutanese Kashubian Kobon Ormuri some dialects of Polish European Portugese Silesian northern dialects of Slovak and Tsakonian
Oh yeah and also in ecuadorian spanish as a variation of rr
Taky je dobrý ť
To je pravda, myslíš, že je ještě těžší než ř?
Já jsem češka, ale vim že cizinci s tim mívají docela problémy
I can literally only pronounce Ř after a few beers 🥲
Thank u im czech and i learned my lil sis! Jakože teď můžu mluvit česky ale :D
What's the difference between Ř & Ž
Hmmm..
I already know czech but still-
thank you
Haha není zač :) učíš se nějaký jiný jazyk?
4:40 😂😂😂
:))))
@@CzechWithKaterina mohu vás pozvat na drink? 😊
@@plavookimacan3538 HAHA Myslím, že to není vhodné. :) Jsem vdaná a mám malého syna. :D
@@CzechWithKaterina Děkuju. Vše nejlepší 😊
@@plavookimacan3538 Hodně štěstí i Tobě! :)
Ř
I agree!
my grandma told me the same when i was 4 yrs old and trying with jizí, zezicha, bzicho and other nasty words 😅
Haha čau Jirko. To mě pobavilo. Pomohlo ti to tehdy?
@@CzechWithKaterina mě to poučování spíš bylo nepříjemný... to ř nějak pak přišlo samo :-)... ale pro cizince to pomoc být může, tam autentickou zkušenost nemám :-)
I' from Czech Repablic 😅
I 'm Czech and I Still I can't speak R or Ř😪 , People laugh at me 😰.
My friends and my family tell me it's embarrassing at my age😭😫.
We have English at school and we learn your language There, but I don't know much so I write it according to the translator🙁 .
I like you videos 🥺
Bye 😓👋
Ahoj Nicol, já jsem česka. Neposlouchej je a trénuj. Určitě se to naučiš, a jestli se ti někdo směje, nemysli na to, ty lidi ti za smutek nestojí.
Ř sounds very similar to a soft G or J in English.
interesting, which words do you have in mind... jak Jack? that's more like czech DŽ
Jsem Čech a docela mě to překvapilo a po kom je nerozumíš tak to dej to překladače
Promiň Rafaeli, já jsem taky Češka, a bohužel ne, nerozumím, co přesně chceš napsat. "po kom je" asi mělo být něco jiného?
Docela dobré vydeo jestliže se učíš český 🇨🇿🇨🇿🇨🇿
Děkuju :) chceš typ na pár detailů, které můžeš změnit ve tvém textu?
Doslova ona to je česka víž ona mluví anglicky ale učí ř
Hi
ih my got i am dying this is so hard xD why is this letter existiung haha. i hope i can one day somehow manage x(
Hahaaa Backi,
it exists but it's not really too important. It is great to know about this and practice, but even if you can't pronounce it just yet, anyone will understand.
Sounds to me like half of these aren't real, I can't hear the complication at all. For ex. in "well" it sounds like Ž, in "wood" it also sounds like Ž, but then in your name it's obviously R.
Není dobrý taky Ž?
To je pravda . Je těžké
Ja sym z Łužicy a my tež mamy pismik Ř a wurjekował sym ho jara ćežke we školě ale nětko moje wurjekowanje je trochu dobre, tu su moje słowa z pismikom Ř na přikład:
Přiroda
Přidawnik
Tři
Přestrjeń
Nutřkokrajny
Písmenko je stejné, ale je také zvuk přesně stejný? Možná se tvoří jinak...?
@@CzechWithKaterina słyšam łužisko-serbsku telewiziju dotal myslu kiž su bliske a podobne
haha promin, můžeš to napsat česky? já nerozumím polsky. vím, že poláci čechům rozumí, ale pro nás to není přirozené. děkuji :)
@@CzechWithKaterina ně mohu napisać ale rozumju čěsku a moja rěč je hornjoserbšćina ně pólska
Znaješ Němčinu?
Chleba chleba chleba
:D
Umíš dobře Česky
Já jsem Češka :D :D :D
jsem vystudovaná bohemistka a lektorka češtiny pro cizince. :)
D5444
Nechápu, ale díky za komentář.
Ahoj jsem Čech a R nebo Ř my nedělá problém
Ano, většině Čechů to nedělá problém. :)
I'm from Czech republic 🇨🇿 And this language Is not hard for me.
I say ř And r in czech
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I’m from Czech rep and I’m surprised That you can say R and Ř. Bdw many people can’t say ch.
Hi there! I’m Also from the Czech Republic
Ok
Proč tady vůbec jsem🤣
Proč? :)
@@CzechWithKaterina protože český umím
It might be easier for me to try and marry a gorgeous Czech woman and have her speak all the time.
Hi Mark, depends… 😅
1:21 please do more this with hand when you talk
Jahahahahaaaa
If u r Single Then I Should need this course for talking to u🥺
That's very flattering comment, Saqib. :D
I am married and have two small kids. But I am sure you can learn Czech to chat to other Czech ladies. :))))
Ahoj jak se máte
Ahoj, mám se skvele! A co ty?
Já bydlím v česku jde vám to
Ahoj, já taky. :) Děkuji.
Ahoj můžu se zeptat na 2 otázky umíš česky. proč se o nás zajimáš😶😠
Ahoj ja jsem ceska a lektorka češtiny
Hey, i think i know you! Dance different?
Absolutely, Ivan!! 💜
Very effecient method.
Děkuji, Abdel! :) x
Ř Is coming from Turkey. Real language for czechistan is Turkish.
What do you mean? I have no recolection of such connection 😄
Im from zcech čus jsem klára je mi 8 let😑
Ahoj Kláro :)
Learning how to say R ? WTF?..Funny that Ř can't say even most of Slovakians they would just say pŠíroda or naŽíkat when reading something czech. Poland has Ř as well or not ? (Rzeczpospolita , Przemyšl)
(That was funny when the French in the US learned to pronounce "the". "Aj em dzzffFLUSs OTEC !!! " 😅 I just remembered that now..)
Whats so striktně about learning R?
Polish rz is a bit different than ř
Slovák languages doesnt have Ř ať all so they also need to learn it if they want to say it right
Thanks for commenting
Ja sem čech a neumim řict ř
Tak to zkus s mým videem ;)
Why does every language make the “r” hard? Can we just remove it completely? See, British and German were pretty smart to do so
Haha interesting idea to remove a sound from a language! :))
Dávat čechům reklami
Jake reklamy?
Havel struggled because he refused to learn it. It is easy, people are just lazy bums.
I always thought he had a condition called “rotacism”. But interesting view 😅