Hi guy, I'm learning italian, and now I can roll the r, but I cannot say any word begin with "pr", I am just confused that to speak 'p' this sound we should blow air out, and then to speak 'r' sound requiring to blow air to roll our tongue, so when I try to say 'pr' together, there is always a pause between 'p' and 'r', but I have been watching native Italian speakers' youtube video, I found that they can say it very easily, and there is no any pause.
Am I just pronounce it wrong, or just lack of practice to say it fluently?
Thank you for your help.
How to pronounce word beginning with pr- in italin
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Re: How to pronounce word beginning with pr- in italin
Olivia wrote:I am just confused that to speak 'p' this sound we should blow air out, and then to speak 'r' sound requiring to blow air to roll our tongue, so when I try to say 'pr' together, there is always a pause between 'p' and 'r'
Just do it all in one blow of air. There's no point in breathing twice, the neighboring sounds are pronounced almost simultaneously.
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Re: How to pronounce word beginning with pr- in italin
Olivia wrote:Hi guy, I'm learning italian, and now I can roll the r, but I cannot say any word begin with "pr".
The "pr" cluster in Italian is not very different from the same cluster in English, for example. How do you pronounce the word "pronounce" in English?
Even the p here is similar because it's unaspirated (unlike, for example, the p in "pack" or "pan").
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Thank you all, maybe I need to do more practice, for after knowing I should say it simultaneously, I still can't do it yet, but I am working on it, thanks again for your help
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Re: How to pronounce word beginning with pr- in italin
I think I understand your problem.
Try to position the lips to make a "P", but don't release it. Instead go directly to pronounce the "R". It is one blow of air. Unless I'm mistaken the "P" will not be aspirated when followed by the "R".
Try to position the lips to make a "P", but don't release it. Instead go directly to pronounce the "R". It is one blow of air. Unless I'm mistaken the "P" will not be aspirated when followed by the "R".
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