I'm going to try my best to describe the tongue placement
the "r" in english is an approximate, in japanese, it's a tap, to make the english "r" you have to, curl your tongue backwards as if to point to the throat, and make a "ə" type sound, but the thing is that the tongue shouldn't touch the roof of the mouth
the "ə" is a schwa and it is the えええええ!?sound. when you say that you chance the pitch of the voice, but not the placement, that placement of the tongue is similar to the english "ə"
the "ɝ" sound is a bit harder to explain, but the tongue should tens on the sides against the teeth. making a sort of curve between the teeth
and the "L" sound is made by placing the tip of the tongue against the back of the top front teeth
and g is the back of your tongue releasing from your soft pallet
so breaking it down
g release the back of the tongue and start to tense the tongue to the side against the teeth and make a similar noise to ええええ!?
ɝ once you get to this part you want to move the tongue so that you now have the placement as if you were making the ええええ!?
ə this is just the sound you make as you tongue moves to make the "r" sound
r curve the tip of your tongue backwards without touching the roof of your mouth
l once you have made the "r" sound, quickly touch the back of your top front teeth (or roughly around there)
Thank you! That is very helpful! The most difficult part is the R-colored vowel "ɝ". However, thanks to your lecture, my pronunciation of just the word "girl" has become much better. Now I can now pronounce it three times out of ten.
anymany
I'm going to try my best to describe the tongue placement
the "r" in english is an approximate, in japanese, it's a tap, to make the english "r" you have to, curl your tongue backwards as if to point to the throat, and make a "ə" type sound, but the thing is that the tongue shouldn't touch the roof of the mouth
the "ə" is a schwa and it is the えええええ!?sound. when you say that you chance the pitch of the voice, but not the placement, that placement of the tongue is similar to the english "ə"
the "ɝ" sound is a bit harder to explain, but the tongue should tens on the sides against the teeth. making a sort of curve between the teeth
and the "L" sound is made by placing the tip of the tongue against the back of the top front teeth
and g is the back of your tongue releasing from your soft pallet
so breaking it down
g release the back of the tongue and start to tense the tongue to the side against the teeth and make a similar noise to ええええ!?
ɝ once you get to this part you want to move the tongue so that you now have the placement as if you were making the ええええ!?
ə this is just the sound you make as you tongue moves to make the "r" sound
r curve the tip of your tongue backwards without touching the roof of your mouth
l once you have made the "r" sound, quickly touch the back of your top front teeth (or roughly around there)
hope this helps
Precipitation24
Thank you! That is very helpful! The most difficult part is the R-colored vowel "ɝ". However, thanks to your lecture, my pronunciation of just the word "girl" has become much better. Now I can now pronounce it three times out of ten.