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Czech pronunciation: r

Is Czech pronunciation a problem for you? I offer you another short training. Today´s topic: consonant r.

R

Your lips are a bit open. Your tongue is free and the tip of the tongue goes up. When we breathe out, the tip of the tongue vibrates.

Let´s start with TD.

a) TD – TD – TD – TD – TD – TD – TD – TD – TD – TD

Hold on! When you are patient be sure you will hear TR.

b) TDnka – TDnka – TDnka – TDnka – TDnka – TDnka

c) ciTDon – ciTDon – ciTDon – ciTDon – ciTDon – ciTDon – ciTDon

d) Try also BD: doBDý – doBDý – doBDý – doBDý – doBDý – doBDý

Practise pronunciation of R. Listen to these words and repeat.

a) trn, trouba, tričko

b) Praha, proto, prémie

c) brigáda, brusinka, Brno

d) Franta, fronta, Francie

e) krok, krém, krásný

f) gramofon, Grónsko, groš

g) hra, hruška, hrnek

h) rum, ruka, rodina

Listen to this sentence and repeat. Ten times, twenty times… So many times until you pronounce the same way as the audio voice.

Mirka má krásné růžové tričko s krátkými rukávy.

(Mirka has a nice pink short-sleeved t-shirt.)

Here you can find other sentences and audio. Listen and repeat.
If you use Lída Holá books, here you can find all audio. Listen and repeat. E.g. Čeština expres 1.
Read also the other parts of this „pronunciation serial“: length mark and accent, I/Y, H/CH , and Ř

23rd November 2020