How To Create Finnish R Sound?

If you find difficult to create Finnish r sound I try to give you directions how to pronounce it.

Finnish r is also called trilled r. Listen here how it sounds like: trilled r sound

First we have to find the right place where we create the vibration. Say d sound and feel where the tip of your tongue goes. Repeat d sound a few times and you notice that the tip of your tongue touches the back of your front teeth. Your tongue doesn’t come between your teeth but it stays behind the teeth.  That is the very same place where you create the Finnish r sound.

Now you know the place and next we have to think how you make the vibration. D sound helps you with it. We have to create some speed for vibration and d gives you the speed. Begin with repeating d as fast as you can. Take any vowel with d, for example e, and add n to the end. So now try to repeat den as fast as you can several times. After you have done this and your tongue comes familiar with speed drop the vowel and repeat just dn very fast several times. Without vowel the movement of your tongue is faster. Next try to make vibration between d and n and say drn. It sounds like you try to start an engine but it doesn’t start. Repeat this several times and when you feel the vibration in the tip of your tongue drop the helping sounds and say just rrrrrr. It sounds like you started the engine finally.