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mary07 · 04-14-2008, 12:39 AM

Quick question...

what is the difference between pronunciation of /r/ and /r~/? as in the r with the tilde on top??? i think that it is present in Puerto Rico... but I can't quite tell the difference between the two...

exxc�ntrica · 04-14-2008, 02:36 AM

There is no r with a tilde on top in Spanish.

maramaras · 04-20-2008, 02:03 PM

As Exxcentrica has said, there is no r with a tilde on top. But, if I am not confused, you are asking about the different pronunciation of the r in Spanish. You pronounce previo (and the r is soft) and carrera (double r much more strongly). The double r is never written at the beginning of a word, for instance, you say raro, the first r is stronger than the second one.
I hope it helps you.

aleCcowaN · 05-31-2008, 03:45 AM

I don't know which sound /r~/ stands for. Maybe it is what is called "rotacismo", an /l/ pronounced pretty like an /r/: "er ni�o" instead "el ni�o", what is common in popular Spanish, some places in the Caribbean and Southern Spain.

04-14-2008, 12:39 AM	#1
mary07 New Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	/r/ vs /r~/ Quick question... what is the difference between pronunciation of /r/ and /r~/? as in the r with the tilde on top??? i think that it is present in Puerto Rico... but I can't quite tell the difference between the two...

04-14-2008, 02:36 AM	#2
exxc�ntrica Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spain Posts: 882 Rep Power: 580	There is no r with a tilde on top in Spanish. __________________ �Aunque la conducta del marido sea censurable, aunque este se d� a otros amores, la mujer virtuosa debe reverenciarlo como a un dios. Durante la infancia, una mujer debe depender de su padre, al casarse de su marido, si este muere, de sus hijos y si no los tuviera, de su soberano. Una mujer nunca debe gobernarse a s� misma." *Leyes de Manu (Libro Sagrado de la India*

05-31-2008, 03:45 AM	#4
aleCcowaN Forum User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina Posts: 48 Rep Power: 66	I don't know which sound /r~/ stands for. Maybe it is what is called "rotacismo", an /l/ pronounced pretty like an /r/: "er ni�o" instead "el ni�o", what is common in popular Spanish, some places in the Caribbean and Southern Spain. __________________ Si razona el caballo �se acab� la equitaci�n! - c�saR brutO

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04-20-2008, 02:03 PM	#3
maramaras Forum User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 43 Rep Power: 16	As Exxcentrica has said, there is no r with a tilde on top. But, if I am not confused, you are asking about the different pronunciation of the r in Spanish. You pronounce previo (and the r is soft) and carrera (double r much more strongly). The double r is never written at the beginning of a word, for instance, you say raro, the first r is stronger than the second one. I hope it helps you.

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