Have trouble pronoucing らりるれろ,,, please help

[ozkai]

I little off topic and my apologies to the OP as I can't read Japanese.

My 2.2 yearl old son is going through a current learning to talk, repeat-repeat-repeat phase.

One word that has him stumped is 'Moth'. He just cannot get the 'th' tongue between teeth connection and pronounce 'Moff'

Super cute but it's driving me nuts!

[Troo]

Just keep correcting him every time he does it. He'll learn by watching you.

[ozkai]

Originally Posted by Troo

Just keep correcting him every time he does it. He'll learn by watching you.

Hahaha... Thanks Troo.. I do it often.hehehe

he's at the talk after EVERY single word Daddys says stage..SUPER cute

[Troo]

Originally Posted by ozkai

he's at the talk after EVERY single word Daddys says stage..SUPER cute

*Laughs* Awesome.

Just remember, kids need consistency if they're to learn. If you only correct him 50% of the time he'll try to see why he's only wrong 50% of the time, and if he fails to determine a pattern (which he will, because I doubt you manage to correct the same words every time) he'll decide you are being unfair and start ignoring that correction

[Ronin4hire]

I say it dra dri dru dre dro.

Don't emphasise the r too much though. Just slightly....

[Troo]

But there's no d in them...

[jesselt]

Maybe it is just me, but it seem like pronouncing certain words (like 料理) would sound really strange. Lyoli? Dyodi also sounds weird, but not as strange as lyoli.

[Ronin4hire]

Originally Posted by Troo

But there's no d in them...

It's just how native people say it. (It's a soft d sound)

[komitsuki]

Depending on a vowel and semivowel, the Japanese "r" can prounce like:

1. alveolar flap-like
2. alveolar approximate (more fronted initial "r" prounciation in North American English)

[Troo]

Originally Posted by Ronin4hire

It's just how native people say it. (It's a soft d sound)

If you insist. I, however, shall continue to pronounce them ら, り, る, れ, and ろ.