L/R issue only in one language?

[olufem]

My kiddo is 5 and we have done OPOL since birth. It’s worked out shockingly well, and my kiddo is fluent in both English and Spanish (better in English…but so am I). I’m noticing, though, that her r’s sound like l in Spanish, but not English. She can say “red” correctly, but it’s “lojo” instead of “rojo” in Spanish. Has anyone else has this?

 

[wantingtoknow]

@olufem My kid does a similar thing. It’s more due to physiological reasons than anything. Rolled rs are acquired until age 5-6, also for monolinguals.

 

[olufem]

@wantingtoknow This makes sense! Since she’s not doing it in one language I thought something might be wrong. Thank you!

 

[marsoco]

@olufem You have to distinguish the languages and sounds. R in EN is a different sound than the r in Spanish. Completely different way to pronounce it.

 

[johnnyhudson]

@olufem In Spanish it's called a 'rolling r', it's a different sound. I can do it, because my mother tongue also has it. Other people in my Spanish class could not for the life of them, it just wouldn't roll off their tongue

I'm sure he'll get it eventually!