LingoflyR r — re
«re» is a consonant of the Uzbek script, read as “a short rolled r”. A quick rolled r — one tap, not the long Spanish trill. For example, in the word “rangi” — color. The Uzbek alphabet has 29 letters in total. It appears, for example, in the word “rahmat” — thank you.
In short
| Character | R r |
| Name | re |
| Sound | a short rolled r |
| What it is | a consonant |
In our course the character comes 17th of 30: the order here is not alphabetical but from familiar to unfamiliar, its neighbours in the course are q and s, appears in roughly every fifth word on this site.
How it sounds
A quick rolled r — one tap, not the long Spanish trill.
The character in a word
A lone character is hard to remember: memory holds on to meaning, and a letter has none. The word it stands in provides that anchor.
- rangicolor
The character in the “fifteen letters — read as they look” group
Everything an English reader gets right at first glance. One letter deserves a second look: y is familiar in shape. It sounds like the y of "yes" — yaxshi reads "yakh-shee", never "wax-shee".
Words with this character
How to remember this character
A single letter is the hardest thing to remember: memory has nothing to hold on to — a character has no meaning. A three-step loop works: see the character, try to recall the sound (for «re» it is “a short rolled r”, as in the word “rangi”), see the right answer.
And come back to it the next day, not in an hour: a check a day or two later beats a check the same day. Nobody holds the whole alphabet — 29 letters — at once.
- It is better to test yourself the next day than at the end of the same session. That is why a word comes back to you tomorrow.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · g = 0.82 when tested a day or two later, against 0.56 on the same day.
- Studying a little every day gets more into your head than spending the same total time in one sitting.checked many timesDonovan & Radosevich, 1999, Journal of Applied Psychology 84(5) · 63 studies compared, difference d = 0.46 — a sizeable figure for a learning effect.
Frequently asked
How does the Uzbek character r read?
As “a short rolled r” — it is a consonant of the Uzbek script. A quick rolled r — one tap, not the long Spanish trill. For example, in the word “rangi” — color.
What is the letter r called?
Re. A character's name and its sound are different things in the Uzbek script: it is called “re” and reads as “a short rolled r”. Learn the second one: the name only helps when the alphabet is recited aloud.