How does aspiration work with alveolar trills [r]?
For context, I’m an American English native speaker trying to improve my pronunciation of the alveolar trill rolled R (as spoken in Polish, for example). I’m also a beginner when it comes to linguistics, so please bear with me if I’m not explaining this well.
So far, I am only able to produce a rolled R by heavily aspirating the consonant. In other words, by forcing enough air through my mouth, I can create just enough tongue wiggle to trill the R. This is what it feels like to me, anyway. I can’t fully tell whether I’m aspirating or pre-aspirating the consonant.
So I have a couple questions:
How the hell do I trill this consonant without aspiration?
Out of curiosity, do different languages actually have aspirated vs unaspirated versions of the alveolar trill? I‘ve never heard anyone (besides myself) pronouncing something with an aspirated alveolar trill.