{"id":527,"date":"2009-04-17T07:00:21","date_gmt":"2009-04-17T11:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=491"},"modified":"2009-04-17T07:00:21","modified_gmt":"2009-04-17T11:00:21","slug":"problems-with-portuguese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/problems-with-portuguese\/","title":{"rendered":"Problems with Portuguese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we&#8217;re going to do another interactive post. The question is: What is the biggest obstacle you&#8217;ve encountered while learning Portuguese? What part of the language do you find the most difficult?<\/p>\n<p>In my experience, one of the most difficult grammar rules to learn is hypenating words. It&#8217;s difficult to memorize what kind of accent goes over the vowel and whether to put <em>lo<\/em>, <em>la<\/em>, <em>o<\/em>, or <em>a<\/em>.\u00a0 (Example: <em>observ\u00e1-lo<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve also had a bit of trouble memorizing what type of accent to use on certain words, and now that the accent <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/new-portuguese-accents-go-into-effect\/\" target=\"_blank\">rules have changed<\/a>, I&#8217;m more confused than ever, but tend to stick to the old rules.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of pronunciation, I have a lot of trouble with the &#8220;lh&#8221; sound, and it&#8217;s what usually gives me away as a gringa.<\/p>\n<p>What about you? What has been the most difficult component of Portuguese to learn?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we&#8217;re going to do another interactive post. The question is: What is the biggest obstacle you&#8217;ve encountered while learning Portuguese? 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