Spanish Grammar help
Hola,
Spanish grammar is the hardest thing im learning and im finding it very very hard to pick the right tense when and where to use it. Do any native english speakers learning spanish have any tips to help its beginning to drive me crazy trying to learn all the tense ):
3 Answers
I make a pattern that I repeat to myself out of the present tense endings in the order: "I, you, he/she/it, we, you lot, they". So "o, as, a, amos, aís, an'
Say you need the "we" conjugation of "jugar", go through the pattern and you will get "jugamos".
I write out tables for each tense as well in the same order using -ar, -er, and -ir verbs as examples. It works for me, hope it helps!
Grammar, like many things that are learned, is a cummulative being. It is slowly learned over time, and if you keep practicing, there should not be any extraordinary problems. I learned English grammar with a lot of reading, and studying how things were presented without looking for too many explanations. Find what way you learn best , and use it to your advantage. And if you have a poor soul with whom you can practice what you learn, great! (The same applies to myself). Grammar helps the language flow smoothly and sound marvelous. So I wish you much luck, and success in your quest to learn Spanish. 
It may be a little hard at first, but do you know what's great about Spanish grammar? You form each of the tenses the same way with only a few exceptions. Compared to English where there are so many irregular verbs and weird ways to spell things, Spanish is so much easier! This should be at least a little more encouraging to you But we still all have to memorize the endings, so just keep practicing and I promise you will get them.
If you still need help check out the first few lessons on this site especially lessons 1.4 and 1.5. Buena suerte!
