Hello. I am back after a two-week or so break due mainly to seve

@stevesmi
Welcome back! I hope your foot is feeling better.I’ve heard this advice several places for learning languages, that if you’re really struggling to learn something then you’re going too fast, and it’s time to take a step back and shore up your fundamentals.You should always be searching for that sweet spot where you’re learning new material, but not struggling with it.If you’re struggling with something, break it down into smaller parts...there’s usually some specific area that’s causing trouble that you can focus on. You need to build up the “scaffolding” of little bits and pieces of language knowledge, and then the more complicated bits become easy.Is there something in particular you’ve recently been having trouble with?

@stevesmi I agree with @TLDCadmin. Early in my language studies I would tend to panic if I couldn’t get something right away, but over the years I’ve learned that a new language needs time to “percolate” and settle in your brain. If I do ten new flashcards now and get nine wrong, I say “bahala na” because I’m pretty sure - especially with the progressive way the cards are set up on this site - that next time I’ll do better. In short, I no longer panic; in the long run the brain will get it. So I just relax, knowing that’s true. Take it easy and good luck.

@TLDCAdmin Thanx for that helpful advice. The overwhelming feeling was from trying to recall rather than just simply "use" all of the early "rules" such as individual letters' pronunciation, and the dipthongs and other letter pairings, and the syllabication, and the different accents, and the changes that take place in certain instances, and the simple phrases, and the sentence forming. Phew! A really particular headache was the verb conjugating.