I speak spanish and i think the same as you.
in Spanish you have to take care with the genre of the things!!
Yes the things have genre...
another tip? emmmmmm
in spanish is so difficult to "conjugar" a verb (make a phrase to have sense)
id est, for example the verb "amar" (is to love in english)
for the several persons
yo amo, tu amas, el ama, nosotros amamos, vosotros aman, ellos aman
look how the verbs changes with all the persons!
but in english
i love, you love, he loves, we love, you love, they love
the verb changes just for the special person(like i call to the third person)
Spanish IS SO DIFFICULT!!
Y lo dice alguien que habla español desde la cuna!