Should I learn a few verbs in all the tenses, or many verbs in just one tense I'm taking Spanish, and I seem to fumble a lot during my lessons. I use everything available to me, apps, reading, etc; but I forget tenses and common phrases more than I would like. Is it better to learn many verbs in just one tense and master them, or is it better to learn just a few verbs and master all the tenses? What is your experience? They say that a romantic language like Spanish, French, or Portuguese can be learned with 400 hundred hours of hard work. I want to make sure I am moving in the right direction. I am taking lessons, but I am an older student, so I wonder if it's just me.