Hey Sketchyfish...yeah, I agree with Valda on that, it's by far better to go ahead and bite the bullet and learn the grammar. Take it from my experience...I spent years learning how to read and memorizing words without knowing the grammar. If I had only worked on the grammar from the start I would have learned much faster and not wasted all the time. It helps tremendously with speaking and translating, and you'll learn to read much faster that way - - Kevin