Spanish

Okay, so on a scale from 0 to 4, 4 being a native speaker, I have risen to a level 2. Which I must say is disappointing. NOT because I am only a level 2 but because when I was a lowly 1 and explained the levels, and the fact that their hope was to get me to a level 2, I figured I would speak MUCH better than this by the time I earned that level. Oooooh scary out of control sentence! Does that make any sense? Anyone? So here is the situation. I can understand fairly well and speak in whole paragraphs only now I know soooo many verb tenses that it takes me a half an hour to say one stupid sentence if I want it to be grammatically correct. And pronouns, FORGET ABOUT IT!!! I do not think it is possible for any language to come up with a system MORE confusing than Spanish and it's dang pronouns! Did you know "he" can actually be either "le, lo or se" but "she" can also be "le, la, or se" AND nouns can be "lo, la, le or se". Excuse me WHAT? Heck I may not even have that correct! Oh and my fav is the order which is essentially "he her it gives" for "he gives it to her" translated, I think, "el le se da" or even "le se da" with the "el" understood. Somebody shoot me now! Hmmm, now that I look at it again it might be "el se le da". I can see ALOT of confusion in my future. Nanny "Michelle, Maggie fed the dog this morning" Me, "What, you fed Maggie to the dog!" Oh and one of my favs from class the other day. Instructor: "What did you and your friend eat for dinner?" Me (laughing): "Why did I eat my friend?"