These tricks do much more than get you started, and they are real Spanish, not some form of tourist baby talk. The past is the big wall that many Spanish students never get over. I won t pretend it s easy, but it gets a lot easier if someone will explain the big picture first, and then walk you through the rough patches. You can get the map in 5 lessons, it will take some time to put these lessons into practice. Session III Possessive Pronouns and Reflexives Possessives are tricky, because they don t translate directly the way English does.
Reflexives are over-rated in importance by most language schools.
They are rarely used in present tense, so don t bother to learn them until you have the past. Direct and indirect objects are confusing unless you are a whizz at English grammar. Most Spanish texts spread them over about 5 lessons and explain them ludicrously badly. They are a finesse part of the language, and not that un-managable if you really want them.