That is how I feel sometimes when I try to speak to any 日本人 I know. ”元気ですか？何だけ？すみません。ごめん。” These are the only things I really know how to say in 日本語. I can't understand a lot of what people say and I can't respond accordingly. This makes me feel discouraged like I shouldn't try to talk to 日本人 until I know a lot more 日本語. 日本語はやさしいですね？I think 英語 is harder because we have lots of words that sound the same but are different, such as "there" "their" and "they're". We also have lots of different meanings for one word.　漢字 are easy to memorize when you look at them like a picture. In just one day I memorized these Kanji and their meanings:　一二三四五六七ハ九十百日月本木土火水石金 If you have the right resources you can learn anything. Just don't give up. Keep practicing with イギリス人. One day you will be able to say everything you want to. And they can help you find out how to say what you want to say. I will keep practicing 日本語. One day I will be fluent. がんばります。 Feel free to correct anything I wrote.