When you start out learning a new language, figuring out how to use simple words and sentences is usually enough to lend you with enough basic communication skills. When advancing your grasp of it, however, noticing patterns in sentence construction and grammar will go a long way towards speeding up your ability to use it effectively.
Take special notice of how verbs are used in the sentences. Find out how their use changes in conjunction with people, objects, tense, voice, mood, gender and other grammatical functions. If you spend enough time with a language, you’ll figure out the patterns of inflection which will help you use the language in more correct ways.
Sound plays a major part in most languages. Even with English, the same words using a different tone can indicate a question, a statement or a command. When you’re speaking in foreign tongues, sounds you’re used to making in your native language may not necessarily indicate the same meaning. Instead, listen to native speakers and watch how they use sounds to properly communicate with others.
There’s no easier way to learn correct pronunciation than with understanding patterns. Look up groups of letters in your language course book or language learning software and practice speaking them. If you start learning pronunciation from working with complete words, you’ll likely have a very hard time.
Patterns exist everywhere in language. The more you’re able to understand them, the easier that learning it will eventually become for you.