Well I was 10 when I started and it was a bit stupid, now I look back at it. I only memorised everything, but didn't actually understand what it was I was learning... I only realised this of course when I saw some 5th class kids learning Latin on day. I suddenly remembered I had done the same, just memorised stuff I didn't understand...

<br /><br />I had a lot of trouble with declensions. I just didn't understand the need for a dative or ablative. I just thought of them as some other objects and when I translate these I just have to remember to put some little word like 'to', 'for' or 'by' in front of it. <br />Never had too much trouble with conjugations, though I admit I was a bit lost when it came to participles. I thought of knew how to translate them, though I had a hard time deciding if it should be temporal, causal, concessive or whatever...<br />And then the ablative absolutus - a nightmare!