Comment RE: Congrats (Score 1) 514
Congratulations on deciding to commit to learning a new language - it's a fairly exciting achievement, actually.
Learning a new spoken language is not dissimilar to learning a new programming language: the first time is hard - you need to learn the constructs - ie learn how to learn a language. Conjugation, grammar, etc - these are all notions that are difficult the first time around.
Once you've got a grasp on that, you'll realise that you can communicate with about 20 verbs and 50 adjectives.
I would, however, underline that your motivations to learn a specific language should probably stem from an inherent interest in the country/ies / cultures where it is spoken.
If you're attempting to learn a language for conducting business, unless you're incredibly motivated, you're going to probably fail.
The language of business / commerce is difficult - heck, you go to university to learn how to talk the talk. It's such a domain-specific use of language that it will take literally years of immersion (2 at an inside minimum) to get a handle on it.
(References: Australian living in France working in IT)