RTh
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If I were to say something like that, I'd say it like this:
Hey, ¿qué pasa? Estoy en mi primer año en clases de español, pero ya se los tiempos verbales de futuro, pretérito imperfecto, pretérito indefinido y pretérito perfecto. Estoy aprendiendo diligentemente y estoy muy aplicado en mi trabajo. Ahora saco buenas notas pero al comienzo no era un estudiante muy bueno porque no me interesaba el idioma, pero ahora me doy cuenta de los beneficios de aprender español.
In Spain the ¿Qué pasa? isn't very polite if you are talking to someone you don't know. Most people would say ¿Qué tal? instead, but in this case I think it fits.
The use of the equivalent for the verb ''to be'' in Spanish is always a problem for most people. It can be translated to estar or ser.
The first one is used to indicate a position (Estoy aquí), a present continuous (Estoy yendo, yendo is the gerundio of the verb ir. Also ''I'm thinking'' in Spanish is Estoy pensando) or a certain state like sickness or feelings and emotions (Estoy enfermo, estoy enfadado).
The verb ser is used to describe something or someone (Eso es bonito, eres alto) or state something like a time of the day or a condition for something (Es mediodía, Es importante que vengas).
Also, diligentemente is really formal, you won't hear anyone saying it. It's similar in meaning to other words which are used more often, like rápidamente/con rapidez (which mean fast and something like ''with speed'').
Realize in Spanish is darse cuenta. For example: Me di cuenta de que estabas ahí. Se dio cuenta de que venía el tren. Note that this verb is a pronominal verb. You use Me, se, te, nos, os... as a part of the verb.
Primer periodo is also kind of weird, but it isn't wrong. Anyway, I would use the adverb comienzo, and introduce it with al. Which basically means at the beginning. Also, comienzo can be the Present of the verb comenzar, but in this case it is and adverb.
Fui interesado ain't right, and many Spanish students make that mistake. If you were trying to saying ''I wasn't interested in the language'' the best translation would be No estaba interesado en el idioma. But I used the Pretérito imperfecto for this one, interesaba, which is the most common way of saying it.
The use of the equivalent for the verb ''to be'' in Spanish is always a problem for most people. It can be translated to estar or ser.
The first one is used to indicate a position (Estoy aquí), a present continuous (Estoy yendo, yendo is the gerundio of the verb ir. Also ''I'm thinking'' in Spanish is Estoy pensando) or a certain state like sickness or feelings and emotions (Estoy enfermo, estoy enfadado).
The verb ser is used to describe something or someone (Eso es bonito, eres alto) or state something like a time of the day or a condition for something (Es mediodía, Es importante que vengas).
Also, diligentemente is really formal, you won't hear anyone saying it. It's similar in meaning to other words which are used more often, like rápidamente/con rapidez (which mean fast and something like ''with speed'').
Realize in Spanish is darse cuenta. For example: Me di cuenta de que estabas ahí. Se dio cuenta de que venía el tren. Note that this verb is a pronominal verb. You use Me, se, te, nos, os... as a part of the verb.
Primer periodo is also kind of weird, but it isn't wrong. Anyway, I would use the adverb comienzo, and introduce it with al. Which basically means at the beginning. Also, comienzo can be the Present of the verb comenzar, but in this case it is and adverb.
Fui interesado ain't right, and many Spanish students make that mistake. If you were trying to saying ''I wasn't interested in the language'' the best translation would be No estaba interesado en el idioma. But I used the Pretérito imperfecto for this one, interesaba, which is the most common way of saying it.
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I know the difference between estar and ser but I suppose I wasn't thinking. Your English looks almost native to me, however some people in America might give you a weird look if you say "ain't" 
(I'm from West Virginia; I hear "ain't" everyday)
