[SamuraiAlchemistNinja]

There are some things that are the same as in English (structure wise) such as when describing something (unlike in spanish/french) the description comes first:
example: "Kore wa aoi kuruma desu" meaning "this is a blue car" "aoi" meaning blue and "kuruma" meaning car.

It is also a good idea to learn particles and where they are used; it helps when speaking fluently to know how and which words to connect using which particles.

Also, it's good to know that when speaking Japanese, the "desu" usually is just pronounced as "des." It's useful to know that "des" and "desu" are exactly the same.