Learning a language

You helped me in many ways before /Foreign Language/.

One simple question; Is learning a new language more about memorizing than just getting in the mindset to learn it naturally? I am having trouble finding a niche to learn a new language and i am looking for any personal tips that may help.

>/Foreign Language/
stick with /lang/, buddy.
That being said, what I am about to say is useless because I have just started learning a second language.
I think it's more understanding the language and how it works, not necessarily memorization. Eventually, I would assume you'd be able to say a word in another language and be like "that just doesn't sound right" kind of like the way you do when you say "they is gonna do that later" or something.