Struggling with Nihon-go

Nihon-go means Japanese language. Took up this language as a form of interest and an added enrichment to my work (since it's fully subsidised:P). It was an interesting language though, but had some difficulties using the different particles for different purposes... My school has made learning Japanese pretty interesting, and the sen-sei ( teacher ) have pretty nice to us. Even Japanese find their own language difficult, let alone us. There are 12-13 different forms of each verb and it would certainly take a whole lifetime to master the language... Geez.. I'm only in Elementary 1... And my test would be in mid Jan.. Wish me luck.