I've been learning it for some 7 years, took it as a freshman in high school and continued into college, making it my major. My best advice to you when learning it is to take a class or hire a private tutor, if you don't have someone to interact with when you're learning it, you'll end up missing vital points of the language. Can't stress that enough, learning purely from a book will have bad results. D: Goodluck to you!