syntax sucks

i´ve decided that english syntax has ruined me for life. or i have a language disorder. i can´t wrap my head around spanish phrases like, "me puede decir . . . ", which is "Can you tell me . . . ?" because my brain wants to flip it around. this takes way too long, of course, for any sort of normal conversation. argh.

i would give myself treatment if we had ever been taught how to do that. fucking carpenter.