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Thank you everybody!!~~ And a ton of thanks to you, Shuka. You've cleared up quite a lot of stuff.
Sorry about not posting for a while..trying to cram everything for school in during Thanksgiving break. I still have quite a load I plan to finish, so I had better get going..I do have more questions that I remember now, though, I'll post it here, just for the sake of not over-stretching the questions thread.

1/ What is "kedo"? I think I remember hearing "desu-kedo" on TV but maybe my ears we playing tricks on me because I use them too much. If there is such thing as "desukedo" then the other form would be "dakedo"? And "dakedo" also means "but/however", along with "shikashi", and "tadashi", right?

2/Is there a past tense for "~iru" and "~aru"? I think the ~masu form is "imashita" and "shimashita"..I think. And is there a ~te form for it too?

3/On the computer, I have a hard time typing づ. I can't "type" it. I have to draw it on the IME thing. Is there a way to type it so it's faster? I'm fine with drawing if there isn't, though. Along with っ and ぢ.

4/How do you use "sorekara", "korekara"? I have a hard time with "kara", I'm sorry.

5/ Is the verb "make" and "give" 作る and 与える? I don't really trust the online translators that much, but that's what it gave me.

6/What is the difference between "iu" and "hanasu"? They both mean "speak", right? Which is more common and when to use which?

7/"~no tame ni" is "for" right? But I have a feeling when I say "okurimono no tame ni arigatou gozaimasu"...that it's wrong. The online translators say "okurimono arigatougozaimasu", and I think that's correct. Then how do I use "~no tame ni"?..Would the "for" in these two sentences be different? :"This game is for him." and "This game is for the Playstation."?

8/ How do you say "also" as sort of like a conjunction? Like "Also, please give the letter to her". Is it "to"? Or "ya"?...

9/What is the difference between "jikan" and "toki"?

10/ "dewa" is a little confusing to me. I thought "dewa" was like "well then,". But when I remembered "don't like" was "suki dewa nai" then, I was confused. There is no connection on the use of "dewa" there right? It's just two, separate, different things?... And how come this verb has "dewa-nai" instead of a negative like "hanasanai" which is all like one word, but this one is "suki-dewa-nai"?

11/"Desu" is sort of like a verb, right? So "da" is the casual from, "datta" is the past of the casual form..is "datte" the ~te form? Is there even a ~te form?..

Sorry for asking so much! I probably ask the most annoying questions, sumimasen. みんなさん、どうもありがとうございました！