What helped me learn Japanese was making more of my environment more like Japan. I had my parents learn some phrases so when I replied in Japanese they would understand and could reply. I would listen to Japanese talk shows a lot more, talking to some friends or trying to speak to native speakers and reading books in Japanese.
En español se dice (decir)
I think it’s the first option,, hace fresco
You can ask if you go somewhere a specific day for example voy allí el lunes which us do I go there Monday.