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Learning to speak without thinking about grammar

I recently started learning (modern) Greek. As this is the first time I've tried to learn a second language, I have a question about learning to speak more naturally. Because Greek has such a different grammatical structure compared to English, whenever I try to speak a sentence I find myself thinking through the grammar in my head and then saying the sentence. At such an early stage, this process does slow me down. So, my question is: should I focus on thinking through what I'm going to say now, and expect that someday (after lots of practice) the grammar will become second nature?