How to Learn a Phrase, John Hates Ice Cream

When you learn a phrase, you just write down the phrase. So simple, john hates ice cream. Now, of course, to hate means to dislike, to not like something very strongly. This is how i learned english grammar. And for me, i naturally feel deeply that if i say john, that i'm always going to put an s on there, john hates. Because i've heard phrases like that so many times i feel the grammar. I don't need to think about it. And i feel it because i learned phrases, not individual words, not grammar rules, not from text books.