Let's NihonGo!
Hi there,
Inclusive, os canais do Youtube e do Instagram são bem legais e cheios de curiosidades sobre o idioma Japonês:
This is the first post from my new blog where I will try to often show what I am studying about the Japanese language. In this first post I will just give some directions of how I am going to study this new language. Please, give me your feedback commenting just below the post. Tell me your ideas, favorite Japanese songs, poems, books, writers, scientists... let us walk together in this language learning path. :D
First things first. Here you see three Kanji forming the word Nihongo (日本語, in kanji; にほんご, in hiragana). Calm down... it may seem strange in the beginning, but we will go point by point. Nihongo literally means "Japanese Language". Each 'symbol' has a meaning, and 'combined symbols' also have meanings themselves! The first symbol is named "nichi" (日), meaning "Sun" or "day". The second symbol is "hon" (本), meaning "origin" or "root" (or even "book"). Finally, the third symbol is "go" (語), meaning "language". If we combine "nichi" and "hon", we come up with "Nihon", which means "the origin of the Sun", or "Japan". Therefore, "nihongo" (日本語) means something like "language of where the Sun is born", "language of the origin of the Sun", or basically "language of Japan".
To study Japanese, we will use some websites, books and software. First of all, you must add the Japanese language to your keyboard, so that we can write in Japanese. To add it... let's see what the oracle (google) tells us to do:
"To add a Japanese keyboard on Android, open your device's Settings, navigate to System (or General Management), and then to Keyboard or Language & Input settings. From there, select On-screen keyboard or Manage keyboards, choose your preferred keyboard (like Gboard), and then go to its Languages settings to add and download the Japanese language pack."
From now on, we can slide the "space" button sideways, so that we see this:
What is that?
That's right, "Nihongo", or "Japanese Language"! Now you can write in Japanese.
And by the way, when you play any videogame and take a look at the language settings, you will know where Japanese is... for example:
Genshin Impact. Can you locate where "nihongo" is? :]
Ok, now the second thing we'll do is downloading and adding Japanese to Duolingo! At this point you probably already have the app on your smartphone, so just go there and add Japanese.
"(se você for brasileiro, tem a opção de aprender usando português brasileiro como base)".
Just try to play it everyday, and you can also add me as friend (José Hidasi). There are some other apps, like:
MochiKanji
renshuu
HeyJapan
iago
We can also learn Japanese by playing some educational games. Just take a look:
This is Shashingo, a game where you take photos and learn new words. You can play this one on PC (Steam) or Nintendo Switch.
This is Wagotabi. I still have to play it, but it seems great. And you can play it on your phone:
There are some courses that we can take in order to learn Japanese basics. For example, there is JapanesePod101, where you can watch videos and hear conversations in Japanese, but it is not for free. Also, you may want to check Udemy or Coursera for a good Japanese course, but unfortunately I have not been able to find one, but try to check it out.
Now... If you are Brazilian, take a look:
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Pessoal, tem alguns cursos legais pra quem quer aprender Japonês a partir do Português.
Se você quer aprender as regras gramaticais e saber certinho o que está falando ou escrevendo, talvez seja uma boa começar pelo 123Japones:
Outro curso bom é o NihongoPremium.
Ao contrário do anterior, esse aqui é mais voltado para a prática, e o professor sempre faz umas lives legais. Aqui o canal do Youtube do curso:
Outro curso é o da Jenni Sensei:
Aqui o canal do Youtube:
A professora também sempre faz uns minicursos, aulas e lives abertas, então é bom seguir os canais dela.
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Finally, if you want to consume Japanese content to learn about the culture and to learn new words here and there, there are some interesting ways. First, check out the NHK channels. You can find some news articles, videos, Japanese hints and lessons...
You can also check out Netflix for Japanese animes and dramas! And if you like Anime, just take a look at Crunchyroll. It is like Netflix, but for Anime. There is a lot of content there (more than you can even watch, really), so it is a good way to see if you are progressing in learning the language. However, just know that the Japanese spoken in Anime is not really how people casually talk in Japan, but it will teach you some expressions and words anyway.
If you want to search for some Japanese music, you can check Spotify for some anime and game music.
Finally, you can check some books about Japanese language in Amazon Store and Amazon Kindle Store. A good example is Japanese for Dummies. You can certainly learn some good stuff with it. You can also search for books with simple stories for learning the language. Kindle is an E-reader device, but you can also read e-books using the Kindle app, available for all devices, including your smartphone.
Ok, that's it for now. If you know any other website, video channel, interesting song, just tell it in the Comments section!
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This is me playing Gurenge, or Demon Slayer's intro. I do not know all the words, so I'm playing just like "the old times" (reading and playing).
Till' next time,
José Hidasi Neto
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