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Japanese is the language of Japan, a country of strong tradition and advanced technology, and of a culture that attracts many Brazilians, from anime and manga to cuisine, along with the large Nikkei community in Brazil.
For Portuguese speakers
The writing combines three systems: hiragana, katakana and kanji. The sentence has the verb at the end, particles mark the function of each word, and politeness changes the verb forms. On the other hand, the pronunciation is regular and the verb doesn't change by person or gender.
- Hiragana, katakana and kanji with romaji
- Particles and sentence order
- Everyday politeness levels
What you study in Japanese
- Grammar with 57 points explained, with examples, exercises and videos.
- Vocabulary organized by topic and dialogues from real situations.
- Conversation units in a learning path.
- Verb conjugation in the main tenses.
- Flashcards and games to help you memorize.
- Audio and pronunciation practice with voice recognition.
- Live TV and radio in the language, to train your listening.
- Certificate of completion.
Japanese grammar topics
These are the topics you will find in Linguarudo's Japanese grammar:
Introdução
- Introdução
Entrada
- História da Língua
- Alfabeto - あいうえお (aiueo), ひらがな (hiragana), カタカナ (katakana), 漢字 (kanji)
- Pronúncia - 長音 (chōon), っ (sokuon), ん (n), 高低アクセント (kōtei akusento)
Artigo
- Artigos Indefinidos - não existe artigo; 一つ (hitotsu), ある (aru), 誰か (dare ka)
- Artigos Definidos - não existe artigo; は (wa), この (kono), その (sono), あの (ano)
Substantivo
- Masculino e Feminino - não existe gênero; 男 (otoko), 女 (onna), 彼 (kare), 彼女 (kanojo)
- Nomes Abstratos - 友情 (yūjō), 希望 (kibō), 〜さ (-sa), 〜み (-mi), 〜性 (-sei)
- Coletivos - 群れ (mure), 隊 (tai), 団 (dan), チーム (chīmu), 〜たち (-tachi)
- Compostos - 複合語 (fukugōgo): 花火 (hanabi), 手紙 (tegami), 風車 (kazaguruma)
- Prefixos e Sufixos - お〜, ご〜, 不〜 (fu-), 未〜 (mi-), 〜さん (-san), 〜的 (-teki), 〜者 (-sha)
- Plural - sem plural obrigatório; 〜たち (-tachi), 〜ら (-ra), 〜方 (-gata), 人々 (hitobito)
Saudações e Conversação básica
- Saudações - こんにちは (konnichiwa), さようなら (sayōnara), ありがとう (arigatō), すみません (sumimasen)
- Interjeições - ああ (ā), わあ (wā), すごい (sugoi), 助けて (tasukete), やった (yatta)
Adjetivos
- Adjetivos Qualificativos - い-形容詞 (i-keiyōshi), な-形容詞 (na-keiyōshi): 大きい (ōkii), 静かな (shizuka na)
- Adjetivos Demonstrativos - この (kono), その (sono), あの (ano), どの (dono), こんな (konna)
- Adjetivos Distributivos - 毎 (mai), 各 (kaku), 両 (ryō), どちらも (dochira mo), すべての (subete no), 他の (hoka no)
- Adjetivos Quantitativos - たくさん (takusan), 多い (ōi), 少ない (sukunai), 少し (sukoshi), ほとんど (hotondo)
- Adjetivos Interrogativos - どの (dono), どんな (donna), 何の (nan no), 誰の (dare no), いくら (ikura), 何〜 (nan-)
- Adjetivos Pátrios - 〜人 (-jin), 〜の (-no), 〜語 (-go), 〜製 (-sei), 〜料理 (-ryōri)
- Adjetivos Numerais - 一 (ichi), 二 (ni), 三 (san), 〜つ (-tsu), 〜人 (-nin), 〜匹 (-hiki), 〜番目 (-banme)
- Adjetivos Comparativos e Superlativos - より (yori), 〜ほど〜ない (-hodo ... nai), 一番 (ichiban), もっと (motto), 〜の方が (-no hō ga)
Pronomes
- Pronomes Demonstrativos - これ (kore), それ (sore), あれ (are), どれ (dore), ここ (koko), こちら (kochira)
- Pronomes Relativos - não existe pronome relativo; oração + substantivo; 〜こと (-koto), 〜もの (-mono), 〜ところ (-tokoro)
- Pronomes Interrogativos - 何 (nani/nan), 誰 (dare), どこ (doko), いつ (itsu), どれ (dore), なぜ (naze), どう (dō)
- Pronomes Reflexivos - 自分 (jibun), 自分で (jibun de), 〜自身 (-jishin), お互い (otagai)
- Pronomes Pessoais - 私 (watashi), あなた (anata), 彼 (kare), 彼女 (kanojo), 私たち (watashitachi), 彼ら (karera)
- Pronomes Possessivos - 〜の (-no): 私の (watashi no), あなたの (anata no), 彼の (kare no), 〜のもの (-no mono)
- Pronomes Indefinidos - 誰か (dare ka), 誰も (dare mo), 何か (nani ka), みんな (minna)
Advérbios
- Advérbios de Modo - ゆっくり (yukkuri), 静かに (shizuka ni), 本当に (hontō ni), よく (yoku)
- Advérbios de Lugar - ここ (koko), そこ (soko), あそこ (asoko), 上 (ue), 下 (shita), 中 (naka)
- Advérbios de Tempo - 今 (ima), 今日 (kyō), 昨日 (kinō), もうすぐ (mō sugu), まだ (mada)
- Advérbios de Frequência - いつも (itsumo), よく (yoku), 時々 (tokidoki), たまに (tamani), あまり (amari)
- Advérbios de Quantidade - とても (totemo), たくさん (takusan), 少し (sukoshi), もっと (motto), 〜すぎる (-sugiru)
- Advérbios Interrogativos - 誰 (dare), 何 (nani), どこ (doko), いつ (itsu), どう (dō), いくら (ikura)
- Advérbios Ordinais - 〜目 (-me), 一番目 (ichibanme), 第一 (dai ichi), 最初 (saisho), 最後 (saigo)
- Advérbios de Afirmação, Probabilidade e Negação - はい (hai), もちろん (mochiron), たぶん (tabun), かもしれない (kamo shirenai), 決して (kesshite)
Preposições
- Preposições - não existe preposição; usa-se posposição: に (ni), で (de), から (kara), まで (made), と (to)
Conjunções
- Conjunções - そして (soshite), でも (demo), だから (dakara), から (kara), もし (moshi), ので (node)
Tempos Verbais
- Verbo Ser e Estar - です (desu), だ (da), いる (iru), ある (aru), 〜ている (-te iru)
- Presente do Indicativo - ます (masu), る (ru), ない (nai)
- Presente Contínuo - ている (te iru), ています (te imasu)
- Passado Simples - ました (mashita), た (ta), かった (katta)
- Passado Progressivo - ていた (te ita), ていました (te imashita)
- Futuro Simples - não existe futuro; ます (masu), でしょう (deshō), つもり (tsumori)
- Futuro Progressivo - não existe; ているでしょう (te iru deshō), ていると思います (te iru to omoimasu)
- Imperativo - て (te), ください (kudasai), ろ (ro), な (na)
- Verbos Modais - não existem modais; ことができる (koto ga dekiru), てもいい (te mo ii), なければならない (nakereba naranai)
- Particípio - não existe; たことがある (ta koto ga aru), ている (te iru), たばかり (ta bakari)
- Condicionais - たら (tara), ば (ba), なら (nara), ても (temo), たいです (tai desu), ていただけませんか
- Verbos Irregulares - する (suru), 来る (kuru), 行く (iku), ある (aru), いらっしゃる (irassharu), 帰る (kaeru)
Subjuntivos
- Presente do Subjuntivo - てほしい (te hoshii), ように (yō ni), といい (to ii), かもしれない (kamoshirenai), ことを願う
- Pretérito Imperfeito do Subjuntivo - のに (noni), たらいいのに (tara ii noni), ばいいのに (ba ii noni), たらなあ (tara nā), なら (nara)
- Futuro do Subjuntivo - たら (tara), ば (ba), と (to), なら (nara), とき (toki), 次第 (shidai)
Outros
- Uso do Gerúndio - não existe; て (te), ながら (nagara), ている (te iru)
Extra
- Gírias e Expressões - やばい (yabai), めっちゃ (meccha), マジ (maji), ドンマイ (donmai)
- Erros Comuns
Japanese conversation units
A path of 50 units to learn Japanese through conversation, each with dialogues, vocabulary and exercises:
- Introductions and first contacts - name, origin, age, profession
- Greetings and goodbyes - good morning, good afternoon, bye, thank you
- Meeting people - work, housing, hobbies, questions
- Family and relatives - parents, siblings, grandparents, uncles and aunts, cousins
- My house - rooms, floors, address, describing the house
- Objects and rooms of the house - furniture, appliances, where is it?
- My daily routine - waking up, working, eating, sleeping
- Times, days and dates - hours, days of the week, months, scheduling
- School and classroom - teacher, student, school supplies, homework
- Studying and learning - studying, practicing, making mistakes, study techniques
- Professions and work - professions, company, salary, job
- At the office - meeting, e-mail, deadline, equipment
- At the supermarket - shopping list, groceries, checkout, sales
- Buying clothes - clothes, sizes, fitting room, prices
- In shops and businesses - shops, bakery, bookstore, opening hours
- Money, prices and payments - prices, card, change, paying
- At the restaurant - reservation, menu, ordering, bill
- Food and drinks - food, drinks, fruit, tastes
- Cooking and preparing food - recipes, ingredients, cooking verbs
- At the café, bakery and snack bar - coffee, snack, cake, to go
- Health and parts of the body - body, pain, well-being
- At the doctor's - appointment, symptoms, tests, prescription
- At the pharmacy - medicines, dosage, prescription, precautions
- Sports and physical activities - sports, training, teams, matches
- Leisure and free time - weekend, hobbies, outings
- Cinema, television and music - movies, series, concerts, tickets
- Friends and social life - friendship, getting along, trust, conversation
- Invitations, meetups and events - invitations, parties, confirming, accepting, declining
- Phone and conversations - calls, messages, notes, mobile phone
- Internet, technology and social media - apps, passwords, social media, security
- Transport and getting around - bus, subway, tickets, timetables
- On the street and asking for directions - directions, addresses, maps, landmarks
- In the city - places, sights, neighborhoods
- Hotel and accommodation - reservation, check-in, rooms, services
- Airport and travel - check-in, passport, boarding, customs
- On the plane - seat, flight attendant, takeoff, connection
- Tourism and tourist attractions - attractions, guide, photos, souvenirs
- Car rental and transport - rental, insurance, gasoline, road
- Emergency situations - help, police, ambulance, danger
- Bank and financial services - account, balance, transfer, currency exchange
- Post office, documents and public services - mail, parcels, forms, documents
- Job interview - résumé, experience, strengths, vacancy
- Meetings and the professional environment - agenda, goals, agreeing, disagreeing
- Making plans for the future - plans, dreams, goals, intentions
- Opinions, preferences and arguments - opinion, advantages, preferences, debate
- Problems, complaints and solutions - complaining, refund, exchange, warranty
- News, events and current affairs - newspaper, headlines, government, economy
- Culture, customs and differences between countries - customs, traditions, etiquette, cuisine
- Social situations and more advanced conversations - compliments, accent, politeness, sincerity
- Communication in real situations: final mission - review, requests, reservations, thanks
Sample vocabulary
| Japanese | Reading | Portuguese |
|---|---|---|
| 🔊 色鉛筆 | iroenpitsu | Lápis de cor |
| 🔊 いんく | inku | Tinta |
| 🔊 鉛筆 | enpitsu | Lápis |
| 🔊 鉛筆削り | enpitsukezuri | Apontador |
| 🔊 紙 | kami | Papel |
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Frequently asked questions
Where to start learning Japanese?
With hiragana, then katakana, always reading aloud. With the romaji next to it, you already learn vocabulary and sentences while you master the writing.
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Yes. When you complete the study stages, Linguarudo issues a certificate of completion.
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