Japanese Lessons 8 – Asking time in Japanese ; “What time does it start?”
Kaiwa ／ Conversation
A: Kaigi wa nan-ji ni hajimari-masu ka?
B: Etto…. 4 ji ni hajimari-masu yo.
A: 4 ji desu ne. Soshite, nan-ji ni owari-masu ka?
B: 5 ji gurai ni owari-masu yo.
A: Soo desu ka. doomo.
<Translation>
A: What time will the meeting start?
B: Let me see…., It will start at 4pm.
A: 4pm…. And what time will it end?
B: It will end around 5pm.
A: Okay, thank you.
■ Tango ／ vocabulary
1. hajimari-masu (~ start, ~ begin) 2. owari-masu (~ to be finished, ~ end)
3. kaigi (meeting, conference) 4. etto… ( let me see) 5. ~ ji gurai (around ~ o’clock) 6. ni (at)
■ Reibun ／ example sentences
1. Shigoto wa nan-ji ni hajimari-masu ka ? / At what time does your work stark?
2. Shigoto wa nan-ji ni owari-masu ka? / At what time does your work finish?
3. Eiga wa nan-ji ni hajimari-masu ka? / What time (or when) does the movie start?
4. Eiga wa nan-ji ni owari-masu ka? / What time (or when) does the movie finish?
■ Bunpoo ／ Grammar
※particle 「ni」 = at (time, o’clock) , on, in ; “ni” is used with time expressons such as day, month, year and clock time to indicate a specific point in time.
1. Watashi wa kesa 7 ji ni oki-mashita. / I got up at 8 this morning.
2. Gakkoo wa 8 ji ni hajimari-masu. / School starts at 8 am.
3. Gakkoo wa nan-ji ni hajimari-masu ka? / What time does the school start?
■ Renshuu ／ practice
Ika no bun o nihon-go ni yakushite kuasai. / Please translate the follwoing sentences into Japanese.
1. What time did you go to bed last night?
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2. What time do you get up every day?
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3. What time do you usually go to bed?
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4. What time did you finish working yesterday?
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■ Tango / vocabulary
1. kinoo no yoru (last night) 2. mainichi (everyday) 3. itsumo (usually) 4. kinoo (yesterday)
5. ne-masu (to go to bed, to sleep ) 6. oki-masu (to get up, to wake up) 7. shigoto (work, job)
