gozenchuu ni kanritou o deta kke?

We left the campsite office in the morning, right?

Breakdown of gozenchuu ni kanritou o deta kke?

• を: direct object particle
• に: indirect object particle
• 出でる: to leave
• 午前中ごぜんちゅう: morning

Questions & Answers about gozenchuu ni kanritou o deta kke?

How do you read 午前中に管理棟を出たっけ？

A natural reading is:

ごぜんちゅう に かんりとう を でた っけ？

Breakdown:

• 午前中 = ごぜんちゅう
• に
• 管理棟 = かんりとう
• を
• 出た = でた
• っけ

The final っけ is usually said with a slightly questioning, remembering tone.

What does 午前中 mean exactly? Is it the same as 午前?

Not exactly.

• 午前 means a.m. / before noon
• 午前中 means during the morning / sometime before noon

So 午前中 emphasizes the span of time within the morning.

For example:

• 午前に can sound like in the morning / before noon
• 午前中に more clearly means at some point during the morning

In this sentence, 午前中に means the action happened at some time in that morning period.

Why is に used after 午前中?