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Learn Hardcore Japanese: sakki - a little while ago

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 37
/sakki

sakki

Word

さっきsakki

Meaning

a little while ago

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of sakki

さっき　は　電波でんぱ　が　悪わるくて、　駅えき　で　母はは　に　電話でんわ　できなかった　んです。sakki wa denpa ga warukute, eki de haha ni denwa dekinakatta ndesu.

A little while ago the signal was bad, so I couldn’t call my mother at the station.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

さっき　コンビニ　で　水みず　を　買かいました。sakki konbini de mizu o kaimashita.

I bought water at the convenience store a little while ago.

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