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<p>
	We introduce the counter for minutes below, which will enable you to tell the time.
	A useful word for telling time is <strong><ruby>半han</ruby></strong>, which means half.
	You can place it after an hour to say <strong>half past X o'clock</strong>.
	For example, half past four o'clock is <strong><ruby>四yo時zi半han</ruby></strong>.
</p>

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Telling time: minutes

adjectival noun

adjectival phrase

adnominal

adverb

adverbial noun

adverbial phrase

auxiliary

case particle

compound

conjunction

conjunctive particle

discourse

discourse particle

expression

godan - group 1

group 3

hiragana character

hiragana writing

i-adjective

interjection

intransitive

itidan - group 2

kanji

kanji component

kanji writing

katakana character

katakana writing

na-adjective

noun

numeral

particle

phrase

prefix

pronoun

proper noun

reading vocabulary

sentence

suffix

transitive

verb

The verb to be

Hiragana 1

Kanji 1

Writing hiragana 1

Writing kanji 1

Hiragana 2

Kanji 2

The question particle か

Writing hiragana 2

This one and that one

Writing kanji 2

Reading exercise 1

Reading exercise 2

Hiragana 3

Negating nouns

Writing hiragana 3

The topic particle は

Kanji 3

The possession particle の

い-adjectives and な-adjectives

The subject particle が

Here and there

There is, there are

Writing kanji 3

Kanji 4

Group 1 verbs, direct and indirect objects

Group 2 verbs

Hiragana 4

Verbs in the past tense

Negating verbs

Invitations and the particle と

Negating past verbs

Writing hiragana 4

Reading exercise 3

Writing kanji 4

Reading exercise 4

Kanji 5

Nouns and the past tense

This and that

The group 3 verbs する and 来る

The discourse particles ね and よ

The location particles に and で

Hiragana 5

Writing hiragana 5

Writing kanji 5

The destination particles に and へ

Kanji 6

The origin particle から

Hiragana 6

Relative positions

Conjugating い-adjectives

Writing hiragana 6

Writing kanji 6

Hiragana 7

Writing hiragana 7

Kanji 7

Conjugating な-adjectives

How are you?

The particle も

The word ちょっと

Question	Answer
minute (counter)	〜分ふん〜fun
one minute	一いっ分ぷんippun
4:11	四よ時じ　十じゅう　一いっ分ぷんyoji juu ippun
two minutes	二に分ふんnifun
three minutes	三さん分ぷんsanpun
four minutes	四よん分ぷんyonpun
five minutes	五ご分ふんgofun
six minutes	六ろっ分ぷんroppun
7:06	七しち時じ　六ろっ分ぷんshichiji roppun
seven minutes	七なな分ふんnanafun
eight minutes	八はっ分ぷんhappun
nine minutes	九きゅう分ふんkyuufun
8:19	八はち時じ　十じゅう　九きゅう分ふんhachiji juu kyuufun
ten minutes	十じゅっ分ぷんjuppun
eleven minutes	十じゅう　一いっ分ぷんjuu ippun
twenty minutes	二に十じゅっ分ぷんnijuppun
half	半はんhan
It is half past three o'clock.	三さん時じ半はん　です。sanjihan desu.

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