Learn Japanese - AM (before noon) and PM (afternoon)

In this lesson you learn to use the words for a.m. (before noon) and p.m. (afternoon) in Japanese.

English	Japanese
The shop opens at 8 a.m.	お店みせは午ご前ぜん八はち時じに開あきます。 omise ha gozen hatizi ni akimasu.
Let's play soccer at 9 p.m.	午ご後ご九く時じにサッカーをしましょう。 gogo kuzi ni sakkaa wo simasyou.
How was (your) afternoon?	午ご後ごはどうでしたか。 gogo ha dou desita ka.

The word どう in the sentence above has the same meaning as いかが. The difference is that いかが is slightly more polite.

Erik

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Lesson 133: AM (before noon) and PM (afternoon)