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Lesson 81: Telling time: hours
To tell time in Japanese you need to learn the counters for hours and minutes. They are 時 and 分, respectively.
Just like with English, you say the time by stating the hour followed by the minute. To ask what time is it, you say, 今何時ですか?. In this lesson, we will start by introducing the counter for hours.
| English | Japanese |
|---|---|
| 1:00 |
一時 itizi |
| 2:00 |
二時 nizi |
| 3:00 |
三時 sanzi |
| 4:00 |
四時 yozi |
| 5:00 |
五時 gozi |
| 6:00 |
六時 rokuzi |
| 7:00 |
七時 sitizi |
| 8:00 |
八時 hatizi |
| 9:00 |
九時 kuzi |
| 10:00 |
十時 zyuuzi |
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| hour (counter) |
〜時 zi |
| 1:00 |
一時 itizi |
| 2:00 |
二時 nizi |
| 3:00 |
三時 sanzi |
| 4:00 |
四時 yozi |
| 5:00 |
五時 gozi |
| 6:00 |
六時 rokuzi |
| 7:00 |
七時 sitizi |
| 8:00 |
八時 hatizi |
| 9:00 |
九時 kuzi |
| 10:00 |
十時 zyuuzi |
| what time |
何時 nanzi |
| What time is it now? |
今何時ですか？ ima nanzi desu ka? |
| It is seven o'clock. |
七時です。 sitizi desu. |
| until, till, to |
まで made |
| From what time until what time is the bank open? |
銀行は何時から何時までですか？ ginkou ha nanzi kara nanzi made desu ka? |
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