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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 |
| 11:00 |
十一時 zyuu itizi |
| 12:00 |
十二時 zyuu nizi |
In a later lesson, you'll learn how to distinguish between AM and PM.
| 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 |
| 11:00 |
十一時 zyuu itizi |
| 12:00 |
十二時 zyuu nizi |
| 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. |
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