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Usages of 〜kan
三十分間 かかります。sanzyuppunkan kakarimasu.
It takes 30 minutes.
私たち は 二時間 十分 テレビ を 見ました。watasitati ha nizikan zyuppun terebi wo mimasita.
We watched TV for two hours and ten minutes.
一時間 食べました。itizikan tabemasita.
I ate for one hour.
四時間半 かかりました。yozikanhan kakarimasita.
It took four and a half hours.
一週間 ぐらい かかりました。issyuukan gurai kakarimasita.
It took about a week.
何時間nanzikan
how many hours
何年間 ここ で 働いて います か。nannenkan koko de hataraite imasu ka.
For how many years have you worked here?
あの 映画 は、 二時間 ぐらい かかります。
あの 映画 は、 二時間 ごろ かかります。
ano eiga ha, nizikan gurai kakarimasu.ano eiga ha, nizikan goro kakarimasu.
That movie takes about two hours.
私 は この 会社 に 十年間 勤めて います。watasi ha kono kaisya ni zyuunenkan tutomete imasu.
I have been working for this company for ten years.
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