Japanese

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	You have already learned to tell time with the counters <strong><ruby>時zi</ruby></strong> and <strong><ruby>分hun</ruby></strong>.
	Using the suffix <strong><ruby>間kan</ruby></strong>, you can change a time into a duration of time. 
	Check out the two sentences below to see how <strong><ruby>間kan</ruby></strong> modifies the meaning of the second sentence. 
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	Below are more examples of sentences using the suffix <strong><ruby>間kan</ruby></strong>.
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Using 〜間 to indicate duration

hiragana character

kanji

adnominal

adverb

auxiliary

conjunction

compound

i-adjective

interjection

noun

na-adjective

numeral

particle

case particle

conjunctive particle

discourse particle

prefix

pronoun

suffix

verb

sentence

hiragana writing

kanji writing

kanji component

reading vocabulary

katakana writing

katakana character

godan - group 1

itidan - group 2

group 3

transitive

intransitive

proper noun

discourse

phrase

expression

Word	私わたしたち　は　二に時じ間かん　十じゅっ分ぷん　テレビ　を　見みました。watasitati ha nizikan zyuppun terebi wo mimasita.
Meaning	We watched TV for two hours and ten minutes.
Part of speech	sentence
Pronunciation
Course	Japanese
Lesson	Using 〜間 to indicate duration

topic particle	はha
to see; to look at; to watch	見みるmiru
direct object particle	をwo
ten	十じゅうzyuu
TV	テレビterebi
two	二にni
we	私わたしたちwatasitati
hour (counter)	〜時じ〜zi
minute (counter)	〜分ふん〜hun
duration suffix	〜間かん〜kan

Japanese - watasitati ha nizikan zyuppun terebi wo mimasita.

Breakdown of watasitati ha nizikan zyuppun terebi wo mimasita.

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