Make Time For This Japanese Lesson!

So, you need to inquire your buddy if you can meet back again up in two hrs. Simple in English, right? What about in Japanese? Maybe you need to talk about a meeting that happens each and every Monday. Do you have the Japanese skills to do it? Referring to time and steps are just a natural part of conversation. Will your Japanese help you talk about time or will you be losing it? Study this Beginner Japanese write-up to learn about time. It'll help you understand intervals of time such as ni-jikan ("two hours"), and the way to tell individuals about actions you plan to consider this kind of as kutsu o kaimasu ("I'm going to purchase shoes"). You need this article to take your Japanese to the next degree! Vocabulary: In this write-up, you'll learn the subsequent words and phrases: mina-san - "everyone" Matsumoto-joo - "Matsumoto castle" han - "half" (when used with time fifty percent previous) jiyuu-jikan - "free time" gogo - "afternoon, P.M." ringo-en - "apple farm" ima - "now" ni-jikan - "two hours" tabemasu - "to eat" (masu type) (o)soba - "buckwheat noodle" Grammar: Within this write-up, you'll understand the following words and phrases: Helpful Vocabulary and Phrases ---------------------------------------------------------------juuni-ji han "half previous twelve, 12:30" ---------------------------------------------------------------Han means "half." When we utilize it having a time, it indicates "half past (30 minutes)." Nevertheless, the phrase purchase is different from English. Right: juuni-ji han Incorrect: han juuni-ji Japanese / "English" ichi-ji / "1:00" ichi-ji han / "1:30" ni-ji / "2:00" ni-ji han / "2:30" san-ji / "3:00" san-ji han / "3:30" ---------------------------------------------------------------gogo "afternoon, P.M." gozen "A.M." ---------------------------------------------------------------In English, P.M. along with a.M. come after time, whereas gogo (P.M.) and gozen (A.M.) come prior to the time in Japanese. For example: 8:00 P.M. Correct: gogo, hachi-ji Incorrect: hachi-ji gogo 8:00 A.M. Right: gozen, hachi-ji Incorrect: hachi-ji gozen

---------------------------------------------------------------ni-jikan "2 hours" ---------------------------------------------------------------Jikan is a counter for hrs. "English" / Japanese "for an hour" / ichi-jikan "for two hours" / ni-jikan "for 3 hours" / san-jikan "for 4 hours" / yo-jikan "for 5 hours" / go-jikan "for six hours" / roku-jikan "for seven hours" / nana-jikan or shichi-jikan "for 8 hours" / hachi-jikan "for 9 hours" / ku-jikan "for ten hours" / juu -jikan "How many hours?" / nan-jikan? "an hour and a half" / ichi-jikan han ---------------------------------------------------------------Present day Target Phrase (Watashi wa) o-soba o tabemasu. "I'm heading to eat buckwheat noodles." ---------------------------------------------------------------Japanese / "English" Watashi / "I, me" wa / "topic-marking particle" osoba / "buckwheat noodle" o / "object-marking particle" tabemasu / "to eat" (masu form) We place the object-marking particle o after a noun and it indicates the noun is the object of the sentence. We use o with transitive verbs. Please note that we can use Japanese sentences ending with - masu verbs for habitual or long term steps. So, watashi wa o-soba o tabemasu can either mean "I consume buckwheat noodles" or "I'm heading to eat buckwheat noodles." ---------------------------------------------------------------Sentence Patterns ---------------------------------------------------------------Affirmative Sentences Topic / Wa / object / o / verb Watashi / wa / asa-gohan / o / tabemasu. Shizuka-san / wa / o-soba / o / tabemasu. Watashi / wa / katsudon to sashimi / o / tabemasu. *Note: Asa-gohan indicates "breakfast." Damaging Sentences A damaging type of the masu verb type: SEE Beginner Article 22 for more details. Subject / Wa / object / o / verb Watashi / wa / asa-gohan / o / tabemasen. Mizuki-san / wa / o-soba / o / tabemasen. Query Sentences The sentence-ending particle ka makes the sentence a question. SEE Newbie Article 22 for more details. Topic / Wa / object / o / verb / ka? (Anata / wa) / asa-gohan / o /

tabemasu / ka? Lorii-san / wa / o-soba / o / tabemasu / ka? Answers: Yes- Hai, tabemasu. No- Iie, kikimasen.

Subject / wa / nani ("what") / o / verb / ka? (Anata / wa) / nani / o / tabemasu / ka? Lor-san / wa / nani / o / tabemasu / ka? Note that the anata example is extremely direct, and therefore considered somewhat rude. So, it's advisable to prevent utilizing it unless necessary. ---------------------------------------------------------------Examples with other verbs ---------------------------------------------------------------kikimasu "to pay attention, to hear" Japanesepod101 o kikimasu. "I'm going to listen to Japanesepod101." or "I listen to Japanesepod101." kaimasu "to buy" Kutsu o kaimasu. "I'm heading to purchase footwear." or "I buy footwear." tabemasu "to eat" Niku o tabemasen. "I'm not heading to eat meat." or "I do not consume meat." mimasu "to see" Terebi o mimasu ka? "Will you watch Tv?" nomimasu "to drink" Nani o nomimasu ka? "What are you currently heading to drink?" or "What do you consume?" shimasu "to do" Nichi yoobi nani o shimasu ka? "What are you going to do on Sunday?" or "What do you (usually) do on Sundays?" ---------------------------------------------------------------Practice: Answer the following questions. ---------------------------------------------------------------Ongaku o kikimasu ka? (* ongaku indicates "music") Eiga o mimasu ka? (* eiga indicates "movies") Furansu no eiga o mimasu ka?) O-sake o nomimasu ka? (* o-sake means "alcohol") Nichi yoobi nani o shimasu ka?

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