Talking About the Week

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フライトは何曜日ですか。 金曜日です。
Furaito wa nan-yōbi desu ka. Kin-yōbi desu.

Translation
What day is the flight?

It’s on Friday.

Focus Example
________です。 金曜日 です。

________ desu. Kin-yōbi desu.

It�s on ________ . It�s on Friday .

Key Vocabulary

月曜日 火曜日 水曜日 木曜日

getsu-yōbi ka-yōbi sui-yōbi moku-yōbi

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

 More Days of the Week
休みの日 yasumi no hi day off

休日 kyūjitsu holiday

土曜日 do-yōbi Saturday

日曜日 nichi-yōbi Sunday

平日 heijitsu weekday

週末 shūmatsu weekend

Ordering Events
先月 sengetsu last month

来週 raishū next week

次の金曜日 tsugi no kin-yōbi the following Friday

十分前 juppun mae ten to

Questions and Answers

Q. 試合は今週の土曜日ですか。 A. いいえ、来週の土曜日です。
Shiai wa konshū no do-yōbi desu ka. Iie, raishū no do-yōbi desu.
Is the game this Saturday? No, it’s next Saturday.

Q. 休みの日はいつですか。 A. 月曜日が休みです。
Yasumi no hi wa itsu desu ka. Getsu-yōbi ga yasumi desu.
When is your day off? I’m off on Monday.

Q. 明日は何曜日ですか。 A. 水曜日です。
Ashita wa nan-yōbi desu ka. Sui-yōbi desu.
What day of the week is tomorrow? It’s Wednesday.

Q. 銀行はいつ休みですか。 A. 日曜日が休みです。
Ginkō wa itsu yasumi desu ka. Nichi-yōbi ga yasumi desu.
When is the bank closed? It’s closed on Sunday.

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