LESSON TRANSCRIPT

Absolute Beginner S2 #5
There's a 6 A.M. in Japan?

CONTENTS
2
2 Dialogue
Intro
3 KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES
4 Grammar Point

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INTRO

Jessi: Hi everyone, ジェシーです。Jessi here!

Tomoyuki: こんにちは、Tomoyukiです。
Jessi: Welcome to Absolute Beginner Season 2, Lesson 5 - There's a 6 A.M. in Japan?
Thanks as always for joining us! Tomoyuki, what did we learn in the last lesson,
Lesson 4?
Tomoyuki: In the last lesson, we learned how to talk about the weather, such as 今日は
暑いですね.
Jessi: Which is "It's hot today, isn't it?" And in this lesson, you'll learn how to ask what
time it is, and how to say what time it is.
Tomoyuki: That's right. What's happening in the conversation?
Jessi: Taylor and Kaori are talking on Skype! Taylor is in the US, and Kaori is in
Japan, and so they're talking about what time it is.
Tomoyuki: Let's listen to the conversation.

DIALOGUE

（Skype)
かおり: こんばんは、テイラーさん。
テイラー: かおりさん！おはよう ございます。
かおり: ？いま、なんじ ですか。
テイラー: 6じ です。
かおり: ごぜん？
テイラー: はい。ごぜん 6じ です。
Jessi: Let’s listen to the conversation again slowly.
かおり: こんばんは、テイラーさん。
テイラー: かおりさん！おはよう ございます。
かおり: ？いま、なんじ ですか。
テイラー: 6じ です。
かおり: ごぜん？
テイラー: はい。ごぜん 6じ です。
Jessi: Now let’s listen to it with the translation.
かおり: こんばんは、テイラーさん。
Jessi: Good evening, Taylor.
テイラー: かおりさん！おはよう

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ございます。
Jessi: Kaori! Good morning.
かおり: ？いま、なんじ ですか。
Jessi: What time is it now?
テイラー: 6じ です。
Jessi: It's six o'clock.
かおり: ごぜん？
Jessi: A.M.?
テイラー: はい。ごぜん 6じ です。
Jessi: Yes. Six o'clock A.M.

KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES

Jessi: Okay, so Kaori and Taylor are talking together on Skype!

Tomoyuki: Yes. Kaori is in Japan, and Taylor is in the US.
Jessi: I have to say, Skype is a really convenient way to talk to other people for free...
would you say it's popular in Japan?
Tomoyuki: Hmm, I don't think it has as many users as the US and other countries...
but some people do use it.
Jessi: It's known as スカイプ in Japanese, right?
Tomoyuki: That's right, スカイプ。
Jessi: By the way, Taylor is in the US, and Kaori is in Japan, right? What's the time
difference between the US and Japan again?
Tomoyuki: Anywhere from 13-16 hours.
Jessi: 13 to 16 hours... quite a big gap!
Tomoyuki: Right. That's why they were asking each other what time it was.
Jessi: Right. Since we're talking about time, let's review the numbers from 11-19.
Tomoyuki: We learned them in Season 1. They're very simple.
Jessi: Yes! If you know the numbers from 1-10, then 11-19 are no problem.
So,Tomoyuki, what's 10 in Japanese?
Tomoyuki: じゅう
Jessi: And then, to create the numbers higher than 10, just take じゅう and add the
number to it. For example...
Tomoyuki: Eleven is ten, じゅう, plus one, いち.
Jessi: じゅう いち。 じゅういち. Eleven. So, let's go through the rest. Twelve is...?
Tomoyuki: じゅうに
Jessi: Thirteen.
Tomoyuki: じゅうさん
Jessi: Fourteen
Tomoyuki:

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じゅうよん
Jessi: Fifteen
Tomoyuki: じゅうご
Jessi: Sixteen
Tomoyuki: じゅうろく
Jessi: Seventeen
Tomoyuki: じゅうなな
Jessi: Eighteen
Tomoyuki: じゅうはち
Jessi: Nineteen
Tomoyuki: じゅうきゅう
Jessi: Okay! Great. If you want to review them some more, check the PDF for this
lesson. Now, there are a couple of other words related to time I'd like to mention.
Tomoyuki: You mean that, A.M. and P.M.?
Jessi: Yes! Those are them. Tomoyuki, how do you say A.M.?
Tomoyuki: ごぜん.
Jessi: ごぜん. A.M. And how do you say P.M.?
Tomoyuki: ごご
Jessi: ごご. Great! So, for example.. how would you say 8 A.M.?
Tomoyuki: Hmm.. wait! That's what we cover in the next section! Telling time.
Jessi: Oh, okay then! Let's move on to the lesson focus.

GRAMMAR POINT

Jessi: In this lesson, you'll learn how to ask what time it is, and say what time is it.
Tomoyuki: We'll start with how to ask the time.
Jessi: Yes. It's not hard at all! It's very basic. Let's jump right in. Tomoyuki, what is the
phrase that means "What time is it?"
Tomoyuki: なんじですか？
Jessi: [slowly] なんじですか？Tomoyuki, let's break this down. First we have
Tomoyuki: なんじ
Jessi: which means "what time", and then
Tomoyuki: ですか.
Jessi: Remember that the か means that this phrase is a question. So, one more time
all together?
Tomoyuki: なんじですか？
Jessi: なんじですか？ Listeners, please repeat.
Tomoyuki:

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なんじですか？
[pause]
Jessi: Great!
Tomoyuki: Sometimes we put いま, which means "now", in the front and say いま、な
んじですか？
Jessi: いま、なんじですか。"What time is it now?". OK. Listeners, repeat. "What time
is it now?"
Tomoyuki: いま、なんじですか。
[pause]
Jessi: Not so bad, right? Now, let's move on to how to tell the time in Japanese.
Tomoyuki: This is also quite simple.
Jessi: Yes. Listeners, do you remember all of your numbers from 1-10?
Tomoyuki: If you want to review, we recommend listening to Lesson 4 again.
Jessi: Okay, Tomoyuki, could you give us our sentence pattern for telling the time?
Tomoyuki: Sure. It's... number, plus じ plus です.
Jessi: number, plus じ plus です.
Tomoyuki: Right. Let's show with some examples.
Jessi: Okay. Let's say it's one o'clock. How do we say "It's one o'clock?"
Tomoyuki: Well, one is いち, and then we add じ plus です. All together... １時です。
Jessi: １時 です。"It's one o'clock." How simple!
Tomoyuki: Yes, it's very simple.
Jessi: How about we go through numbers 1-12?
Tomoyuki: Sounds good!
Jessi: Listener, please listen closely, and repeat after Tomoyuki.
It's one o'clock.
Tomoyuki: １時です。[pause]
Jessi: It's two o'clock.
Tomoyuki: ２時です。[pause]
Jessi: It's three o'clock.
Tomoyuki: ３時です。[pause]
Jessi: It's four o'clock.
Tomoyuki: ４時です。[pause]
Jessi: It's five o'clock.
Tomoyuki: ５時です。[pause]
Jessi: It's six o'clock.
Tomoyuki: ６時です。[pause]
Jessi: It's seven o'clock.
Tomoyuki: ７時です。[pause]
Jessi: It's eight o'clock.
Tomoyuki:

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８時です。[pause]
Jessi: It's nine o'clock.
Tomoyuki: ９時です。[pause]
Jessi: It's ten o'clock.
Tomoyuki: １０時です。[pause]
Jessi: It's eleven o'clock.
Tomoyuki: １１時です。[pause]
Jessi: It's twelve o'clock.
Tomoyuki: １２時です。[pause]
Jessi: Okay, great! Now, there are three times that are irregular that we want to point
out.
Tomoyuki: The first one is よじ, four o'clock.
Jessi: Remember that "four" in Japanese is actually よん. But when we tell time, the よ
ん becomes よ, and we say よじ.
Tomoyuki: よじ。Four o'clock. Please repeat. よじ.
[pause]
Jessi: Great. The next one is for seven o'clock.
Tomoyuki: That's right. Before, you learned that seven is なな.
Jessi: There are actually two ways to say "seven" in Japanese. なな, and しち.
Tomoyuki: And for telling time, we use しち.
Jessi: This one is just an exception you'll have to remember. So Tomoyuki, seven
o'clock is...?
Tomoyuki: しちじ.
Jessi: しちじ.
Alright, now the last irregular time is くじ, for nine o'clock.
Tomoyuki: Remember that "nine" in Japanese is actually きゅう.
Jessi: But when we tell time, the きゅう becomes く, and we say くじ.
Tomoyuki: くじ。Nine o'clock. Please repeat. くじ.
[pause]
Jessi: Okay! Let's do some practice questions.
Tomoyuki: Sounds good.
Jessi: Listeners, we're going to ask you how to say different times.
Tomoyuki: Jessi, what time is it right now? 「いま、なんじですか？」
Jessi: Right now? It's about... 5 o'clock! Let's ask our listeners how to say that.
Listeners, how do you say, it's five o'clock?
Tomoyuki: Remember that the structure is number plus じ plus です.
[pause]
Jessi: And the answer is?
Tomoyuki: ５時です。
Jessi: ５時です。Great!! Okay, let's try one with a higher number.. how about eleven

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o'clock?
Tomoyuki: Listeners, how do you say, it's eleven o'clock?
Jessi: Remember that eleven is じゅういち.
[pause]
Jessi: And the answer is?
Tomoyuki: １１時です。
Jessi: １１時です。Okay! Now, before we go, I want to bring up something we talked
about earlier...
Tomoyuki: What's that?
Jessi: The words for A.M. and P.M. - 午前 and 午後! Now that we know how to tell
time, we can add these two to be more precise!
Tomoyuki: That’s right. Unlike in English, in Japanese, A.M. and P.M. come before the
time.
Jessi: Yes, for example, it's 5 A.M. is...
Tomoyuki: 午前５時です。
Jessi: And it's 11 P.M. would be...
Tomoyuki: 午後１１時です。
Jessi: So, as you can see, 午前 and 午後 come before the number.
All right! Phew, we've covered a lot in this lesson I think!
Tomoyuki: We sure have.
Jessi: Listeners, I'd like to make a request - please tell us what time it is now where
YOU are in the comments!
Tomoyuki: Please use the structure from this lesson.
Jessi: Okay, well that's going to do it for this lesson!
Tomoyuki: Thanks for listening.
Jessi: See you next time!!!!
Tomoyuki: じゃまた。

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