1 Basic vocabulary 1 (telling time)

日本語を覚えよう! 1 (Telling time) 安田式

o’clock ~ ji minute ~ fun / ~ pun
1 Ichi ji 1 I ppun
2 Ni ji 2 Ni fun
3 San ji 3 San pun
4 Yo ji 4 Yon pun
5 Go ji 5 Go fun
6 Roku ji 6 Ro ppun
7 Shichi ji 7 Nana fun
8 Hachi ji 8 Ha ppun
9 Ku ji 9 Kyuu fun
10 Jyuu ji 10 Jyu ppun
11 Jyuu ichi ji 11 Jyuu i ppun
12 Jyuu ni ji 12 Jyuu ni fun
What itme? Nan ji ? 15 Jyuu go fun
now ima 30 San jyu ppun / han
A.M. Gozen 45 Yon jyuu gofun
P.M. Gogo
What minute? Nan pun ?

cf. 4 o’clock… Don’t say “Yon ji”.

9 o’clock…. Don’t say “Kyuu ji”.
8 minutes….Don’t say”Hachi fun” … but Happon is Japanese people.

Note: ‘Second’ is “BYOU” in Japanese language.

It’s very easy, because we put “BYOU” after numbers.
1 second.. ichi byou 2 seconds : ni byou 3seconds: san byou………
 Activity Copy the key sentences and memorize them.
This is the week 8 writing activity, so send it to the week 8 files.
Key sentences
1 What time is it now? Ima nanji desuka?
It is 7:00 now. (Ima) 7 ji desu.
2 It is 8:10 A.M. now. Ima gozen 8 ji 10 pun desu.
3 It is 2;00 P.M in Philippines Philippine wa gogo 2 ji desu.
but it is 3:00 P.M in Japan. demo Nihon wa gogo 3 ji desu.
4 What time is it in the U.S.A now? America wa ima Nanji desuka?
9;30 A.M Gozen 9 ji han desu.
5 Is it 9:30 in Japan now? Nihon wa ima ku ji han desuka?
Yes, it is. Hai ku ji han desu.” or “Hai soudesu.
6 It is not 12:00 in Philippines now. Philippine wa ima jyuu ni ji dewa
arimasen.”

Tongue twister practice reading until you can read them fluently.
7 Is it 5:55 P.M. now? “Ima gogo go-ji go jyuu go-fun desuka?”
No. It is 4:44 A.M. “Iie, Gozen yo-ji yon jyuu yon-pun desu.