Telling Time - Japanese Lesson 9

Japanese Language Lesson 9 - Telling Time

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Please view previous lessons for additional vocabulary and grammar.

In this lesson you will learn how to tell time in Japanese! Be sure to practice your Japanese numbers as well.

Vocabulary:

1 o'clock - ichi-ji (ji counter for time)
2 o'clock - ni-ji
3 o'clock - san-ji
4 o'clock - yo-ji **
5 o'clock - go-ji
6 o'clock - roku-ji
7 o'clock - shichi-ji
8 o'clock - hachi-ji
9 o'clock - ku-ji **
10 o'clock - jyuu-ji
11 o'clock - jyuuichi-ji
12 o'clock - jyuuni-ji

AM - gozen
PM - gogo

Minute - pun/fun (depending on the number)

1 minute - ippun
2 minutes - nifun
3 minutes - sanpun
4 minutes - yonpun
5 minutes - gofun
6 minutes - roppun
7 minutes - nanafun
8 minutes - happun
9 minutes - kyufun
10 minutes - jyuppun

Example:

4:18AM - gozen yoji jyuuhappun (AM/PM comes first in Japanese)

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[isgise20]

どうもありがとうございます先生

love your clases, i actually feel like im learning, keep making them sensei, you are the best teacher ever <3

[Juanisespana]

Hardest lesson ever.

[heather0842000]

arigatou sensei...^_^...



[YukiSan019]

i'm still a little confused about the minutes ^^'

[k45g]

hahaha idk, i like the rough R sound ^^

[marioman756]

@k45g Because you do. Though it's actually not an "L" sound exactly, it's more like a cross between an L and a D. Sometimes it sounds like straight up L though. I think why someone chose to represent it with "R" might be that it sounds very similar to a rolled "R", just that it only bounces off your tongue one time. (I say that, however, ROUGH sounding japanese rolls "R"s like crazy)

[PsychonautPower]

teacher gives me the hots for teaching me this stuff

[eien21]

@LittleLulubee not necessarily

2:00 can be written 二時 or ２時 same for minutes １分, ２分, ３分...

however, half past "半" as in 2:30 can only be written as ２時半 or ２時３０分

the former is used more frequently ^_^

[eien21]

本当にありがとうございます

these videos are great for all learners of Japanese

keep up the good work!

[LittleLulubee]

I love this teacher, thank you so much!! :)

Question: Is the time always written using kanji?