Time Counters
Vocabulary
Key Examples
Japanese
EX1: 電車はあと五分で到着します
EX2: 毎日一時間日本語を勉強しています
EX3: 電車は三時に来ます
Romaji
densha wa ato go fun de touchaku shimasu
mainichi ichijikan nihongo o benkyou shite imasu
densha wa sanji ni kimasu
English
The train will arive in five minutes
I’m studying Japanese for one hour every day
The train will come at 3 PM
Recordings (Japanese)
EX1
EX2
EX3
EX1
Japanese
電車はあと五分で到着します
Romaji
densha wa ato go fun de touchaku shimasu
English
The train will arive in five minutes
EX2
Japanese
毎日一時間日本語を勉強しています
Romaji
mainichi ichijikan nihongo o benkyou shite imasu
English
I’m studying Japanese for one hour every day
EX3
Japanese
電車は三時に来ます
Romaji
densha wa sanji ni kimasu
English
The train will come at 3 PM
Conversation Practice
A: 今は何時ですか？
(ima wa nan ji desu ka)
[What is the time now?]
B: 四時半です
(yo ji han desu)
[It’s 4:30]
A2: 今日は何日ですか？
(anata wa nan sai desu ka?)
[What is the date?]
B2: 二月の七日です
(nigatsu no nanoka desu)
[It’s February 7th]
A3: どれぐらい日本にいますか？
(dore gurai nihon ni imasu ka?)
[About how long will you be in Japan?]
B3: 一か月ぐらいです
(ikkagetsu gurai desu)
[About one month]
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