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Intro

Jessi: Hi everyone, ジェシーです (Jeshī desu)。Jessi here!
Motoko: こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)、Motokoです (desu)。
Jessi: Missing the Japanese Train. Thanks for joining us again for our Absolute Beginner Season 2 series. Okay, so in the last lesson, we learned how to ask what something is.
Motoko: Yes, we learned これはなんですか (korehana ndesu ka) (Jessi: What is this?) and それはなんですか (sore wa nan desu ka).
Jessi: “What is that?” That's right. And, in this lesson, we'll learn how to ask what time something takes place.
Motoko: Yes. What's happening in the conversation?
Jessi: In the conversation, Masato is talking with a train station attendant and asking him about train times.
Motoko: Sounds good.
Jessi: Let's listen to the conversation.
Dialogue
(Masato was running for the train, but had just missed it.)
まさと:あーあ。すみません。つぎ の でんしゃ は なんじ です か。
Masato: Āa. Sumimasen. Tsugi no densha wa nan-ji desu ka.
Station attendant: 2じ はん です。
Station attendant: Ni-ji han desu.
まさと:2じ はん?すみません、いま なんじ です か。
Masato: Ni-ji han? Sumimasen, ima nan-ji desu ka.
Station attendant: 1じ はん です。
Station attendant: Ichi-ji han desu.
まさと: すみません。タクシーは どこですか。
Masato: Sumimasen. Takushī wa doko desu ka.
Jessi: Let’s listen to the conversation again slowly.
まさと:あーあ。すみません。つぎ の でんしゃ は なんじ です か。
Masato: Āa. Sumimasen. Tsugi no densha wa nan-ji desu ka.
Station attendant: 2じ はん です。
Station attendant: Ni-ji han desu.
まさと:2じ はん?すみません、いま なんじ です か。
Masato: Ni-ji han? Sumimasen, ima nan-ji desu ka.
Station attendant: 1じ はん です。
Station attendant: Ichi-ji han desu.
まさと: すみません。タクシーは どこですか。
Masato: Sumimasen. Takushī wa doko desu ka.
Jessi: Now let’s listen to it with the translation.
(Masato was running for the train, but had just missed it.)
まさと:あーあ。
Masato: Āa.
Jessi: Darn it.
まさと: すみません。
Masato: Sumimasen.
Jessi: Excuse me.
まさと: つぎ の でんしゃ は なんじ です か。
Masato: Tsugi no densha wa nan-ji desu ka.
Jessi: What time is the next train?
Station attendant: 2じ はん です。
Station attendant: Ni-ji han desu.
Jessi: It's at two-thirty.
まさと:2じ はん?
Masato: Ni-ji han?
Jessi: Two-thirty?
まさと: すみません、いま なんじ です か。
Masato: Sumimasen, ima nan-ji desu ka.
Jessi: Excuse me, what time is it now?
Station attendant: 1じ はん です。
Station attendant: Ichi-ji han desu.
Jessi: It's one-thirty.
まさと: すみません。タクシーは どこですか。
Masato: Sumimasen. Takushī wa doko desu ka.
Jessi: Excuse me. Where are the taxis?
Vocabulary and Phrase Usage
Jessi: Ahh, Masato missed his train!
Motoko: I know, that's too bad.
Jessi: Well, it happens. But the next train doesn't come until an hour later!
Motoko: That's a long wait...
Jessi: Yeah, too long for him it seems, so he asks the station attendant where the taxis are. So it looks like he'll just take a taxi.
Motoko: By the way, do we know where he's going?
Jessi: Ah! It wasn't mentioned in the dialogue, but Masato is actually on his way to the airport to pick up Taylor!
Motoko: Oh, that's great!
Jessi: Yup. Well, if he can get there...
Motoko: Right.
Jessi: Okay, let's take a look at some of the vocab words.
Motoko: Sure. The first is 次(つぎ)の (tsugi no).
Jessi: Next. After it, you put the item that you are talking about.
Motoko: Right, for example, 電車(でんしゃ) (densha) is train.
Jessi: 電車(でんしゃ)。 (densha.) Train.
Motoko: So you could say 次(つぎ)の電車(でんしゃ) (tsugi no densha)
Jessi: And this means, "the next train". 次(つぎ)の電車(でんしゃ). (tsugi no densha)
Motoko: Please repeat. 次(つぎ)の電車(でんしゃ). (tsugi no densha)
[pause]
Jessi: And again, that means, "the next train". Okay, next is?
Motoko: 半(はん) (han)
Jessi: 半(はん) (han) . This means "half", and when talking about time, refers to half of an hour. For example, 1時(いちじ) (ichi-ji) is one o'clock, and 1時半(いちじはん) (ichi-ji han) is one thirty.
Motoko: 1時(いちじ) (ichi-ji) plus 半(はん) (han). One thirty.
Jessi: Right. Another example. 5時(ごじ) (go-ji) is five o'clock, and so five thirty would be?
Motoko: 5時半(ごじはん)(go-ji han)
Jessi: That's right! We heard this word
Motoko: はん (han)
Jessi: in the dialogue. The next train comes at, what time, Motoko?
Motoko: 2時半(にじはん)(ni-ji han)
Jessi: 2時半(にじはん) (ni-ji han). Two thirty. Okay! And with that, let's move on to the lesson focus.
Grammar Point
Jessi: In this lesson, you'll learn how to ask what time something is, or what time something takes place.
Motoko: That's right.
Jessi: Now, if you remember, in Lesson 5, we learned how to ask what time it is now.
Motoko: Yes, do you remember? いまなんじですか (ima nan-ji desu ka)?
Jessi: いまなんじですか (ima nan-ji desu ka)? What time is it now?
Motoko: Our pattern today is very similar.
Jessi: Very! Motoko, can you tell us what it is?
Motoko: Sure. Our pattern is Aはなんじですか (A wa nan-ji desu ka)。
Jessi: Aはなんじですか。 (A wa nan-ji desu ka.) What time is A?
Motoko: Aはなんじですか。 (A wa nan-ji desu ka.)
Jessi: Now, [A] could be anything you want to know about. An event, like a party or a meeting, or the schedule for something, like the next bus, or the next train.
Motoko: That's right.
Jessi: Let's go through some examples.
Motoko: Sure. How about this? でんしゃはなんじですか。 (Densha wa nan-ji desu ka.)
Jessi: Literally, what time is the train, or what time does the train come? How about another one?
Motoko: ミーティングはなんじですか。 (Mītingu wa nan-ji desu ka.)
Jessi: What time is the meeting, or what time does the meeting start? Okay, what else?
Motoko: パーティーはなんじですか。 (Pātī wa nan-ji desu ka.)
Jessi: What time is the party, or what time does the party start? So as you can see, we're just replacing [A] each time. Let's have the listeners repeat this time. What time is the train?
Motoko: でんしゃはなんじですか。 (Densha wa nan-ji desu ka.)
[pause]
Jessi: What time is the meeting?
Motoko: ミーティングはなんじですか。 (Mītingu wa nan-ji desu ka.)
[pause]
Jessi: What time is the party?
Motoko: パーティーはなんじですか。 (Pātī wa nan-ji desu ka.)
[pause]
Jessi: Excellent! Okay, now let's take a look at our example from the dialogue.
Motoko: Sure. Masato says つぎ の でんしゃ は なんじ です か (tsugi no densha wa nan-ji desu ka)。
Jessi: What time is the next train? Let's break this one down.
Motoko: つぎの (Tsugi no) (Jessi: next) でんしゃ (densha) (Jessi: train) は なんじ (wa nan-ji) (Jess: what time) です か (desu ka)。
Jessi: And the whole thing one more time?
Motoko: つぎ の でんしゃ は なんじ です か。 (Tsugi no densha wa nan-ji desu ka.)
Jessi: What time is the next train? Listeners, ready to repeat?
Motoko: つぎ の でんしゃ は なんじ です か。 (Gi no densha wa nan-ji desu ka.)
[pause]
Jessi: Sounding good. By the way, the answer to that was 2時半(にじはん)です。(ni-ji han desu.) It's at two thirty.
Motoko: 2時半(にじはん)です。(ni-ji han desu.)
Jessi: All right, now it's time for the listeners to make a sentence. What should they ask about, Motoko?
Motoko: Hmm... how about.. the bus?
Jessi: Oh, that's a good one! And it's easy too. Bus is バス (basu) in Japanese.
Motoko: That's right, バス (basu).
Jessi: Listeners, can you say, what time is the bus? Or, what time does the bus come, in Japanese?
[pause]
Jessi: Remember that the structure is [A]はなんじですか ([A ] wa nan-ji desu ka)。
[pause]
Jessi: And the answer is?
Motoko: バスはなんじですか。 (Basu wa nan-ji desu ka.)
Jessi: バスはなんじですか。 (Basu wa nan-ji desu ka.)
Listeners, did you get it right?

Outro

Jessi: Okay, well I think that's going to do it for this lesson.
Motoko: はい! (Hai!) How was it, everyone?
Jessi: As always, please let us know if you have any questions. And also, feel free to practice making your own sentences in the comment section.
Motoko: Thank you for listening!
Jessi: Until next time.
Motoko: じゃあまた! (Jā mata!)

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