Learn how to ask for and tell what time it is
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Intro |
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| Jessi: Hi everyone, ジェシーです (Jeshī desu)。 Jessi here! |
| Tomoyuki: こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)、Tomoyukiです (desu)。 |
| Jessi: 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 (Kyō wa atsui desu ne). |
| 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。 |
| Kaori: Konbanwa, Teirā-san. |
| テイラー: かおりさん！おはよう ございます。 |
| Taylor: Kaori-san! Ohayō gozaimasu. |
| かおり: ？いま、なんじ ですか。 |
| Kaori: ? Ima, nan-ji desu ka. |
| テイラー: Roku-ji desu. |
| Taylor: 6Ji desu. |
| かおり: ごぜん？ |
| Kaori: Gozen? |
| テイラー: はい。ごぜん 6じ です。 |
| Taylor: Hai. Gozen roku-ji desu. |
| Jessi: Let’s listen to the conversation again slowly. |
| かおり: こんばんは、テイラーさん。 |
| Kaori: Konbanwa, Teirā-san. |
| テイラー: かおりさん！おはよう ございます。 |
| Taylor: Kaori-san! Ohayō gozaimasu. |
| かおり: ？いま、なんじ ですか。 |
| Kaori: ? Ima, nan-ji desu ka. |
| テイラー: Roku-ji desu. |
| Taylor: 6Ji desu. |
| かおり: ごぜん？ |
| Kaori: Gozen? |
| テイラー: はい。ごぜん 6じ です。 |
| Taylor: Hai. Gozen roku-ji desu. |
| Jessi: Now let’s listen to it with the translation. |
| かおり: こんばんは、テイラーさん。 |
| Kaori: Konbanwa, Teirā-san. |
| Jessi: Good evening, Taylor. |
| テイラー: かおりさん！おはよう ございます。 |
| Taylor: Kaori-san! Ohayō gozaimasu. |
| Jessi: Kaori! Good morning. |
| かおり: ？いま、なんじ ですか。 |
| Kaori: ? Ima, nan-ji desu ka. |
| Jessi: What time is it now? |
| テイラー: 6じ です。 |
| Taylor: Roku-ji desu. |
| Jessi: It's six o'clock. |
| かおり: ごぜん？ |
| Kaori: Gozen? |
| Jessi: A.M.? |
| テイラー: はい。ごぜん 6じ です。 |
| Taylor: Hai. Gozen roku-ji desu. |
| Jessi: Yes. Six o'clock A.M. |
| Vocabulary and Phrase Usage |
| 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 (sukaipu) in Japanese, right? |
| Tomoyuki: That's right, スカイプ (sukaipu)。 |
| 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 (jū) |
| Jessi: And then, to create the numbers higher than 10, just take じゅう (jū) and add the number to it. For example... |
| Tomoyuki: Eleven is ten, じゅう (jū), plus one, いち (ichi). |
| Jessi: じゅう いち (Jū-ichi)。 じゅういち (Jū-ichi). Eleven. So, let's go through the rest. Twelve is...? |
| Tomoyuki: じゅうに (jū-ni) |
| Jessi: Thirteen. |
| Tomoyuki: じゅうさん (jū-san) |
| Jessi: Fourteen |
| Tomoyuki: じゅうよん (jū-yon) |
| Jessi: Fifteen |
| Tomoyuki: じゅうご (jū-go) |
| Jessi: Sixteen |
| Tomoyuki: じゅうろく (jū-roku) |
| Jessi: Seventeen |
| Tomoyuki: じゅうなな (jū-nana) |
| Jessi: Eighteen |
| Tomoyuki: じゅうはち (jū-hachi) |
| Jessi: Nineteen |
| Tomoyuki: じゅうきゅう (jū-kyū) |
| 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 (gozen) |
| Jessi: ごぜん (gozen). A.M. And how do you say P.M.? |
| Tomoyuki: ごご (gogo) |
| Jessi: ごご (gogo). 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？ (nan-ji desu ka?) |
| Jessi: [slowly] なんじですか？ (nan-ji desu ka?) Tomoyuki, let's break this down. First we have |
| Tomoyuki: なんじ (nan-ji) |
| Jessi: which means "what time", and then |
| Tomoyuki: ですか (nan-ji) |
| 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？ (nan-ji desu ka?) |
| Jessi: なんじですか？ (nan-ji desu ka?) Listeners, please repeat. |
| Tomoyuki: なんじですか？ (nan-ji desu ka?) |
| [pause] |
| Jessi: Great! |
| Tomoyuki: Sometimes we put いま (ima), which means "now", in the front and say 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?". OK. Listeners, repeat. "What time is it now?" |
| Tomoyuki: いま、なんじですか。 (Ima, nan-ji desu ka.) |
| [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 (ji) plus です (desu). |
| Jessi: Number, plus じ (ji) plus です (desu). |
| Tomoyuki: Right. Let's show 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 (ichi), and then we add じ (ji) plus です (desu). All together... １時です (ichi-ji desu)。 |
| Jessi: １時 です。 (ichi-ji desu.) "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。 (ichi-ji desu.) [pause] |
| Jessi: It's two o'clock. |
| Tomoyuki: ２時です。 (ni-ji desu.) [pause] |
| Jessi: It's three o'clock. |
| Tomoyuki: ３時です。 (san-ji desu.) [pause] |
| Jessi: It's four o'clock. |
| Tomoyuki: ４時です。(yo-ji desu.) [pause] |
| Jessi: It's five o'clock. |
| Tomoyuki: ５時です。 (go-ji desu.) [pause] |
| Jessi: It's six o'clock. |
| Tomoyuki: ６時です。 (roku-ji desu.) [pause] |
| Jessi: It's seven o'clock. |
| Tomoyuki: ７時です。 (shichi-ji desu.) [pause] |
| Jessi: It's eight o'clock. |
| Tomoyuki: ８時です。 (hachi-ji desu.) [pause] |
| Jessi: It's nine o'clock. |
| Tomoyuki: ９時です。 (ku-ji desu.) [pause] |
| Jessi: It's ten o'clock. |
| Tomoyuki: １０時です。 (jū-ji desu.) [pause] |
| Jessi: It's eleven o'clock. |
| Tomoyuki: １１時です。 (jū-ichi-ji desu.) [pause] |
| Jessi: It's twelve o'clock. |
| Tomoyuki: １２時です。 (jū-ni-ji desu.) [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 (yo-ji), four o'clock. |
| Jessi: Remember that "four" in Japanese is actually よん (yon). But when we tell time, the よん (yon) becomes よ (yo), and we say よじ (yo-ji). |
| Tomoyuki: よじ。 (Yo-ji.) Four o'clock. Please repeat. よじ (yo-ji). |
| [pause] |
| Jessi: Great. The next one is for seven o'clock. |
| Tomoyuki: That's right. Before, you learned that seven is なな (nana). |
| Jessi: There are actually two ways to say "seven" in Japanese, なな (nana), and しち (shichi). |
| Tomoyuki: And for telling time, we use しち (shichi). |
| Jessi: This one is just an exception you'll have to remember. So Tomoyuki, seven o'clock is...? |
| Tomoyuki: しちじ. (shichi-ji.) |
| Jessi: しちじ. (shichi-ji.) |
| All right, now the last irregular time is くじ (ku-ji), for nine o'clock. |
| Tomoyuki: Remember that "nine" in Japanese is actually きゅう (kyū). |
| Jessi: But when we tell time, the きゅう (kyū) becomes く (ku), and we say くじ (ku-ji). |
| Tomoyuki: くじ。 (ku-ji.) Nine o'clock. Please repeat. くじ (ku-ji). |
| [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？」 (Ima, nan-ji desu ka?) |
| 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 (ji) plus です (desu). |
| [pause] |
| Jessi: And the answer is? |
| Tomoyuki: ５時です。 (go-ji desu.) |
| Jessi: ５時です。 (go-ji desu.) Great!! Okay, let's try one with a higher number.. How about eleven o'clock? |
| Tomoyuki: Listeners, how do you say, it's eleven o'clock? |
| Jessi: Remember that eleven is じゅういち (jū-ichi). |
| [pause] |
| Jessi: And the answer is? |
| Tomoyuki: １１時です。 (jū-ichi-ji desu.) |
| Jessi: １１時です。 (jū-ichi-ji desu.) 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 (gozen) and 午後 (gogo)! 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。 (Gozen go-ji desu.) |
| Jessi: And it's 11 P.M. would be... |
| Tomoyuki: 午後１１時です。 (Gogo jū-ichi-ji desu.) |
| Jessi: So, as you can see, 午前 (gozen) and 午後 (gogo) come before the number. |
Outro |
| Jessi: 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。 (Ja mata.) |
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