Part 1: Counting Hours and Minutes
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Ex: half past two:
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B: 7時 30分です。
7時半です。
→ A: What time and minute is it now? B: It's seven thirty. It's half past seven.
B: 9時です。
→ A: What time is it in Japan right now? B: It's nine o'clock.
Part 2: Verbs in Past, Present, and Future Tenses
働きません
働きました
働きませんでした
→ Work / Will work Do not work / Will not work Worked Did not work
勉強しません
勉強しました
勉強しませんでした
→ Study / Will study Do not study / Will not study Studied Did not study
Part 3: Particle に
[に]: at/on/in (time).
Used to indicate the specific time when an action takes place.
B: 6時に 起きます。
→ A: What time do you wake up every morning? B: I wake up at 6 o'clock.
B: 11時に 寝ます。
→ A: What time do you go to bed every night? B: I go to bed at 11 o'clock.
Part 4: から…まで: From ... To
[まで]: to/until.
[から] indicates the starting point, and [まで] indicates the ending point of time or place.
[から] and [まで] can be used independently and do not necessarily have to be accompanied by a verb.
B: 月曜日から 金曜日まで 勉強します。
→ A: From what day to what day do you study every week? B: I study from Monday to Friday.
B: 月曜日から 金曜日まで です。
→ A: From what day to what day is school? B: It is from Monday to Friday.
→ The bank is open from 9 o'clock.
Part 5: N1とN2: N1 and N2
[N1とN2]: N1 and N2.
The particle [と] connects two nouns in parallel, meaning "and".
→ The bank is closed on Saturdays and Sundays.
B: 3階と 4階です。
→ A: Which floor is the library on? B: It's on the 3rd and 4th floors.
Part 6: ~ね: right? / isn't it?
[~ね]: ~right? / isn't it?
[ね] is used at the end of a sentence to seek agreement from the listener, or to confirm and remind.
B: 大変ですね。
→ A: I work until 10 o'clock every day. B: That must be tough, isn't it?
B: 871の 6813ですね。
→ A: Mr. Yamada's phone number is 871-6813. B: It's 871-6813, right?
Part 7: Asking for Phone Numbers
Read phone numbers digit by digit.
For long phone numbers, separate them into groups using the particle [の].
Ex: 0650-222-123 : ゼロろくごゼロの にににの いちにさん.
B: 08の 678の 789です。
→ A: What is the library's phone number? B: It's 08 678 789.
B: 0909の 707の 708です。
→ A: What is Mr. Yamada's mobile phone number? B: It's 0909 707 708.