Counting Objects - Time Flashcards
~じ
o’clock / counter for hours
~はん
Half Past ~ (insert hour here)
~ふん
Counter for minutes
いま
Now
なんじ
What Time?
Exceptions to telling the time:
とじ
しちじ
くじ
All other numbers of the time are as expected
4 o’clock
7 o’clock
9 o’clock
しちじに がっこうに いきました
i went to school at 7 o’clock
にじはん です
it’s half past 2
いっぷん
にふん
さんふん
よんふん
ごふん
とっぷん
ななふん
はっぷん
きゅうふん
じゅっぷん
1 minute
2 minutes
3 minutes
4 minutes
5 minutes
6 minutes
7 minutes
8 minutes
9 minutes
10 minutes
よんじゅうよんふん
44 minutes
さんじ にじゅうきゅうふん
3:29 (or 3 hours and 29 minutes)
いま なんじ ですか
what time is it?
ごぜん
a.m. (note a.m. comes before the time in japanese, not after)
ごご
p.m. (note p.m. comes before the time in japanese, not after)
から
from (in context of time)
まで
until
ごご さんじ にじゅうきゅうふん
3:29pm
ごぜん はちじ はん から ごご ごじ よんじゅっぷん まで
from half past 8 a.m. till 5.40 p.m.
ついたち
ふつか
みっか
よっか
いつか
むいか
なのか
ようか
ここのか
とおか
じゅうよっか
はつか
にじゅうよっか
~にち
なんにち
first of the month
second of the month
third
fourth
fifth
sixth
seventh
eighth
ninth
tenth
fourteenth
twentieth
twentyfourth
counter for all other days of the month
what day of the month?
いちがつ ついたち
The first of January
なんにち ですか
what day of the month is it?
なんがつ なんにち ですか
What is the month and date?
~ねん
counter for years
has no exceptions
なんねん
what year?