1.1.9 Telling Time

• Japanese numbers

• ask the current time

• state time in hour increments

• ask what time something takes place

Academic Vocabulary: 
linking verb desu (です),
question particle ka (か), particle ni (に)

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Japanese Numbers

​いち
ichi

​に
ni

​さん
san

​よん・よ・し
yon / yo / shi

​ご
go

ろく
roku

​じゅう
jyuu

​はち
hachi

​きゅう・く
kyuu / ku

なな・しち
nana / shichi

​じゅういち
jyuu ichi

じゅうに
jyuu ni

​Important Note:

In Japanese, the numbers 4, 7, and 9 have multiple pronunciations:

• 4: "shi" or "yon"

• 7: "shichi" or "nana"

• 9: "ku" or "kyuu"

When telling time: .... o'clock → 〇〇じ (.... ji)

• 4 o'clock: "yo ji" (よじ)

• 7 o'clock: "shichi ji" (しちじ)

• 9 o'clock: "ku ji" (くじ)

Use "yo," "shichi," and "ku" for telling time.

To ask "What time is it now?", you can say:
いま なん じ です か　Ima nan ji desu ka?

​ いま 〇〇 じ です
ima .... ji desu
It is .... o'clock now

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Match

Match the following

• 6 O'clock

• 9 O'clock

• 12 O'clock

• 1 O'clock

• 10 O'clock

ろく　じ

roku　ji

く　じ

ku　ji

じゅう に　じ

jyuu ni　ji

いち　じ

ichi　ji

じゅう　じ

jyuu　ji

• ろく　じ

  roku　ji

• く　じ

  ku　ji

• じゅう に　じ

  jyuu ni　ji

• いち　じ

  ichi　ji

• じゅう　じ

  jyuu　ji

Today's Verb

• です　　　Desu：is/am/are (to be)

• たべます　Tabemasu： to eat

• ねます　　Nemasu : to sleep

• おきます　Okimasu：to wake up

​Important Note:
In Japanese, the verb typically comes at the end of the sentence. This structure is called Subject-Object-Verb (SOV).

Example: I eat rice → Watashi wa gohan wo tabemasu.

Today's Particles

Japanese particles are small words that show how other words in a sentence relate to each other. They are very important because they help us understand who is doing what, where, when and how.

Today's particle:

• に ni : time marker, location/direction marker

• か ka : question marker

に ni

か ka

noun (TIME)

VERB

​Example :

いち じ に　ichi ji ni : At 1 o'clock
に じ に　ni ji ni : At 2 o'clock

​Example :

いきます か　ikimasu ka : Are you going?
 ねます か　nemasu ka : Do you sleep?
(Noun) です か　　(noun) desu ka : Are you / Is it / Am I ... ?

​Example:
はちじに おきますか
hachi ji ni okimasu ka?
Do you ｗake up at 8 o'clock ?

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Options (4)

Subject marker

Time marker

Question marker

Direct Object marker

Drag and drop the funcion of these Japanese particle to the right catagories!

に (ni)

か (ka)

Other options

Let's create sentences in Japanese

​I sleep at ..... o'clock
〇〇じにねます
.... ji ni nemasu

​I wake up at ..... o'clock
〇〇じにおきます
.... ji ni okimasu

​I eat at ..... o'clock
〇〇じにたべます
.... ji ni tabemasu

​Note: add japanese number in the 〇〇 or .....

Grammar Pattern:

​わたしは OOじに OO
watashi wa .... ji ni ....
I .... at .... o'clock

Match

Match the following

• to sleep

• to eat

• to wake up

ねます

nemasu

たべます

tabemasu

おきます

okimasu

• ねます

  nemasu

• たべます

  tabemasu

• おきます

  okimasu

Today's Grammar Pattern

〇〇じに〇〇
　.... ji ni ....

"I do ...... at ..... O'clock"

Explanation:
(Number) ji ni + (activity you do/will do)

9:00 P.M

​(I) sleep at 9 o'clock
くじ に ねます
ku ji ni nemasu

You also can write it as :

わたし は く じ に ねます
Watashi wa ku ji ni nemasu
I sleep at 9 o'clock

​(I) go to school at 8 o'clock
はちじ に がっこう に いきます
Hachi ji ni gakkou ni ikimasu

You also can write it as :

わたし は はち じ に がっこう に いきます
Watashi wa hachi ji ni gakkou ni ikimasu
I sleep at 9 o'clock

Open Ended

Share with us what time you do these activities in Japanese:
I sleep at ....
I wake up at ....
I eat at ....

Use the grammar pattern you learned today!

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