Nihongo Lesson 6:
Ch. 4 Vocabulary
VERBS
- Okimasu – get up/wake up
- Nemasu – sleep/go to bed
- Hatarakimasu – work
- Benkyoushimasu – study
- Yasumimasu – take a rest
- Owarimasu – finish
- Kikimasu – listen
- Tabemasu – eat
- Hanasemasu – speak
PLACES
- Depato – department store
- Ginkou – bank
- Yuubinkyoku – post office
- Toshokan – library
- Bijutsukan – museum
TELLING TIME
What time is it now? – ima, nanji desu ka / ima, nanji nanpun desu ka?
1 o’clock – ichiji 1 min. – ippun 20 min. - nijuuppun
2 o’clock – niji 2 min. – nifun 21 min. - nijuuippun
3 o’clock – sanji 3 min. – sanpun 30 min. – sanjuppun / han
4 o’clock – yoji 4 min. – yonpun 40 min. - yonjuppun
5 o’clock – goji 5 min. – gofun 50 min. - gojuppun
6 o’clock – rokuji 6 min. – roppun 55 min. - gojuugofun
7 o’clock -shichiji 7 min. - nanafun
8 o’clock – hachiji 8 min. - happun
9 o’clock – kuji 9 min. – kyuufun ex. 10:28PM = gogo juuji nijuuhappun
10 o’clock – juuji 10 min. – juppun 5:30AM = gozen goji han
11 o’clock – juuichiji 11 min. – juuipun 12PM = choudo gogo juuniji
12 o’clock – juuniji 15 min. - juugofun
- Asa – morning
- Hiru – day
- Ban/yoru – night
- Ototoi – the day before yesterday
- Kinou – yesterday
- Kyou – today
- Tomorrow – ashita
- Asatte – the day after tomorrow
- Kyou no – today’s
- Kesa – this morning
- Konban – this evening/tonight
- Yasumi – day-off/holiday
- Hirayasumi – lunch break
- New yoku – New York
- Pekin – Beijing
- Rondon – London
- Bangkoku – Bangkok
- Ros Angerusu – Los Angeles
- Maiasa – every morning
- Mainichi – every day
- Maiban – every night
- -kara – from
- -made – until/to
Ex. Asa kara ban made = from morning to night
Getsu youbi kara kin youbi made = from Monday to Friday
Ch. 4 Grammar Notes
1. What time is it now?
Ex. Answer: 10ji desu. (10 o’clock)
2. From what time is your country bank open?
Ex. Answer: ginkou wa kuji kara yoji made desu.
(the bank is open from 9AM to 4PM.)
3. What time do you wake up every day?
Ex. Answer: watashi wa mainichi hachiji ni okimasu.
(I wake up at 8AM every day.)
4. What time did you study yesterday?
Ex. Answer: kinou benkyoushimasendeshita.
(I didn’’t study yesterday.)
5. What is your telephone number?
Ex. Answer: watashi wa denwa bangou wa 0995-
717-0203 (zero, kyuu, kyuu go no nana ichi nana no
zero ni zero san) desu.
(my number is 0995-717-0203.)