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1Saying what things are▸Chapter review1Introducing yourself2This, that, and what it is not3Whose it is, and checking4Telling the time, from and until
2Adjectives▸Chapter review5I-adjectives6Na-adjectives, what you like, and describing people7It was fun, fun and cheap, and cheap but good
3Verbs▸Chapter review8Everyday actions, and where you do them9Objects, means, and destinations10When, how often, and who with11Yesterday, and why
4Things, places and numbers▸Chapter review12Something, anything, nothing13What is where14Counting, listing, and prices
5Wanting, inviting, asking▸Chapter review15What you want to do, and what you want16Inviting and offering17The て form, and asking for things18May I, and you must not
6Joining actions, and what is going on▸Chapter review19Joining actions, and doing one after the other20Going on, and already done21Already, not yet, and becoming22Giving and receiving
7The plain form▸Chapter review23The plain form, and asking someone not to24What you can do, what comes first, and だ25What you think and what they said26The plain past
8Describing and comparing▸Chapter review27Describing a noun, and naming an activity28Comparing two things29The most30の standing in for a noun
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9Plans, experience and reasons▸Chapter review31What you intend to do32Things you have done33Explaining why34Advice, and what you must and need not do35Probably, asking politely, and too much
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Unit 4 · なんじ · Part 1

Telling the time

〜じ〜ふん ・ なんじ
Goals

By the end of this part, you can…

A conversation you can have in Japanese
YouWhat time is it now?
TanakaIt is half past two.
YouWhat time is your work?
TanakaNine a.m.
In this part
Warm-up — vocabulary

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Grammar 1

Telling the time

The clock is the number plus じ for the hour and ふん for the minutes, with はん for half past. ごぜん and ごご come first, not last. Three hours break the pattern and they are the three everybody gets wrong: よじ, しちじ, くじ.

Builds onAsking questions (〜ですか)
1See how it works
Pattern
 すうじsuuji じji すうじsuuji ふんfunthe time
Three hours break the patternThe hour is the number plus じ — except three of them. 4 is よじ, 7 is しちじ, 9 is くじ. Those three are the ones a student gets wrong, so drill them on their own before anything else.
nowいまimahalf past twoにじはんnijihan(polite)ですdesuIt is half past two.a.m.ごぜんgozennine o'clockくじkuji ですdesuIt is nine a.m. いまimawhat timeなんじnanji(question) ?ですかdesu kaWhat time is it now?
2Build the piecenumber → 〜じ
e.g.いちichione→いちじichijione o'clock
3Say it in Japanese
Summary

This part at a glance

Grammar 1
Telling the time
すうじsuuji じji すうじsuuji ふんfun
いまima にじはんnijihan ですdesuIt is half past two.
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Reading — read it aloud

いま なんじ ですか

At the office, in the morning. Ms. Suzuki has a meeting today.
すずきたなかさんtanakasan、いまimaなんじnanjiですかdesu ka。
たなかいまima、じゅういちじjuuichijiはんhanですdesu。
すずきそうsouですかdesu ka。かいぎkaigiはwaなんじnanjiですかdesu ka。かいぎ = meeting
たなかごごgogoいちじichijiですdesu。
すずきひるごはんhirugohanはwaなんじnanjiですかdesu ka。ひるごはん = lunch
たなかじゅうにじjuunijiですdesu。
すずきわかりwakariましたmashita。ありがとうarigatouございgozaiますmasu。わかりました = I see. / Got it.ありがとう ございます = Thank you.
Reading — questions

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