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Time Expressions

Time expressions — hours, minutes, days of the week, months

Learning Goal

Can tell time and use day/month expressions

Exam Skills:JLPT N5 Grammar

Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?

今、何時ですか。三時半です。

What time is it now? It's 3:30.

Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?

時間の表現 — Time Expressions

時 (じ, o'clock)Sound change?
1時(いちじ), 2時(にじ), 3時(さんじ), 4時(よじ*), 5時(ごじ), 6時(ろくじ), 7時(しちじ), 8時(はちじ), 9時(くじ*), 10時(じゅうじ), 11時, 12時*4時=よじ, *9時=くじ
曜日 (ようび, days)
月曜日(げつ), 火曜日(か), 水曜日(すい), 木曜日(もく), 金曜日(きん), 土曜日(ど), 日曜日(にち)

月 (がつ, months): 1月(いちがつ) through 12月(じゅうにがつ). Sound changes: 4月(しがつ*), 7月(しちがつ*), 9月(くがつ*).

Half hour: 半(はん) — 3時半 = 3:30.

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Practice Exercises

Wrong readings for 4時(よじ not しじ), 9時(くじ not きゅうじ); Confusing 月(がつ, month) and 月(げつ, Monday)

今、何時ですか。三時半です。

What time is it now? It's 3:30.

今(いま, now) + 何時(なんじ, what time) + ですか / 三時半(さんじはん, 3:30)

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Frequently asked questions

When is 時間の表現 used?
月 (がつ, months): 1月(いちがつ) through 12月(じゅうにがつ). Sound changes: 4月(しがつ*), 7月(しちがつ*), 9月(くがつ*).
What are common mistakes with 時間の表現?
Wrong readings for 4時(よじ not しじ), 9時(くじ not きゅうじ); Confusing 月(がつ, month) and 月(げつ, Monday)

Related grammar topics

  • 数字と助数詞
  • 期間
  • 頻度