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Numbers & time · PART 2 · 8 OF 15

Talk: what time is it?

いま なんじですか

ima nanji desu ka

3 groups · 7 cards

Start: Ask and answer

Groups

  1. Ask and answer しちじ はんです (shichiji han desu)
  2. なんじ (nanji) or なんぷん (nanpun) what time, or how many minutes
  3. Make your own Set the clock, then ask and answer
  4. Revision All 7 mixed

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Words and sentences

Ask and answer

Kero, Goro and Sensei ask each other the time all day.

One asks いま なんじですか (ima nanji desu ka). The other says the time, then です (desu).

Sensei: いま なんじですか。 Ima nanji desu ka. What time is it now?

  1. When: いまImanow
  2. When: なんじnanjiwhat time
  3. End: ですかdesu kais it?

Kero: じゅうじです。 Juuji desu. It is ten o’clock.

  1. When: じゅうじJuujiten o’clock
  2. End: ですdesuit is

  • Goro: いま なんじですか。 Ima nanji desu ka. What time is it now?

    1. When: いまImanow
    2. When: なんじnanjiwhat time
    3. End: ですかdesu kais it?

    Kero: しちじ はんです。 Shichiji han desu. It is half past seven.

    1. When: しちじ はんShichiji hanhalf past seven
    2. End: ですdesuit is

  • Kero: いま なんじですか。 Ima nanji desu ka. What time is it now?

    1. When: いまImanow
    2. When: なんじnanjiwhat time
    3. End: ですかdesu kais it?

    Goro: じゅうにじです。 Juuniji desu. It is twelve o’clock.

    1. When: じゅうにじJuunijitwelve o’clock
    2. End: ですdesuit is

  • Sensei: いま なんじですか。 Ima nanji desu ka. What time is it now?

    1. When: いまImanow
    2. When: なんじnanjiwhat time
    3. End: ですかdesu kais it?

    Kero: ごご よじ じゅっぷんです。 Gogo yoji juppun desu. It is 4:10 p.m.

    1. When: ごごGogop.m.
    2. When: よじ じゅっぷんyoji juppun4:10
    3. End: ですdesuit is

なんじ (nanji) or なんぷん (nanpun)

  • なんぷん nanpun how many minutes? question word なん (what) + ぷん (minutes).

  • Goro: いま なんじですか。 Ima nanji desu ka. What time is it now?

    1. When: いまImanow
    2. When: なんじnanjiwhat time
    3. End: ですかdesu kais it?

    Kero: よじです。 Yoji desu. It is four o’clock.

    1. When: よじYojifour o’clock
    2. End: ですdesuit is

    To ask the time, it is なんじ (nanji). なんぷん (nanpun) asks only the minutes, once the hour is known.

  • Goro: いま よじ なんぷんですか。 Ima yoji nanpun desu ka. How many minutes past four is it now?

    1. When: いまImanow
    2. When: よじ なんぷんyoji nanpunfour and how many minutes
    3. End: ですかdesu kais it?

    Kero: よじ じゅっぷんです。 Yoji juppun desu. It is 4:10.

    1. When: よじ じゅっぷんYoji juppun4:10
    2. End: ですdesuit is

    The hour, よじ (yoji), is already in the question, so ask only the minutes: なんぷん (nanpun).

  • Kero: いま なんじですか。 Ima nanji desu ka. What time is it now?

    1. When: いまImanow
    2. When: なんじnanjiwhat time
    3. End: ですかdesu kais it?

    Sensei: くじ はんです。 Kuji han desu. It is half past nine.

    1. When: くじ はんKuji hanhalf past nine
    2. End: ですdesuit is

    To ask the time, it is なんじ (nanji). なんぷん (nanpun) asks only the minutes, once the hour is known.

Make your own

  • Set a clock, then build the question and your answer:

    Goro: いま なんじですか。 Ima nanji desu ka. What time is it now?

    1. When: いまImanow
    2. When: なんじnanjiwhat time
    3. End: ですかdesu kais it?

    Answer with the hour, the minutes, then です (desu).