Learn Japanese Book Page 26

Yocabulary

T	sumimasen	Excuse me./I’m sorry.
'•'t	ima	now
tcA, t	nan-ji	what time
~ t	*ji	o’clock
toA,b<n	onna no hito	woman
to A,*	onna	woman, female
i> t	hito	person
9t	ku-ji	9 o’clock
	gojuppun/gojippun	50 minutes
~ A* A, y /u	-fun, -pun	minutę
T' — 1'	dcpato	department storę
	kara	from (particie)
101	ju-ji	10 o’clock
ŹX-	madę	until (particie)
crcr	gogo	P.M.
6t	roku-ji	6 o’clock
Hi	dó itashimashite	Don’t mention it./You’re welcome.

(lii. “What have (I) done?”)

NOTES

1.    Sumimasen.

Sumimasen, "Excuse me,” prefaces a reąuest, such as asking a stranger for information. It can also mean “Thank you,” ‘Tm sorry,” or “Pardon me.”

2.    Ju-ji kara desu. Gogo roku-ji madę desu.

"From 10 o’clock.” “Until 6 P.M.”

Particles follow words, rather than proceed them. (See Grammar II, p. 53.) Notę that instead of Ju-ji kara hirakimasu, “It is open from 10 o’clock,” the word “open” is omitted. When the verb is understood, only the key words, (here ju-ji kara, roku-ji madę) followed by desu are often used.

3.    When

Hour. Nan-ji, “what time?”

Day of the week. Nan-yóbi, “which day of the week?”

Day of the month. Nan-nichi, “which day of the month?”

Month. Nan-gatsu, “which month?”

Time in generał. Itsu, "włien?”

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PRACTICE

KEY SENTENCES-

1.    Ima gozen 10-ji desu.

2.    Hiru-yasumi wa 12-ji kara 1-ji han madę desu.

3.    Kyó wa 6-gatsu 18-nichi desu.

4.    Ashita wa Hayashi-san no tanjóbi desu.

5.    Kino wa kin-yóbi dcshita.

6.    Kino wa moku-yóbi dewa arimasendeshita.

1.    Ifs 10 a.m. now.

2.    Lunch time is from 12:00 to 1:30.

3.    Today is June 18.

4.    Tomorrow is Mr. Hayashi‘s birthday.

5.    Yesterday was Friday.

6.    Yesterday was not Thursday.

Yocabulary’

gozen	A.M.	-nichi	day (Sce Exer-
hiru-yasumi	lunch time		cise VI, p. 35.)
hiru	noon	ashita	tomorrow
yasumi	rest (period)	tanjóbi	birthday
1-ji han	half past 1 (lit. “1	kino	yesterday
	o’clock half”)	kin-yóbi	Friday
han	half	-yóbi	day of the week
kyó	today		(See Exercise V,
6-gatsu 18 nichi	June 18		p. 35.)
6-gatsu	June (lit. sixth month)	deshita	was
-gatsu	month (Sec Exercise	moku-yóbi	Thursday
	VII. p. 35.)	arimasendeshita	was not

18-nichi    18 day

EXERCISES

I Numbers: Memorize the numbers from 20 to 100.

80, hachiju 90, kyuju 100, hyaku

above numbers, the

20. niju    50, goju

30, sanju    60, rokuju

40, yonju    70, shichiju, nanaju

Intermediate numbers are madę    by    adding to the

numbers from 1 to 9.

cx. 21, niju-ichi

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