Learn Japanese Book Page 26

Yocabulary

t*t*tA*	sumimasen	Excuse me./I’m sorry.
	ima	now
	nan-ji	what time
	-ji	o’clock
HA,**) UŁ	onna no hito	woman
HA,*	onna	woman, female
	hito	person
9U	ku-ji	9 o’clock
50-i?/^	gojuppun/gojippun	50 minutes
~ f\* S /v	-fun, -pun	minutę
f'/'*- 1*	dcpato	department storę
	kara	from (particie)
10 t	ju-ji	10 o’clock
ł?	madę	until (particie)
ZIC.'	gogo	P.M.
6t	roku-ji	6 o’clock
yi i‘fcULt	dó itashimashitc	Don’t mention it./You’re welcome.

(/»/. “What have (I) done?”)

NOTES

1.    Sumimasen.

Sumimasen, “Excuse me,” prefaces a request, 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 madc desu.

"From 10 o’clock.” "Until 6 P.M.”

Partłcles 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 omittcd. When the verb is understood, only the key words, (herc 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, "wben?”

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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 deshita.

6.    Kino wa moku-yóbi dewa arimasendeshita.

1.    It's 10 A.M. now.

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

3.    Today is Jurtę 18.

4.    Tomorrow is Mr. Hayashi’s birthday.

5.    Yesterday was Friday.

6.    Yesterday was not Thursday.

Yocabulary’

gozen	A.M.	•nichi	day (See 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 Excrcise	moku-yóbi	Thursday
	VII, p. 35.)	arimasendeshita	was not
18-nichi	18 day

EXERCISES-

I Numbers: Memorize the numbers from 20 to 100.

20. niju    50,    goju    80,    hachiju

30, sanju    60,    rokuju    90,    kyuju

40, yonju    70,    shichiju, nanaju    100,    hyaku

Intermediate numbers are madę by adding to the above numbers, the numbers from 1 to 9. cx. 21, niju-ichi

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