User blog:JapaneseOPfan/Lesson Nine (Calendar Keeper)

JOPfan's Lesson #9 ; Calendar Keeper ...And here is the 9th lesson. We're coming closer to the special lesson! Anyhow, calendars. Not exactly. Time. Yes, that's it. Time. I've been taking foreign language classes recently and I simply hate learning all those time conjugations and blah. Well lucky you, Japan has no conjugations for time! Hurrah. Well, I'm guessing this will be fairly easy since most of you seem to know your numbers. Good luck!!

- Clock time -

１：００ - Ichiji １時

２：００ - Niji ２時

３：００ - Sanji (!!!) ３時

４：００ - Yoji ４時

５：００ - Goji ５時

６：００ - Rokuji/Lokuji ６時

７：００ - Shichiji ７時

８：００ - Hatchiji ８時

９：００ - Kuji ９時

１０：００ - Jyuuji １０時

１１：００ - Jyuuichiji １１時

１２：００ - Jyuuniji １２時

Well yeah. If you notice, 10:00~ has "Jyuu" and a number before "ji". "Ji" is something like 'o clock, and if you look closely, for example, 11:00 is "ten one 'o clock". So if you want to say like, 15:00, it would be "ten five 'o clock" A.K.A. "Jyuugoji". If you want to say 23:00, it would be "Two ten three 'o clock" A.K.A. "Nijuusanji". Easy, huh? Yep, yep. There are no irregulars. If you want to say these as normal #s, than just take the "Ji" off and you'll be fine. (Not for time, but there are other ways to say each number in Japanese.) "Minutes" is "hun", "funn" or "punn" (分) and seconds are "byou" (秒) so for example, 17:45:06 would be "Ten seven o' clock Four ten five minutes six seconds" a.k.a. "Jyuu shichi ji yon jyuu go funn roku byou" (17時45分6秒) Seems hard, but once you get the hang of it, it's pretty easy.

- Days of the Week -

Monday - Getsuyohubi 月曜日

Tuesday - Kahyohubi 火曜日

Wednesday - Suiyohubi 水曜日

Thursday - Mokuyohubi 木曜日

Friday - Kinyohubi 金曜日

Saturday - Dohyohubi 土曜日

Sunday - Nichiyohubi 日曜日

--so that's the days. All the days have "-yohubi" or "曜日" (Bi 日 means day, and I guess Yohu 曜 is something to tell that it's not a holiday, but a week day that occurs each week; hard to explain.) at the end, so just remember the first part and you'll be fine. I think. By the way, all days contain an element in them. Not too sure why. Here's a bonus chart-- (Skip if you don't feel like it)

- The Months -

January - Ichigatsu １月

February - Nigatsu ２月

March - Sangatsu ３月

April - Shigatsu ４月

May - Gogatsu ５月

June - Rokugatsu/Lokugatsu ６月

July - Shichigatsu ７月

August - Hatchigatsu ８月

September - Kugatsu ９月

October - Jyuugatsu１０月

November - Jyuuichigatsu １１月

December - Jyuunigatsu １２月

Now that's what I call easy. Man, you already know your numbers from the hours so just take off the 'o clock (Ji 時) and replace it with Month (Gatsu 月)! The only exception is April, where Yon changes to Shi. Notice the word Gatsu is the same kanji as Getsu from Monday. I guess this is because the months are divided based on the Lunar blah.

1000 = Senn (千)

100 = Hyaku (百)

Year is "nenn" (年) and day is Nichi or "Kah" in some cases, so 12/11/1998 for example would be "Jyuu ni gatsu jyuu ichi nichi Sen kyuu hyaku kyuu jyuu hatch nenn" (Tenn two month ten one day thousand nine hundred nine ten eight year). Again, sounds complicated but not really.

Just for fun I'll give you the kanji of 1~12. FYI, 4 is the same even if the way you read it isn't. 1　一

2　二

3　三

4　四

5　五

6　六

7　七

8　八

9　九

10　十

11　十一

12　十二

...so yeah. Did I miss anything??? Hope not. Wow, that was a pretty long lesson even though it's a pretty easy one. Also, sorry for the delay... I am in lazy mode at the moment, because I've got tests to take in order to get into schools, and I'm also participating in many Japan relief fund concerts by selling origami and flashing my violin skills. (XD) Forgive me. NOOOOOOO! What is no you ask? I RAN OUT OF GUMMY BEARS!!! (T.T)

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