Selasa, 08 Juli 2014
Numbers, Time, and Days of the Week
Before we get too much further into Japanese grammar and verb conjugation, I thought it would be a good idea to teach Japanese numbers, time, days of the week, etc.
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Numbers after 10 are a piece of cake once you know 1 through 10. 11 is simply ten with a one after it, 十一 (じゅういち, juuichi), 12 - juuni, 13 - juusan, 14 - juuyon, etc. 20 is simply 二十 (にじゅう, nijuu), 21 - nijuuichi, and so forth.
Put these numbers in front of the character for time 時 and you've got the time of the day.
Put these numbers in front of the character for time 時 and you've got the time of the day.
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Now just put the character for moon 月 after a number and you've got a month.
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Japanese days of the week don't follow such an easy pattern but here they are anyway along with some other time-related words.
| 漢字 - Kanji | ひらがな - Hiragana | Romaji (English Letters) | English Meaning |
| 日曜日 | にちようび | nichiyoubi | Sunday (日 - sun/day) |
| 月曜日 | げつようび | getsuyoubi | Monday (月 - moon) |
| 火曜日 | かようび | kayoubi | Tuesday (火 - fire) |
| 水曜日 | すいようび | suiyoubi | Wednesday (水 - water) |
| 木曜日 | もくようび | mokuyoubi | Thursday (木 - tree/wood) |
| 金曜日 | きんようび | kinyoubi | Friday (金 - gold) |
| 土曜日 | どようび | doyoubi | Saturday (土 - dirt) |
| 今日 | きょう | kyou | Today |
| 明日 | あした | ashita | Tomorrow |
| 昨日 | きのう | kinou | Yesterday |
| 一昨日 | おととい | ototoi | the day before yesterday |
| 明後日 | あさって | asatte | the day after tomorrow (a small "tsu" (っ) makes a double consonant) |
| 今朝 | けさ | kesa | this morning |
| 今晩 | こんばん | konban | this evening |
| 今 | いま | ima | now |
