MASA / TIME

Specific time refers to words such as date, week, month, year and hour, 5/25/2016, 5.30.

Each of these uses a proposition in English

- In May

- On the 25^th

- In 2016

- On Friday

- At 5.30

Relative time expressions can mean different things depending on exactly when the present time.

いちじ  ichi-ji = 1.00

にじ ni-ji = 2.00

さんじ san-ji =3.00

よじ yo-ji = 4.00

ごじ go-ji = 5.00

ろくじ roku-ji = 6.00

しちじshichi = 7.00

はちじ hachi = 8.00

くじku-ji = 9.00

じゅうじ juu-ji = 10.00

じゅういちじ juu-ichi-ji = 11.00

じゅうじ juu-ni-ji = 12.00

Vocabulary

* ごろ goro = at least (Example : しちじごろ shichi-ji goro (at least at 7.00))

* ごぜん gozen = duration

* はん han = half (Example : じゅうにじに わます。juu-ni-ji-han ni nemasu (I’m sleep at 12.30)

* さいきん saikin = recently

* 'desu' untuk present tense, 'deshita' untuk past tense