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Question to Teacher: How do you say "quarter to four"?
Course 3 Lesson 1: Masumi and I (Grammar)
Question to Teacher: How do you say "quarter to four"?
Course 3 Lesson 1: Masumi and I (Grammar)
| AmberUK | Post Date: 2006-06-23 14:44:57 |  save to notebook | saved questions | ||
 member since 2004 Nov 08 Questions: 19 Comments: 43 | Do the Japanese use quarter past or quarter to? Or even x minutes to the hour? | ||||
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| uchiha_sasuke | Post Date: 2006-06-23 14:56:35 | ||
 member since 2005 Aug 15 Questions: 14 Comments: 44 |
i'm not sure about quarter, but i know you can say like 15 till 4.
あのー i'm not sure how, it's been a whileんです。 i think it's like 四時五十分まえ yoji gojuppun mae. That sounds right. | ||
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| JFZ Teacher (Kanako) | Post Date: 2006-06-23 15:48:50 | ||
 member since 2003 Mar 03 Questions: 10 Comments: 1302 |
We use MAE (ago, before) to say "quarter to (time)".
For example; 1) quarter to four (3:45) = よじ じゅうごふん まえ (YO JI JUUGO FUN MAE) As for "quarter past four", we simply say; 2) よじ じゅうごふん (YO JI JUUGO FUN) = 4:15 I hope this helps, Kanako @ YesJapan Teacher | ||
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| AmberUK | Post Date: 2006-06-26 02:29:37 | ||
member since 2004 Nov 08 Questions: 19 Comments: 43 |
Is the まえ 前?
Weird to have a half past the hour word but not quarter to/past. | ||
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| Ktulu | Post Date: 2006-06-26 19:33:16 | ||
 member since 2002 Apr 16 Questions: 1 Comments: 9 |
If you think about it, there's not really a "quarter 'till" here technically. It's still "fifteen minutes" and so if you are saying it's 4:15, then why add another word on the time if already you have stated the fifteen minutes? I don't know of an equivalent specifically to the word "quarter" in Japanese, especially pertaining to time. That's why there would be no equivalent, like say: 四時十五分後 「よじじゅうごふんあと」 because after the 分 「ふん」 we've already stated it. I think I just overstated myself.. :( I'm sorry.. I'm bored, lol.
Anywho, Ganbatte everyone!! | ||
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| AmberUK | Post Date: 2006-06-27 05:06:55 | ||
member since 2004 Nov 08 Questions: 19 Comments: 43 | Why have a different word for half past then? | ||
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| Ktulu | Post Date: 2006-06-28 21:19:39 | ||
member since 2002 Apr 16 Questions: 1 Comments: 9 | Good question... for some reason the language evolved apparently with just a "half" word and no "quarter" word other than the literal "one fourth" it seems. Oh well. Good ol' interesting Japanese :) | ||
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| AmberUK | Post Date: 2006-06-29 03:42:03 | ||
member since 2004 Nov 08 Questions: 19 Comments: 43 | Oh right so there is not even a word for quarter. Weird. | ||
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