1. Days of the Week (ようび - Yōbi) Here is a quick refresh of the days of the week and how to ask about them.
月曜日 (げつようび / Getsuyōbi) : Monday
火曜日 (かようび / Kayōbi) : Tuesday
水曜日 (すいようび / Suiyōbi) : Wednesday
木曜日 (もくようび / Mokuyōbi) : Thursday
金曜日 (きんようび / Kin'yōbi) : Friday
土曜日 (どようび / Doyōbi) : Saturday
日曜日 (にちようび / Nichiyōbi) : Sunday
Asking about Days of the Week: Q: あしたは なんようびですか。 (What day of the week is tomorrow?)
Q: おやすみは なんようびですか。 (What days are your days off?)
A: どようびと にちようびです。 (It's Saturday and Sunday.)
A: 7がつ 8にちの すいようびです。 (It's Wednesday, July 8th.)
2. Critical Days of the Month (Special Readings) The first 10 days of the month and the 20th have completely irregular readings that you need to memorize!
1st (1日): ついたち (Tsuitachi)
2nd (2日): ふつか (Futsuka)
3rd (3日): みっか (Mikka)
4th (4日): よっか (Yokka)
5th (5日): いつか (Itsuka)
6th (6日): むいか (Muika)
7th (7日): なのか (Nanoka)
8th (8日): ようか (Yōka)
9th (9日): ここのか (Kokonoka)
10th (10日): とおか (Tōka)
20th (20日): はつか (Hatsuka) ⚠️ Very unique pronunciation!
3. Asking & Telling the Date When saying months, look out for 4月 (しがつ / Shigatsu), 7月 (しちがつ / Shichigatsu), and 9月 (くがつ / Kugatsu) as their pronunciations change slightly.
Core Q&A Examples: Q: きょうは なんにちですか。 (What day of the month is today?)
A: 4がつ 11にち (しがつ じゅういちにち) です。 (It is April 11th.)
Q: あしたは なんにちですか。 (What day of the month is tomorrow?)
A: 7がつ よっか (しちがつ よっか) です。 (It is July 4th. Note the special reading for the 4th!)
4. Talking About Birthdays (おたんじょうび) Use the structure [ Month ] がつ [ Day ] にち to state birthdays.
Core Q&A Examples: Q: おたんじょうびは いつですか。 / なんがつ なんにちですか。 (When is your birthday? / What month and what day?)
A: 6がつ はつか (ろくがつ はつか) です。 (It is June 20th. Note the special reading for the 20th!)
A: 2がつ にじゅうよんにち です。 (It is February 24th.)
Talking About Other People's Birthdays: せらちゃんの おたんじょうびは 9がつ 28にち (くがつ にじゅうはちにち) です。 (Sera-chan's birthday is September 28th.)
フレッドさんの おたんじょうびは 5がつ 17にち (ごがつ じゅうななにち / じゅうしちにち) です。 (Fred-san's birthday is May 17th.)
Alternative structure: 5がつ 17にちは フレッドさんの おたんじょうびです。 (May 17th is Fred-san's birthday.)
Thank you for joining the lesson the day after the grand National Foundation Day celebration. I was very happy to see you. In today's lesson, we practiced using the phrases for expressing desires. We worked with new questions such as “dokoe ikitai desuka? Where do you want to go?” and answers like “obaacyan no uchini ikitai desu. I want to go to my grandmother’s house. Giving the reason, obacyan ga sukidesu. I like my grandmother. "
"Virginia e ikitai desu. I want to go to Virginia. " Giving the reason, "kireina bashoga arimasu,There are beautiful places. "
"Alaska e ikitai desu, I want to go to Alaska again." Giving a reason, "tomodachiga imasu, I have a friend there." "kanojyoni aitai desu, I want to see her. " "Aurora o mitai desu.I want to see the aurora. "
"zubon o kaitai desu. I want to buy pants,” and so on.
You shared so much again today. I really enjoyed our conversation. I hope you had a good time too. It was wonderful work! See you next week. Have a great summer vacation!
We practiced a lot again today! When you travel to Japan, try using the phrase "〜はどこですか？" It will be very useful. I'm looking forward to our lesson next week! 😊
Great work on じかん（時間）表現！ You picked up ごぜん・ごご quickly, and did really well telling time using あさ・ひる・ゆうがた・よる・よなか. The 〜から〜までです pattern is starting to click too. Nice progress!
Sample Sentences (今日の例文) ★なんじですか？ いま なんじですか。 (What time is it now?) ごぜん 10じです。 (It's 10am.) ★あさ・ひる・ゆうがた・よる・よなかの 〜じ よるの 9じです。 (It's 9pm/at night.) ★〜から 〜までです にほんの ぎんこうは 9じから 3じまでです。 (Japanese banks are open from 9am to 3pm.) See you soon!
Today, we learned many words and expressions related to time. Please review them carefully, along with the numbers you've learned so far. Being able to use numbers and time expressions confidently will help you communicate more naturally in Japanese.
