Weekends and free time
Conversation phrases, Stage 1chunk 13 of 68Likes and free time
Say what you usually do when you're off.
- shuumatsu wa daitai ...on weekends I usually ...
- jikan ga aru toki wa ...when I've got time, I ...
- ie de gorogoro shiteruI just laze around at home
Mix-ups daitai (usually) vs zettai (definitely).
shuumatsu wa daitai ...
on weekends I usually ...
Answers shumi wa? or yasumi no hi nani shiteru?; finish with what you do, often in the -te iru form.
Daitai means 'mostly, roughly'; with numbers it's 'about': daitai sanzen en (about 3,000 yen).
shuumatsu wa daitai ie de hiru made neteru.
On weekends I mostly sleep in till noon.
週末はだいたい家で昼まで寝てる。
shuumatsu wa daitai jimu ni itte imasu.
On weekends I usually go to the gym.
週末はだいたいジムに行っています。
Written 週末はだいたい〜 · しゅうまつはだいたい〜Who you say itHeard too rare in film subtitles to count
jikan ga aru toki wa ...
when I've got time, I ...
Lead-in for what you do in your free time; finish with a plain or -masu verb.
Hima na toki wa ... says the same with hima (free).
jikan ga aru toki wa, yoku eiga miru yo.
When I've got time, I watch a lot of films.
時間がある時は、よく映画見るよ。
jikan ga aru toki wa, yoku eiga o mimasu.
When I have time, I often watch films.
時間がある時は、よく映画を見ます。
Written 時間がある時は〜 · じかんがあるときは〜Who you say itHeard 1× in 3.17 million lines of film and TV subtitles
ie de gorogoro shiteru
polite ie de gorogoro shite imasu
I just laze around at home
A self-mocking answer to what you do on days off; everyone says it and nobody judges.
Uchi de is just as common as ie de.
yasumi no hi wa daitai ie de gorogoro shiteru.
On days off I mostly just laze around at home.
休みの日はだいたい家でゴロゴロしてる。
yasumi no hi wa daitai ie de gorogoro shite imasu.
On my days off I mostly just relax at home.
休みの日はだいたい家でゴロゴロしています。
Written 家でゴロゴロしてる · いえでごろごろしてる · 家でゴロゴロしていますWho you say itHeard 3× in 3.17 million lines of film and TV subtitles