Minutes and roughly when
Word sets, Stage 1chunk 4 of 15Clock time
Lets you give exact minutes, rough times, and how long ago.
- -funminute(s)
- -goroaround, about (a point in time)
- -sugipast, after (a time)
- -maebefore; ago; to (the hour)
Mix-ups -mae means both 'to the hour' and 'ago'; goro is for times, gurai for amounts.
-fun
minute(s)
Many become -pun: ippun, nifun, sanpun, yonpun, gofun, roppun, nanafun, happun, kyuufun, juppun; what minute or how many is nanpun.
Thirty past is usually han. -fun also gives lengths of time: juppun kakaru = takes ten minutes.
ato juppun de tsuku yo.
I'll be there in ten minutes.
あと十分で着くよ。
ato juppun de tsukimasu.
I'll arrive in ten minutes.
あと十分で着きます。
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-goro
around, about (a point in time)
After a time or date: sanji goro, raishuu goro; for amounts use gurai instead.
Goro and goro ni both work: rokuji goro (ni) kaeru.
kyou wa rokuji goro kaeru ne.
I'll be home around six today.
今日は六時ごろ帰るね。
kyou wa rokuji goro kaerimasu.
I'll be home around six today.
今日は六時ごろ帰ります。
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-sugi
past, after (a time)
After a time: juuji sugi = just after ten; sanji juppun sugi = ten past three.
After a verb stem, -sugi means 'too much': tabesugi = overeating.
kaetta no, juuniji sugi datta yo.
I got home after midnight.
帰ったの、十二時過ぎだったよ。
kaetta no wa juuniji sugi deshita.
I got home after midnight.
帰ったのは十二時過ぎでした。
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-mae
before; ago; to (the hour)
After a time for 'to' (goji juppun mae = ten to five), after a length of time for 'ago' (mikka mae = three days ago).
Mae alone also means 'front': eki no mae = in front of the station.
juppun mae ni deta yo.
I left ten minutes ago.
十分前に出たよ。
juppun mae ni demashita.
I left ten minutes ago.
十分前に出ました。
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