Lesson 8 - Dialogues:
Time
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by Colin McMillen used
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An American asks for information.
A: Sumimasen. Ima
nan-ji des |
Excuse me. What time is it now? |
J : Ima
hachi-ji jup-pun
mae des |
It's ten minutes to eight now. |
A: Shinjuk |
At what time do we arrive at Shinjuku? |
J: Ku-ji goro
ni ts |
We arrive around nine o'clock. |
A: Dōmo. |
Thank you. |
An American asks the conductor for information.
A: Sumimasen. Ima
nan-ji des |
Excuse me. What time is it now? |
J: Sh |
It's half-past seven. |
A: Kore Yokohama
ni nan-ji
ni ts |
At
what time does
this one
arrive at
|
J: Hachi-ji ju-ni-fun
ni ts |
It arrives at 8: 12. |
A: Dōmo. |
Thank you. |
Dialogue 3:
An American asks a Japanese on the platform for some information.
A: Sumimasen.
Kore nan-ji ni demas |
Excuse me. At what time does this one leave? |
J: Jū-ni-ji ni-jū-sam-pun ni demas |
It leaves at 12:23. |
A: Ima nan-ji des |
What time is it now? |
J: Ima jū-ni-ji
ni-jup-pun sugi
des |
It's twenty minutes past twelve now. It leaves in another three minutes. |
A: Dōmo. |
Thank you. |
Dialogue 4:
An American asks a Japanese about the arrival time of a train.
A: Sumimasen.
Ima nan-ji des |
Excuse me. What time is it now? |
J: San-ji jup-pun
des |
It's 3:
10. |
A: Kore Asak |
At what time does this one arrive at Asakusa? |
J: Mō
ni-jup-pun gurai de ts |
It arrives in about another twenty minutes. |
A: Dōmo. |
Thank you. |
An American asks a Japanese about departure and arrival times.
A: Kore nan-ji
ni demas |
At what time does this one leave? |
J:
Jū-ni-ji go-jū-rop-pun ni demas |
It leaves at 12:56. |
A: Kore nan-ji
ni ts |
At what time does this one arrive? |
J: Ash |
It arrives at 3:40 tomorrow. |
A: Dōmo. |
Thank you. |
Dialogue 6:
Two Japanese and an American discuss departure time.
J1: Kyō
nan-ji goro ni demas |
Around what time do you leave today? |
J2: Yo-ji goro
ni demas |
I will leave around four. |
A: Ima nan-ji des |
What time is it now? |
J2: Ima san-ji han
goro des |
It's around 3:30 now. I will leave in about another thirty minutes. |
Dialogue 7:
An American and a Japanese discuss arrival time.
A: Nan-ji goro
ni ts |
At around what time do we arrive? |
J: Ku-ji han
goro ni ts |
We arrive around 9:30. |
A: Ima nan-ji
des |
What time is it now? |
J: Ku-ji go-fun
sugi des |
It's five minutes after nine. We arrive in another thirty minutes. |
Dialogue 8:
An
American and
a Japanese discuss
arrival time at
A: Ima nan-ji
des |
What time is it now? |
J:
Ima ichi-ji go-jū-rop-pun des |
It's 1:56 now. |
A: Kamakura ni nan-ji
ni ts |
At
what time
do we arrive
at |
J: Ni-ji rop-pun ni ts |
We arrive at 2:06. It will be ten more minutes. |
A: Dōmo. |
Thank you. |
Dialogue 9:
A passenger asks about arrival and departure times.
A: Kore nan-ji
ni ts |
At what time does this one arrive? |
J: Go-ji jup-pun
ni ts |
It arrives at
5: 10. |
A: Nan-ji goro
ni demas |
Around what time does it leave? |
J: Mō
jup-pun de demas |
It leaves in another ten minutes. |
A: Dōmo. |
Thank you. |
Dialogue 10:
An American asks a fellow passenger about departure time.
A: Ima nan-ji
des |
What time is it now? |
J: Ima jū-ichi-ji
ni-jū-go-
fun des |
It's 11:25 now. |
A: Kore nan-ji
ni demas |
At what time does this one leave? |
J: Jū-ichi-ji
han ni
demas |
It leaves at 11:30. It will be about five more minutes. |
A: Dōmo. |
Thank you. |
An American asks about departure time.
A: _________________________ |
Excuse me. What time is it now? |
J:
Ima ku-ji jū-go-fun
des |
_________________________ |
A: _________________________ |
At what time does this one leave? |
J:
Ku-ji ni-jū-sam-pun
ni demas |
_________________________ |
A: _________________________ |
Thank
you. |
A
passenger asks
the conductor about
arrival time
at
A: _________________________ |
At what time
does this one
arrive at |
J: Ku-ji
jū-rop-pun ni ts |
_________________________ |
A: _________________________ |
Thank you. |
Dialogue 13:
A passenger asks about arrival time at Hakone.
A: _________________________ |
Around what time does this one arrive at Hakone? |
J:
Yo-ji han goro
ni ts |
_________________________ |
A: _________________________ |
Thank you. |
Dialogue 14:
An American asks a friend when he is leaving.
A: _________________________ |
Around what time do you leave? |
J: Sh |
_________________________ |
A: _________________________ |
What
time do you
arrive at
|
J: Ku-ji goro
ni ts |
_________________________ |
A
passenger asks
the conductor about
arrival time
at
A: _________________________ |
What
time does this
one arrive at |
J: Rok |
_________________________ |
Dialogue 16:
An American asks for the time and about a train departure.
A: _________________________ |
Excuse me. What time is it now? |
J: Ima yo-ji
sam-pun sugi
des |
_________________________ |
A: _________________________ |
At what time does this one leave? |
J: Yo-ji rop-pun
ni demas |
_________________________ |
A: _________________________ |
Thank you. |
Dialogue 17:
An American wonders about arrival time.
A: _________________________ |
At what time does this one arrive? |
J:
Ku-ji kyō-fun ni ts |
_________________________ |
A: _________________________ |
Thank you. |
Dialogue 18:
An American is on the train platform.
A: _________________________ |
Excuse me. What time is it now? |
J: Ima hachi-ji
jup-pun mae
des |
_________________________ |
A: _________________________ |
At what time does this one leave? |
J: Sh |
_________________________ |
A: _________________________ |
Thank you. |
Dialogue 19:
Mr.
|
At what time do you leave today? |
Imai : Yo-ji
goro ni demas |
_________________________ |
Davis: _________________________ |
At what
time do you
arrive at
|
Imai:
Hachi-ji kyū-fun ni ts |
_________________________ |
Dialogue 20:
An American asks questions of a train official.
A: _________________________ |
Excuse me. What time is it now? |
J: Ichi-ji des |
_________________________ |
A: _________________________ |
At what time does this one leave? |
J: Mō
sam-pun de demas |
_________________________ |
A: _________________________ |
Thank you. |