Japanese Learning: Start and end times of the continuous state; [Time1] kara [Time2] made

Simply said, what we learn today is two particles that are “from” and “to” in English. The sentence construction is as follows;

1. [Subject] wa [Time1] kara [Time2] made desu.

“1” is a noun predicate sentence (a verb predicate sentence will be introduced tomorrow).

Then, an example of sentence 1 can be;

– Shigoto wa Ku-ji kara Go-ji made desu. (My work is from nine to five.)

Where;

– Shigoto : noun : work

– wa: particle : topic marker, and in this case, “wa” also functions as the subject marker

– Ku-ji : nine o’clock

– kara : particle : marker for starting time

– Go-ji : five o’clock

– made : particle : marker for ending time

– desu : sentence ending for present-positive with some politeness

Actually, two particles “kara” and “made” are used not only for times but also for special starting and ending positions. But we are using these particles only for time today.

Practice and remember the following conversation;

A : Shigoto wa Nan-ji kara Nan-ji made desuka. (From what time to what time is your work?)

B : Shigoto wa Hachi-ji kara Yo-ji made desu. (My work is from eight to four.)

<この投稿は“スリーエーネットワーク、みんなの日本語 初級I 第2版, 第4課A3”の内容を参照しています。>