How To Grasp the 7 Celestial Days of the Week in Japanese

How you can say the date in Japanese

Japanese dates use a singular Japanese counter that mixes two totally different suffixes (-ka and -nichi) in pronunciation whereas utilizing the identical kanji suffix (日). Visually, the dates look very uniform: the quantity plus the kanji character for day. Nevertheless, sure days require particular consideration and are bolded within the chart under.

What are the irregular days of the month in Japanese?

On the Japanese calendar, days 1-10, 14, 19, 20, 24, and 29 have irregular pronunciations. When studying the times of the month, chances are you’ll discover it helpful to be taught the primary 10 days individually after which add the remainder of the times to your vocabulary as soon as you are feeling snug. The remainder of the times (apart from these ending in 4 or 9) are similar to counting numbers in Japanese with an added suffix, which is rather more simple.

The primary day of the month (tsuitachi) and the 20th day of the month (hatsuka) are essentially the most uncommon. Tsuitachi comes from the phrase tsukitachi (月立ち), which means “first day of the month.” Hatsuka makes use of the suffix -ka, however hatsu is an previous phrase for 20. 

Helpful phrases to speak about days in Japanese

Understanding the times is necessary, however so is knowing the best way to discuss them. The time phrases on this desk will allow you to put the current day into context.

Instance sentences with Japanese days of the week

You may take a look at a calendar and see the times of the week in Japanese written alongside the highest edge, however utilizing them in a sentence requires realizing the grammar behind Japanese particles and time. 

In lots of circumstances, the day of the week is utilized in a sentence to specify when one thing is occurring. If the day goes earlier than the “to be” verb (desu, です), no further particle is critical, similar to a Japanese noun. Check out these instance sentences to see the times of the week in context.

• Sakkā no shiai wa nanyōbi desu ka?（サッカーの試合は何曜日ですか？）= What day is the soccer match?
  • Doyōbi desu.（土曜日です。）= It’s on Saturday.

If the day goes in the course of the sentence as an alternative of earlier than the “to be” verb, days use the particle ni (に) similar to hours and time in Japanese.

• Watashitachi wa kayōbi ni shiken ga arimasu.（私たちは火曜日に試験があります。）= Now we have an examination on Tuesday.

A day will be the subject of the sentence somewhat than a time. In that case, the subject particle wa (は) is used after the day of the week.

• Suiyōbi wa pinku no fuku wo kiru.（水曜日はピンクの服を着る。）= On Wednesdays we put on pink.

Instance sentences with Japanese dates

Utilizing Japanese dates in a sentence is similar to utilizing the times of the week in Japanese in a sentence. Total, the grammatical guidelines are an identical. This can be a excellent alternative to observe utilizing the months of the yr in Japanese as nicely.

• Tanjōbi wa ichigatsu sanjūichinichi desu.（誕生日は一月三十一日です。）= My birthday is January thirty first.
• Kyō wa nannichi desu ka?（今日は何日ですか？）= What day is at present?
  • Nijūyokka desu.（二十四日です。）= It’s the twenty fourth.
• Nigatsu futsuka ni ryōshin ga kimasu.（二月二日に両親が来ます。）= My mother and father are coming on February 2nd.
• Shichigatsu nanoka wa tanabata desu.（七月七日は七夕です。）= July seventh is Tanabata (Star Pageant).

Immerse your self in Japanese every day life with Rosetta Stone

Your calendar makes a fantastic examine assist. It helps you observe what days you put aside time for studying Japanese, when you may have exams or appointments, and the way lengthy till your subsequent alternative to talk with one other particular person in Japanese. Why not take it a step additional? Scratch out the “Monday” in your calendar and substitute it with getsuyōbi (月曜日) and browse the date to your self in Japanese each morning. By subsequent month, you’ll be a professional on the days of the month and days of the week in Japanese.

With Rosetta Stone, you be taught the times of the week the identical approach you discovered your native language: by means of context and immersion. The Dynamic Immersion methodology lets you be taught phrases individually—however extra importantly, you’ll instantly see them in sentences with pictures and audio from native audio system.