How to Say ‘It is three thirty in the afternoon’ in Japanese
午後三時半です
ごごさんじはんです
💬 Usage Tip: [午後] means 'afternoon', [三] 'three', [時] 'hour', and [半] 'half', indicating half past three in the afternoon.
🇯🇵 In Japan: In Japan, even casual meet-ups are carefully timed, a cultural inclination toward respecting others' schedules.
Word-by-Word Breakdown
午後ごご
[gogo]
afternoon
The period of the day after noon and before evening.
午後は活動的です。
I am active in the afternoon.
三さん
[san]
three
The number 3, used to represent the hour of time.
三時に電話をください。
Please call me at three o'clock.
時じ
[ji]
o'clock
A term used after numbers to denote time.
五時に行きます。
I will go at five o'clock.
半はん
[han]
half past
30 minutes past the hour.
六時半に起きます。
I wake up at half past six.
ですです
[desu]
is
A form of "to be" used in presenting information.
車です。
It is a car.
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