by Tomoyuki Higuchi
How do you say “I got up at 7:00 this morning.” in Japanese?
Today’s phrase is :
I got up at _ this morning.
今日は _ 時に起きたよ。
kyouwa* _ jini okitayo
If you want to speak politely, you can say :
今日は _ 時に起きました。
kyouwa* _ jini okimashita
*We pronounce “kyouwa” like “kyōwa”.
When you want to say “I got up at _ this morning.”, put the time just before “時 ji”.
“時” means “o’clock”.
- 5 am ＝ ５時 goji
- 6 am ＝ ６時 rokuji
- 7 am ＝ ７時 shichiji
- 8 am ＝ ８時 hachiji
- 9 am ＝ ９時 kuji
- 10 am ＝ １０時 juuji
For example, if you want to say “I got up at 7:00 this morning.”, you can say like this :
今日は７時に起きたよ。
kyouwa shichijini okitayo
Or politely :
今日は７時に起きました。
kyouwa shichijini okimashita
- I ＝ わたしは watashiwa
- got up ＝ 起きた okita
- at … ＝ … に ni
- this morning ＝ 今朝 kesa
We do not usually say “わたしは watashiwa (= I)” in everyday conversation.
今日は
today
＋
_ 時に
at _
＋
（わたしは）起きたよ
(I) got up
You can say “今朝は (kesawa)” instead of “今日は (kyouwa)”.
