by Tomoyuki Higuchi
How do you say “I walk 5 km a day.” in Japanese?
Today’s phrase is :
I walk _ km a day.
毎日 _ キロ歩いてるよ。
mainichi _ kiro aruiteruyo
If you want to speak politely, you can say :
毎日 _ キロ歩いてます。
mainichi _ kiro aruitemasu
As a unit of distance, we use kilometers, not miles.
- 1 kilometer = 0.6214 miles
When you want to say “I walk _ km a day.”, put the distance you walk just before “キロ kiro”.
“キロ” means “kilometers”.
- 1km = 1キロ ichikiro OR ikkiro
- 2km = 2キロ nikiro
- 3km = 3キロ sankiro
- 4km = 4キロ yonkiro
- 5km = 5キロ gokiro
- 10km = 10キロ jukkiro
For example, if you want to say “I walk 5 km a day.”, you can say like this :
毎日5キロ歩いてるよ。
mainichi gokiro aruiteruyo
Or politely :
毎日5キロ歩いてます。
mainichi gokiro aruitemasu
- I walk = わたしは歩いてます watashiwa aruitemasu
- a day = 毎日 mainichi
We do not usually say “わたしは watashiwa (= I)” in everyday conversation.
毎日
a day
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_ キロ
_ km
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わたしは 歩いてますI walk