by Tomoyuki Higuchi
How do you say “I walked 3 km today.” in Japanese?
Today’s phrase is :
I walked _ km today.
今日は _ キロ歩いたよ。
kyouwa* _ kiro aruitayo
If you want to speak politely, you can say :
今日は _ キロ歩きました。
kyouwa* _ kiro arukimashita
*We pronounce “kyouwa” like “kyōwa”.
When you want to say “I walked _ km today.”, put the distance you walked just before “キロ kiro”.
“キロ” means “kilometers”.
As a unit of distance, we use kilometers, not miles.
- 1 kilometer = 0.6214 miles
- 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 walked 3 km today.”, you can say like this :
今日は３キロ歩いたよ。
kyouwa sankiro aruitayo
Or politely :
今日は３キロ歩きました。
kyouwa sankiro arukimashita
- I walked ＝ わたしは歩きました watashiwa arukimashita
- today ＝ 今日は kyouwa
We do not usually say “わたしは watashiwa (= I)” in everyday conversation.
今日は
today
＋
_ キロ
_ km
＋
わたしは 歩きましたI walked
