by Tomoyuki Higuchi
How do you say “What time did you get up this morning?” in Japanese?
Today’s phrase is :
What time did you get up this morning?
今日何時に起きた？
kyou* nanjini okita
If you want to ask politely, you can say :
今日何時に起きたんですか？
kyou* nanjini okitandesuka
*We pronounce “kyou” like “kyō“.
- what time ＝ 何時に nanjini
- did you get up ＝ あなたは起きた anatawa okita
- this morning ＝ 今朝 kesa
We do not usually say “あなたは anatawa (= you)” in everyday conversation.
今日
today
＋
何時に
what time
＋
（あなたは）起きた
did (you) get up
You can say “今朝 (kesa)” instead of “今日 (kyou)”.
