by Tomoyuki Higuchi
How do you say “What time did you go to bed last night?” in Japanese?
Today’s phrase is :
What time did you go to bed last night?
昨日何時に寝た？
kinou* nanjini neta
If you want to ask politely, you can say :
昨日何時に寝たんですか？
kinou* nanjini netandesuka
*We pronounce “kinou” like “kinō“.
- what time ＝ 何時に nanjini
- did you go to bed ＝ あなたは寝た anatawa neta
- last night ＝ 昨日の夜 kinouno yoru
We do not usually say “あなたは anatawa (= you)” in everyday conversation.
昨日
yesterday
＋
何時に
what time
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（あなたは）寝た
did (you) go to bed