JLPT N5 grammar · Chapter 4

に (time)

At a specific point in time

You’ll be able to state exactly when something happens using specific times and dates.

Read it first

七しち時じに起おきます。

shichi-ji ni okimasu.

What do you think this sentence means?

I get up at seven.

Why it means that

Pin an action to a specific time

Use に with many specific clock times, dates, and fixed points in time to say when something happens.

Example

十一時じゅういちじに寝ねます。

juuichi-ji ni nemasu.

I go to bed at eleven.

How it is built

Put に after a specific time point. Relative time words such as 今日きょう, 明日あした, and 毎日まいにち usually do not take に.

Specific time+に+Verb

Examples

八時半はちじはんに家いえを出でます。

hachiji-han ni ie o demasu.

I leave the house at 8:30.

月曜日げつようびに学校がっこうへ行いきます。

getsuyoubi ni gakkou e ikimasu.

I go to school on Monday.

三月さんがつ十日とおかに帰かえります。

sangatsu tooka ni kaerimasu.

I will return on March 10.

Examples

父ちちは六ろく時じに起きおきます。

chichi wa rokuji ni okimasu.

My father gets up at six.

七時しちじに朝あさご飯はんを食たべます。

shichiji ni asagohan o tabemasu.

I eat breakfast at seven.

九く時じに先生せんせいが来きます。

kuji ni sensei ga kimasu.

The teacher comes at nine.

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