～時: About time
apprentice #67
~ 5 Minutes
Introduction
Welcome! This lesson is a bit of a blast from the (not-so-distant) past. We'll be covering 〜時, and talking a bit about time in general as well. I hope you have your special philosophy hat on or are perhaps sitting in your special philosophy chair...
The mysteries of: Tim and spice
Uhh, I mean, time and space. Well, really just time haha. Jeez. Can we start over?
Structure
Verb/い-adjective時
な-adjectiveな時
Nounの時
Example:
→ 若い時は、毎日オレンジジュースを飲んでいた。
"I drank orange juice every day when I was young.”
fyi
Like many grammar points, 時 can be written in both kanji or kana, but when used in the way we'll discuss today, kana is more common. This helps to distinguish it from 〜時, which denotes the time of day.
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