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Languages Study | Languages of the East | Japanese III

ÀÓÄÈÎ 361 | GRAMMAR I - 04.05
 
Grammar I - 04.05  
Duration of time  
 

The duration of an activity is expressed with a bare noun, like いちじかん - ichi-ji-kan.
Such nouns are not followed by particles and usually appear immediately before the verb.
Approximate measurements can be expressed using ぐらい - gurai after ～じかん - ~jikan.
   
メアリー　さん　は　そこ　で　
たけし　さん　を　いちじかん　まちました・待ちました。		 Mary waited for Takeshi there for an hour.

mearii-san-wa soko-de
takeshi-san-o ichi-ji-kan machimashita.

  
   
わたし　は　きのう　にほんご　を　
さんじかん　ぐらい　
べんきょう　しました。 		 I studied Japanese for about three hours yesterday.

watashi-wa kinoo nihongo-o
san-ji-kan gurai
benkyoo-shimashita.