Basic sentence
- かいしゃは ９じから ５じまでです。
- Kaisha wa ku-ji kara go-ji made desu.The company's working hours are 9 till 5.
Use
- Used when talking about the starting and ending time of something.
Structure
| N1 (Starting time) |
から | N2 (End time) |
まで | です。 |
Examples
- ①わたしの かいしゃは ９時から ５時半までです。
- Watashi no kaisha wa ku-ji kara go-ji-han made desu. My company's working hours are from nine o'clock to half-past five.
- ②わたしは 月よう日から 金よう日まで かいしゃに
いきます。 - Watashi wa getsuyoobi kara kin'yoobi made kaisha ni ikimasu. I go to work from Monday to Friday.
- ③A：がっこうは なんじから なんじまでですか。
- A: Gakkoo wa nan-ji kara nan-ji made desu ka. A: What time is school from and until?
- B：８時半から ３時までです。
- B: Hachi-ji-han kara san-ji made desu. B: From half-past eight to three o'clock.
Commentary
- A. 「から」indicates that N1 is the starting point if N1 is a word that expresses time.
- B. 「まで」indicates that N2 is the ending point if N2 is a word that expresses time.