Describe everyday activities and ask when someone goes to bed.

The idea

に follows a specific clock time: 七時に起きます means getting up at seven. 朝ご飯を食べます means eating breakfast; 毎朝 makes it a morning routine. 宿題をして、十時に寝ます links doing homework with going to bed at ten.

Patterns to compare
JapaneseMeaning
七時しちじに起おきます。I get up at seven.
毎朝まいあさ、朝あさご飯はんを食たべます。I eat breakfast every morning.
毎日まいにち、学校がっこうへ歩あるいて行いきます。I walk to school every day.

Examples

  • 七時しちじに起おきます。I get up at seven.
  • 毎朝まいあさ、朝あさご飯はんを食たべます。I eat breakfast every morning.
  • 毎日まいにち、学校がっこうへ歩あるいて行いきます。I walk to school every day.
  • 学校がっこうで日本語にほんごを勉強べんきょうします。I study Japanese at school.
  • 毎晩まいばん本ほんを読よみます。I read a book every evening.
  • 宿題しゅくだいをして、十時じゅうじに寝ねます。I do my homework and go to bed at ten.
  • 何時なんじに寝ねますか。What time do you go to bed?

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Watch out

Routine words like 毎日 usually do not take に; ます can describe habits as well as future actions.

Try it yourself

  1. Choose and fill the blank: 七時しちじ＿起おきます。（に／を）

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    に

    に follows a specific clock time: 七時に起きます means getting up at seven.

  2. Choose and fill the blank: 毎朝まいあさ、朝あさご飯はんを＿。（たべます／のみます）

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    たべます

    朝ご飯を食べます means eating breakfast; 毎朝 makes it a morning routine.

  3. Choose and fill the blank: 宿題しゅくだいをして、十時じゅうじに＿。（ねます／かいます）

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    ねます

    宿題をして、十時に寝ます links doing homework with going to bed at ten.

Use it today

Describe your morning, one daytime activity and bedtime, then ask a partner their bedtime.