Tell someone what happened and when you expect to arrive.
The idea
電車に乗り遅れました means you missed the train. に marks the train you failed to catch. 次の電車に乗ります gives your next step; 着くと思います expresses an estimate.
Examples
- すみません、電車に乗り遅れました。Sorry, I missed the train.
- 駅に着いたとき、電車はもう出ていました。When I got to the station, the train had already left.
- 次の電車に乗ります。I’ll take the next train.
- 次の電車は十分後に出ます。The next train leaves in ten minutes.
- 三時半ごろ着くと思います。I think I’ll arrive around 3:30.
- お待たせして、すみません。Sorry to keep you waiting.
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乗り遅れました means you missed it, not that the train itself was delayed. 十分後 is ten minutes from now; 三時半ごろ is an approximate clock time.
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電車に＿＿。（乗り遅れました／飲みました）
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乗り遅れました
乗り遅れました is the polite past form for missing a train.
＿＿の電車に乗ります。（次／前）
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次
次 identifies the next train you plan to take.
十分＿＿に出ます。（後／前）
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後
後 expresses a departure ten minutes from now.
Practice round
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電車に＿＿。（乗り遅れました／飲みました）
＿＿の電車に乗ります。（次／前）
十分＿＿に出ます。（後／前）
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