A patient calls to arrange a hospital appointment for tomorrow. Read the transcript and follow the change of time.
The idea
午前 means morning and 午後 means afternoon. The receptionist offers ten, then proposes 午後二時半; the patient accepts, and the final line confirms it.
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患者：「明日、病院の予約をしたいです。」 受付：「午前十時はどうですか。」 患者：「十時は仕事があります。」 受付：「では、午後二時半はいかがですか。」 患者：「はい、その時間でお願いします。」 受付：「明日の午後二時半ですね。十分前に来てください。」
Examples
- 明日、病院の予約をしたいです。I would like to make an appointment at the hospital for tomorrow.
- 午前十時はどうですか。How about ten in the morning?
- 十時は仕事があります。I have work at ten.
- では、午後二時半はいかがですか。Then how about two thirty in the afternoon?
- はい、その時間でお願いします。Yes, that time please.
- 十分前に来てください。Please come ten minutes early.
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十時 is only the first offer, not the appointment. 十分前 means ten minutes before the confirmed time, so arrival is at 2:20 p.m.
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予約はいつですか。（今日／明日）
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明日
明日 is tomorrow; the receptionist repeats it in the confirmation.
予約は何時ですか。（午前十時／午後二時半）
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午後二時半
午後二時半 is 2:30 p.m., accepted after the patient says they work at ten.
何分前に来ますか。（五分前／十分前）
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十分前
十分前 means ten minutes early: arrive at 2:20 p.m.
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予約はいつですか。（今日／明日）
予約は何時ですか。（午前十時／午後二時半）
何分前に来ますか。（五分前／十分前）
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