Short, polite phrases help colleagues share the information they need. Read the examples and adapt them to your own workplace.

The idea

Ask 明日は何時からですか when the shift is understood from context. Answer with a time and からです; repeat it with ですね to confirm. 朝の九時 makes clear that nine in the morning is meant.

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JapaneseMeaning
すみません、明日あしたは何時なんじからですか。Excuse me, what time do I start tomorrow?
シフトは九時くじからです。The shift starts at nine.
九時くじからですね。So it starts at nine, right?

Examples

  • すみません、明日あしたは何時なんじからですか。Excuse me, what time do I start tomorrow?
  • シフトは九時くじからです。The shift starts at nine.
  • 九時くじからですね。So it starts at nine, right?
  • 朝あさの九時くじですか。Is that nine in the morning?
  • はい、朝あさの九時くじです。Yes, nine in the morning.
  • 八時半はちじはんに来きます。I will come at eight thirty.

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Watch out

から marks the start, not the end; まで marks the end. Use ね to confirm what you heard and clarify morning or evening if the time could be ambiguous.

Try it yourself

  1. Choose the answer that completes the sentence: 明日あしたは_からですか。(何時なんじ/どこ)

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    何時

    何時 asks for a time on the clock.

  2. Choose the answer that completes the sentence: シフトは九時くじ_始はじまります。(から/まで)

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    から

    から marks the time at which something begins.

  3. Choose the answer that completes the sentence: 九時くじからです_。(ね/を)

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    ね

    ね invites the other person to confirm the time heard.

Use it today

Practise these lines aloud with a colleague: すみません、明日あしたは何時なんじからですか。 シフトは九時くじからです。 Replace one detail to fit your own situation.