ใใใ ใใพใง
... kara ... made
From ... to ...
๐ธ Expressing Time and Space Ranges ๐ธ
๐ฌ Dialogue
Ginkou wa nan-ji kara nan-ji made desu ka.
From what time to what time is the bank open?
Ku-ji kara san-ji made desu.
It is from 9:00 to 3:00.
Hiruyasumi wa nan-ji kara desu ka.
From what time is the lunch break?
Juuni-ji kara desu.
It is from 12:00.
Toukyou kara Oosaka made shinkansen de ikura desu ka.
How much is it from Tokyo to Osaka by Shinkansen?
Ichiman yonsen-en gurai desu.
It is about 14,000 yen.
๐ Vocabulary
5 wordsโญ Key Sentence
A kara B made
From A to B.
- Pattern: [A] ใใ [B] ใพใง
- Meaning: Indicates a starting point (kara) and an ending point (made).
Ku-ji kara go-ji made hatarakimasu.
I work from 9:00 to 5:00.
Shinjuku kara Shibuya made ikimasu.
I go from Shinjuku to Shibuya.
๐ Explanation
The particles ใใ (from) and ใพใง (until/to) are used to define a range in both time and space.
ใใ marks the starting point, while ใพใง marks the destination or end time.
You can use them together as a pair, or use them individually if you only want to specify one end of the range.
San-ji kara go-ji made
= 'From 3:00 until 5:00.'
Oosaka made
= 'As far as Osaka / To Osaka.'
๐ Quiz
How do you say 'From 9:00 to 3:00'?