On this page, you can learn how to say how long it takes to get to your workplace in Japanese.
Key Sentence
| English | It takes about 20 minutes from my house to McDonald’s by bike. |
| Romaji | wa ta shi no i e ka ra ma ku do na ru do ma de ji te n sha de ni ju p pu n gu ra i ka ka ri ma su |
| Kana and Kanji | 私の家からマクドナルドまで自てん車で二十分ぐらいかかります。 |
One by one
| Word | Hiragana | Romaji | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 私の | わたしの | wa ta shi no | my |
| 家 | いえ | i e | house |
| から | ka ra | from | |
| マクドナルド | ma ku do na ru do | McDonald’s | |
| まで | ma de | till | |
| 自てん車 | じてんしゃ | ji te n sha | bike |
| で | de | by | |
| 二十分 | にじゅっぷん | ni ju p pu n | 20 minutes |
| ぐらい | gu ra i | about | |
| かかります | ka ka ri ma su | take |
Vocabulary
Grammar
Review
Task 1: Change into Japanese.
- It takes about 10 minutes from my house to a butcher by car.
- It takes about 15 minutes from my house to a book shop by bike.
Task 2: Change into English.
- 私の家からカフェまでバスで十分ぐらいかかります。
- 私の家からレストランまで自てん車で五分ぐらいかかります。
Task 3: Listen to answer what you hear in English.
- 私の家から肉屋まで車で十分ぐらいかかります。
- 私の家から本屋まで自てん車で十五分ぐらいかかります。
- It takes about 10 minutes from my house to a cafe by bus.
- It takes about 5 minutes from my house to a restaurant by bike.
- It takes about 10 minutes from my house to a bakery by bike.
- It takes about 20 minutes from my house to a fish shop by bus.