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Question to Teacher: Han ippun = half a minute?
Course 3 Lesson 1: Masumi and I (Grammar)
Question to Teacher: Han ippun = half a minute?
Course 3 Lesson 1: Masumi and I (Grammar)
| Lilach | Post Date: 2019-08-15 19:49:42 |  save to notebook | saved questions | |||
 member since 2017 Jan 20 Questions: 1 Comments: 0 | Google translate accepts "Half a liter" - but consistantly translates half and hour and half a minute to "thirty seconds" or "thirty minutes" respectively. Is this something idiomatic, or can one use "han" BEFORE the time period to half it? | |||||
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| JFZ Teacher (Kanako) | Post Date: 2019-08-16 00:58:44 | ||
 member since 2003 Mar 03 Questions: 10 Comments: 1201 |
"Half a minute" is さんじゅうびょう (SAN-JUU BYOU) as Google translates. はん (HAN/half) is never used before ふん (FUN/minutes). Here is a related question and answer in the database. https://www.yesjapan.com/YJ6/?page=question&var3=1168 | ||
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