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Activity #10 - Sales and Store Hours
nedan - price
waribiki - discount
pasento - percent
How to say "percent off"
(number) pasento ofu - (number) % off
(number) pasento waribiki - (number) % discount
Examples:
hachi juu pasento ofu - 80% off
go juu pasento waribiki - 50% discount
How to say prices
Nedan wa (money amount) de gozaimasu - The price is (money amount)
Examples:
Nedan wa go juu nana dooru de gozaimasu - The price is $57.00
Nedan wa ni juu kyuu dooru de gozaimasu - The price is $29.00
How to explain sales:
hitotsu - One
tada - free
moraimasu - to receive
kaimasu - to buy
kattara - if/when you buy
(amount) ijo - more than (amount)
Hitotsu kattara, mo hitotsu o tada de moraimasu - If you buy 1, you get another 1 free
(Dollar amount) ka sono ijo kattara, (number) pasento ofu o moraimasu - If you buy (dollar amount) or more, you get (number) % off
Examples
Hyaku dooru ka sono ijo kattara, ni juu pasento ofu o moraimasu - If you buy $100 dollars or more of stuff, you get 20% off.
(Dollar amount) ijo kattara, (number) pasento waribiki o moraimasu - If you buy (dollar amount) or more, you get (number) % off
Example:
Go hyaku dooru ijo kattara, go juu pasento waribiki o moraimasu - If you buy more than $500 of stuff, you get a 50% discount.
How to say store hours of operation:
ji - time/o'clock
han - half
Time:
ichi ji - 1:00
ichi ji han - 1:30
ni ji - 2:00
ni ji han - 2:30
san ji - 3:00
san ji han - 3:30
yon ji - 4:00
yon ji han - 4:30
go ji - 5:00
go ji han - 5:30
roku ji - 6:00
roku ji han - 6:30
shichi ji / nana ji - 7:00
shichi ji han / nana ji han - 7:30
hachi ji - 8:00
hachi ji han - 8:30
ku ji - 9:00
ku ji han - 9:30
juu ji - 10:00
juu ji han - 10:30
juu ichi ji - 11:00
juu ichi ji han - 11:30
juu ni ji - 12:00
juu ni ji han - 12:30
Other useful phrases
shimarimasu - something closes
akimasu - something opens
(time) kara - from (time)
(time) made - until (time)
(time) ni shimarimasu - We close at (time)
Shichi ji ni shimarimasu - We close at 7:00pm
(time) kara (time) made aiteimasu - We are open from (time) until (time).
Ku ji kara roku ji han made aiteimasu - We are open from 9:00 until 6:30.
waribiki - discount
pasento - percent
How to say "percent off"
(number) pasento ofu - (number) % off
(number) pasento waribiki - (number) % discount
Examples:
hachi juu pasento ofu - 80% off
go juu pasento waribiki - 50% discount
How to say prices
Nedan wa (money amount) de gozaimasu - The price is (money amount)
Examples:
Nedan wa go juu nana dooru de gozaimasu - The price is $57.00
Nedan wa ni juu kyuu dooru de gozaimasu - The price is $29.00
How to explain sales:
hitotsu - One
tada - free
moraimasu - to receive
kaimasu - to buy
kattara - if/when you buy
(amount) ijo - more than (amount)
Hitotsu kattara, mo hitotsu o tada de moraimasu - If you buy 1, you get another 1 free
(Dollar amount) ka sono ijo kattara, (number) pasento ofu o moraimasu - If you buy (dollar amount) or more, you get (number) % off
Examples
Hyaku dooru ka sono ijo kattara, ni juu pasento ofu o moraimasu - If you buy $100 dollars or more of stuff, you get 20% off.
(Dollar amount) ijo kattara, (number) pasento waribiki o moraimasu - If you buy (dollar amount) or more, you get (number) % off
Example:
Go hyaku dooru ijo kattara, go juu pasento waribiki o moraimasu - If you buy more than $500 of stuff, you get a 50% discount.
How to say store hours of operation:
ji - time/o'clock
han - half
Time:
ichi ji - 1:00
ichi ji han - 1:30
ni ji - 2:00
ni ji han - 2:30
san ji - 3:00
san ji han - 3:30
yon ji - 4:00
yon ji han - 4:30
go ji - 5:00
go ji han - 5:30
roku ji - 6:00
roku ji han - 6:30
shichi ji / nana ji - 7:00
shichi ji han / nana ji han - 7:30
hachi ji - 8:00
hachi ji han - 8:30
ku ji - 9:00
ku ji han - 9:30
juu ji - 10:00
juu ji han - 10:30
juu ichi ji - 11:00
juu ichi ji han - 11:30
juu ni ji - 12:00
juu ni ji han - 12:30
Other useful phrases
shimarimasu - something closes
akimasu - something opens
(time) kara - from (time)
(time) made - until (time)
(time) ni shimarimasu - We close at (time)
Shichi ji ni shimarimasu - We close at 7:00pm
(time) kara (time) made aiteimasu - We are open from (time) until (time).
Ku ji kara roku ji han made aiteimasu - We are open from 9:00 until 6:30.
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