N5 Gramática 15/60

〜から〜まで

From ~ to / until ~ (time or place)

Formação

  • N1(時間・場所) + から + N2(時間・場所) + まで
  • N(時間・場所) + から
  • N(時間・場所) + まで

Explicação

から marks the starting time or starting place, and まで marks the ending time or the place you go as far as. Both work with time and with place. They are used with a verb (九時から 五時まで 働きます, I work from nine to five) or directly before です (九時から 五時までです). You can use から alone or まで alone. Do not add the time particle に (✕ 九時にから).

Exemplos

  • 銀行ぎんこうは 九時くじから 三時さんじまでです。

    The bank is open from nine to three.

  • うちから 駅えきまで バスで 行いきます。

    I go from my house to the station by bus.

  • 毎晩まいばん 十一時じゅういちじまで 勉強べんきょうします。

    I study until eleven every night.

  • A: 夏休なつやすみは いつからですか。
    B: 七月しちがつ 二十一日にじゅういちにちからです。

    A: When does summer vacation start? B: It starts on July 21.

Observações

まで means that something continues up to that time; it is different from までに, which gives a deadline (by). から is also used to say where you are from, as in アメリカから 来ました. から has another use that gives a reason (because).

Gramática relacionada

Miniquiz

1昼休ひるやすみは 十二時じゅうにじ(  ) 一時いちじまでです。

Resposta e explicação

Resposta: 1 から

"The lunch break is from twelve to one." 一時まで gives the end, so the starting time 十二時 takes から. The pair 〜から〜まで shows the start and the end; に, で and を cannot be used here.

2東京とうきょうから 大阪おおさか(  ) 電車でんしゃで 行いきます。

Resposta e explicação

Resposta: 3 まで

"I go from Tokyo to Osaka by train." 東京から is the starting place, so the place you go as far as, 大阪, takes まで. から cannot be used twice, and を and で do not mark the end point.

3A: 仕事しごとは (  )ですか。
B: 六時ろくじまでです。

Resposta e explicação

Resposta: 2 何時なんじまで

B answers "Until six," giving the ending time, so A asks 何時までですか (Until what time is your work?). 何時から asks about the starting time, and どこ asks about a place.

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