How to "Tell Time"

This lesson will cover how to tell time. It will be a short and easy lesson. The next lesson will be an expansion on this lesson.

Here are the hours starting from 1:00 to 12:00.
ichi ji, ni ji, san ji, yo ji, go ji, roku ji, shichi ji, hacji ji, ku ji, jyuu ji, jyuuichi ji, jyuuni ji.

Here are the minutes.
ippun, nifun, sanpun (pronounced sampun), yonfun or yonpun (pronounced yompun), gofun, roppun, nanafun, happun, kyuufun, jippun or juppun.
 
To ask what time it is you say:
 
What time is it now?
ima nanji desu ka?

ima (now), nanji (what time), desu (is), ka (question marker).

Then to answer:
It is 3:00.
ima sanji desu.
 
To ask what time it is you say: (question marker). Then to answer:To say half past an hour you put "han" after the time.

For example:
3:30
san ji han.
 
  To say 10 after 3 you say:
sanji jippun sugi.

sanji (3 o'clock), jippun (10 minutes), sugi (after).
To say 10 after 3 you say:.To say 10 to 3.
san ji jippun mae.

san ji  (3 o'clock ), jippun (10 minites), mae (before).