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How to Say ‘It changed to two o'clock’ in Japanese

二時に変わりました

ni ji ni kawari mashi ta

[nee ji nee kah-WAH-ree mah-shee ta]

💬 Usage Tip: Use に with 変わる to mark what something changes into. For example, 雨に変わりました means "it turned to rain".

Phrase Breakdown

二時に

ni ji ni

to two o'clock

二時 (niji) means 'two o'clock'. に marks the result of the change.

Example

二時に会いましょう。

Let's meet at two.

Words in this phrase

二

[nee]

two

The number two, combining with ten to make twelve.

Example

十二日にケーキを買います。

I buy a cake on the twelfth.

時

[ji]

o'clock

A term used after numbers to denote time.

Example

六時に会いましょう。

Let's meet at six o'clock.

に

[nee]

to; into

A particle showing a result, target, or change, as in making something into a certain shape.

Example

この印を丸にします。

We'll make this mark into a circle.

変わりました

kawari mashi ta

changed

This is the polite past of 変わる (to change), pronounced 'kawarimashita'.

Example

予定が変わりました。

The plan changed.

Words in this phrase

変わり

kawari

[kah-WAH-ree]

change (to)

Stem of 変わる, 'to change' (intransitive); something changes by itself.

Example

予定が変わりました。

The schedule changed.

まし

mashi

[mah-shee]

polite past stem

Part of the polite past ending in a verb phrase.

Example

昨日は多くのことを学びました。

I learned many things yesterday.

た

[ta]

past tense ending

This marks the action as completed in the past.

Example

スタッフが来ました。

The staff member came.

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