How to Say ‘What time does it end?’ in Japanese
何時に終わりますか。
nan ji ni owari masu ka
[nan jee nee oh-wah-ree mahs kah]
💬 Usage Tip: [終わります] means "ends" or "will end," so [何時に終わりますか] asks what time something finishes. It pairs neatly with [始まります]: start and end.
Phrase Breakdown
何
nan
[nan]
what
何 means what; in 何時 it asks 'what time'.
何時に終わりますか。
What time does it end?
時
ji
[jee]
time / hour
時 means time or hour.
何時に終わりますか。
What time does it end?
に
ni
[nee]
at
に marks the time when something ends.
何時に終わりますか。
What time does it end?
終わり
owari
[oh-wah-ree]
end
終わり is the stem of 終わる, meaning to end or finish.
何時に終わりますか。
What time does it end?
ます
masu
[mahs]
polite verb ending
ます makes the verb polite.
何時に終わりますか。
What time does it end?
か
ka
[kah]
question marker
か marks the sentence as a question.
何時に終わりますか。
What time does it end?
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