How to Say ‘The eight o'clock one’ in Japanese
八時の
hachi ji no
[HAH-chee jee noh]
💬 Usage Tip: Putting の after a description lets it mean "the one": 八時の is "the eight o'clock one." It works with other descriptions too, as in 安いの "the cheap one".
Phrase Breakdown
八
hachi
[HAH-chee]
eight
The number eight; combined with 時 for eight o'clock.
八時半に行きます。
I'll go at half past eight.
時
ji
[jee]
o'clock; time
Used with numbers to say clock time, like three o’clock or five o’clock.
時を見てください。
Please look at the time.
の
no
[noh]
one (pronoun)
Replaces a noun already understood, like 'the one'.
赤いのをください。
The red one, please.
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