i have been taking a Japanese class, and have an assessment coming up.
As part of this assessment i have to write about about ‘my day’ , and be able to write it out in an exam without notes. I am at beginner level, so it is only to include fairly basic stuff - but i can add a little extra to show outside study if i like.
i was hoping the kind people of Wanikani could possibly help me out by checking that some of of what i’m doing is correct. I would be very grateful - my beginning is the below (underneath English is what i’m hoping it roughly translates to )
私の一日
my day
今日、私は七時ごろに起きました。朝ご飯にはトーストを食べて、仕事に八時半に車で出かけました。
Today I woke up at around seven o’clock. I ate toast for breakfast, and then left for work in my car at 8:30.
仕事はリースにあります。うちから事務所まで三十分掛かります。
my work is in Leeds. From my house to my work takes 30 minutes.
oh OK , うち is refers to my house already - got you. So if i was referring to my friends house would i use いえ, as in watashi no tomodachi no ie …? or still uchi?
You can use うち for both actually. The important thing here is that いえ is basically just a house. Like “I’m gonna go buy a house”. But うち is more like “home.” Whether it is your home or someone else’s home depends on the context.
Completely off topic - but I’m really proud right now that I could understadn every kanji and although my grammar is subpar I could get the general gist of the sentence even without the translation… Hooray for me.
Also seems like you found your answer so hooray for you aswell.
事務所 is actually an administrative office. It’s not clear that it would be OP’s work place based on context.
When I say that I am going to a 事務所, it’s because I need some documents stamped…
事務所 is just office, maybe it’s because when you say you are going to the office while you are already at your work people just know you mean the admins office?
Or maybe I just don’t understand what on office is. (I’m not a native English speaker)
That being said, 事務 refers to administrative tasks, and 所 is literally place.
Edit: I checked the dictionary and yep, TIL what office means.