"It is 6:40."

Translation: 六時四十分です。

[Okappys]

• Rokuji yonjyuppun desu.

  ろくじ　よんじゅっぷん　です。

• Rokuji yonjippun desu.

  ろくじ　よんじっぷん　です。

[JosAlberto588093]

どうもありがとう！

[Okappys]

ごていねいに、どうも！(^^)/

[rim63699]

So in the end both are correct? 'cause I did hear the latter

[Okappys]

Yes, I'm Japanese. See here;

https://ja.forvo.com/search/40%E5%88%86/

[Sataniixx]

どうもありがと！

[Okappys]

いいえ、どういたしまして！

[Hidden840509]

What does the symbol before です mean here?

[leftiness]

That identifies the minutes. It's ふん.

[D_4_ni]

I think in this case it goes after the minutes part of the time.

[StarblazeS]

分 is the symbol after the minute.

[BigRigz2]

です is generally at the end of most japanese sentences, sometimes it can be dropped or replaced for more colliquial purpose or other reasons. Think of it as "is" for some situations, sometimes the subject particle (は) can be thought of as "is" as well to make is easier. この車は大きいです。This sentence, the "is" can be connected to the は, but 十一時です, the は can be connected with the です since the subject is dropped (this could be a responce to 今、 何時ですか。).

[nictheman]

I still can't work out when you use ふん and when you use ぷん? I know it's a phonetic rule but I just can't work it out. Is there a trick?

[Okappys]

I think Japanese is the same as English, and the voice has changed to make it easier to pronounce:

1. 1分: いっぷん
2. 2分: にふん
3. 3分: さんぷん
4. 4分: よんぷん/　よんふん
5. 5分: ごふん
6. 6分: ろっぷん/　ろくふん
7. 7分: ななふん/　しちふん
8. 8分: はっぷん/　はちふん
9. 9分: きゅうふん
10. 10分: じゅっぷん/　じっぷん
11. 11分: じゅういっぷん/　じゅういちふん

[Ducky69247]

Why is 04 just 4 but 40 is 10 4? Why wouldn't 40 be 4 10?

[boomerlady]

40 IS 4 10. 14 is 10 4

[Ludwu]

Is it possible to take off 分 from the sentence? As minutes are implicit... :
六時十四です
?