Does this Sentence Make Sense?

Kyouma Hououin · 20 Feb 2014

Hello there, I was wondering if this sentence has any errors: "私は三時にたべます。"

Does this mean, "I will eat at 3 o'clock," or "I eat at 3 o'clock."

Thank you in advance. I just learned about the particle "に," so I am not exactly used to using it.

Morphling · 20 Feb 2014

Technically it can mean both as Japanese does not have future tense. It's the same as present. Usually in practice, I eat at 3 o'clock sounds like a habit and would be clarified with 毎日 or some other modifier.

に marking absolute time is fine. Usually it cannot be used to mark relative time such as yesterday, tomorrow, next year etc.

Kyouma Hououin · 21 Feb 2014

Morphling said:
Technically it can mean both as Japanese does not have future tense. It's the same as present. Usually in practice, I eat at 3 o'clock sounds like a habit and would be clarified with 毎日 or some other modifier.

に marking absolute time is fine. Usually it cannot be used to mark relative time such as yesterday, tomorrow, next year etc.

Thank you for the help!

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