Which Sunday is こんど の日曜日

[wildjasmin296741]

In Japanese, does こんど の日曜日 mean the closest Sunday that's coming, regardless which day of the week is today, or it "depends"

ありがとう ございます

[mmmason8967]

I think that all of the following mean the nearest future Sunday:-

今度の日曜日　kondo-no nichiyoubi
次の日曜日　　tsugi-no nichiyoubi
来週の日曜日　raishuu-no nichiyoubi

However, the last phrase only works because Sunday is the first day of the week.

In English, we don't use 'next' or 'last' to refer to yesterday, today or tomorrow. If today is Friday and I mention "next Saturday", nobody will think I mean the following day. I don't know if it works the same way in japanese, though.

マイケル

[community.japanese]

wildjasmin296741-san,　マイケルさん、
こんにちは！
Thank you very much for your help,　マイケルさん！
It's really interesting to see the comparision with English

Like マイケルさん wrote, all those three means the "nearest/coming Sunday".
The tricky one is 来週の as we never know "which Sunday" the speaker is refering to.
If the speaker says 来週の日曜日 on Monday, it could be the nearest Sunday, but if this person says
that on Friday, it could be the one after the nearest.
Some even say 来週の日曜日 on Monday, meaning the one in two weeks.

As to 今度の日曜日, it works like English (as マイケルさん explained), but the big difference between
Japanese and English is, even if someone says 今度の日曜日 on Friday, it could mean the nearest Sunday
(the day after tomorrow). Of course, usually people uses the words "tomorrow" and/or "day after tomorrow"
to clarify which Sunday s/he is mentioning.

Some expressions like this can "depend" on the person's idea of (how to count) a week, so
the best is to confirm it with different expression always. It's actually a common pracitce. You can see
how some expressions are very "grey" (requiring clarification to "black" or "white")

Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

[wildjasmin296741]

マイケルさん, 奈津子さん,

Thank you for the detailed answers.

I must remember this one:

If the speaker says 来週の日曜日 on Monday, it could be the nearest Sunday, but if this person says
that on Friday, it could be the one after the nearest.

どうも　ありがとう　ございます

Jasmine

[community.japanese]

ジャスミンさん、
どういたしまして！

Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com