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I know this is dangerously close to a translation question, but bare with me.

Today I found out a co-worker of mine is studying Japanese as well. And at the
end of the conversation I wrote: `Jikan wa deru koto desu`. Which, as far as I
know, means: `It's time to leave`. One, is this correct? Two, when translating
infinitives from English to Japanese is the proper conversion: `to [verb]` ->
`[verb] koto`?
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translation verbs conjugations
It's time to [verb]
1) `Jikan wa deru koto desu` means "Time is leaving". If you want to say "It's
time to leave", just say `時間です`. The "to leave" is kind of implied depending
on your situation. But if you want to explicitly add it in, you can say

> （もう）出る／出かける／帰る 時間 です／になった。 → (It's already (become)) time to leave/go/go
> out.

2) To translate infinitives, just use the dictionary form of the verb (`辞書形`)

>   * 行く → To go
>   * 見る → To look/watch
>   * 遊ぶ → To play
>

Adding `〜こと` after it nominalizes the verb, i.e., turns it into a noun. `出ること`
means "(the act of) leaving". For more info on this, see [What is the
difference between the nominalizers こと and
の?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/1395/78)
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> Jikan wa deru koto desu

If it is written in Japanese, 「時間は出る事です」. We don't say it.

> One, is this correct?

No. If you mean `It's time to leave`, 「もう出る時間です」 should be fine.

> Two, when translating infinitives from English to Japanese is the proper
> conversion: to [verb] -> [verb] koto?

Not always. In addition to 名詞的用法, there are 形容詞的用法 and 副詞的用法. For more
information: <http://www.geocities.jp/gyouseikowa/eigo/futeisi.html>

From the source (ヘッチャラ英語学習
<http://www.geocities.jp/gyouseikowa/eigo/futeisi.html>):

> 私は音楽をきくことが好きです。 I like to listen to music.

Here `koto` is used as 名詞的用法.

> 私は彼女に会えてうれしいです。 I am glad to see her.

Here it is used as 副詞的用法 and translated to て.

> 彼にはやるべき仕事がたくさんある。 He has a lot of work to do.

Here it is used as 形容詞的用法 and translated to べき.
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You are not mixing up こと with ころ as in:

> いま、帰るころ(です)｜It is (now) time to go home

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