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- Lucas: Hey everyone, welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo. I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna! Episode 18, can you believe it? Lucas: I know, we're getting into a good rhythm. Last time we talked about food words like ご飯 and パン. Luna: Right! Rice and bread. So today... drinks? Lucas: Exactly. We're going to learn three common drinks and how to order them. Ready? Luna: Always ready. Let's do it. Lucas: First up: water. In Japanese, water is 水. Listen: みず. 水. Luna: みず. 水. That sounds kind of like 'meezu'. Lucas: Close! Just a little shorter on the vowel: みず. Try again. Luna: みず. 水. Lucas: Perfect. Now, if you want water at a restaurant, you can say '水をお願いします' — water, please. But we'll get to that in a minute. Luna: Okay, holding that thought. Next drink? Lucas: Tea. In Japanese, tea is お茶. Listen: おちゃ. お茶. Luna: おちゃ. お茶. That's cute! Like 'o-cha'. Lucas: Yeah! The お is a polite prefix. So お茶 is the word you'll hear most often. Luna: Got it. お茶. Tea. Lucas: And one more: coffee. Coffee is コーヒー. Listen: こーひー. コーヒー. Luna: コーヒー. That sounds like 'ko-hi' with a long o. Lucas: Exactly. コーヒー. Give it a try. Luna: コーヒー. Coffee. Lucas: Great. Now let's put it together with a phrase you already know: お願いします, meaning 'please'. Luna: Oh, from Episode 6! お願いします. So I can say '水をお願いします' for water, please? Lucas: Exactly! Let's practice all three. Repeat after me: 水をお願いします. Luna: 水をお願いします. Lucas: お茶をお願いします. Luna: お茶をお願いします. Lucas: コーヒーをお願いします. Luna: コーヒーをお願いします. This is so useful! I can totally imagine ordering at a café. Lucas: Right? Let's do a quick scene. You're at a café. You walk in and say...? Luna: Umm... コーヒーをお願いします? Lucas: Perfect! And the staff would say 'かしこまりました' — certainly. Then they bring you coffee. Luna: That's awesome. What if I want water instead? Lucas: Then you say '水をお願いします'. Try it. Luna: 水をお願いします. Lucas: Excellent. Now let's do a quick review of all three drinks. I'll say the English, you say the Japanese. Luna: Okay, hit me. Lucas: Water. Luna: 水. Lucas: Tea. Luna: お茶. Lucas: Coffee. Luna: コーヒー. Lucas: And how do you say 'please'? Luna: お願いします. Lucas: And how would you order tea? Luna: お茶をお願いします. Lucas: You nailed it. Alright, let's wrap up with a little conversation. Imagine I'm a waiter, and you order coffee. Luna: コーヒーをお願いします. Lucas: かしこまりました. And then you want water too? Luna: あ、水もお願いします. Oh, and water too, please! Lucas: Even better! You added も, meaning 'also'. Luna: Oh, I did? Cool! So that's a bonus phrase. Lucas: Exactly. So today we learned 水, お茶, コーヒー, and the phrase お願いします. Practice ordering your favorite drink! Luna: I'm definitely going to use コーヒーをお願いします at my next coffee run. Lucas: Do it! And come back next time for more. This is Learn Japanese with Fexingo. See you later! Luna: またね！