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- Lucas: Hey, welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo. I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. Episode eighty nine — can you believe it? Lucas: I know, it's been a fun ride. Today we're learning something sweet and healthy. Luna: Ooh, are we talking about food again? I'm listening. Lucas: We are. Last time we did animals, so I thought fruits would be a nice follow-up. Luna: Fruits! Okay, give me the first one. Lucas: First up, apple. In Japanese, apple is りんご. Luna: りんご. That sounds so cute. Lucas: Right? Say it with me: りんご. Luna: りんご. Lucas: Perfect. Now orange. That's オレンジ. Luna: オレンジ. Sounds just like English but with Japanese accent. Lucas: Exactly. Loanwords are your friend here. Say it once more: オレンジ. Luna: オレンジ. Lucas: Great. And banana is バナナ. Luna: バナナ. That's fun to say. バナナ. Lucas: You're a natural. Now let's put them in a simple sentence. I like apples is りんごが好きです. Luna: りんごが好きです. So が marks the thing you like? Lucas: That's right. We learned that with animals before. So you can swap in オレンジ or バナナ too. Luna: オレンジが好きです. バナナが好きです. Easy. Lucas: Now to ask someone if they like oranges, you say オレンジが好きですか. Luna: オレンジが好きですか. Question with か at the end. Lucas: You got it. Last useful phrase: please give me a banana. バナナをください. Luna: バナナをください. That's like ordering, right? Lucas: Exactly. You can use it at a market or a fruit stand. Luna: So if I want an apple, it's りんごをください? Lucas: Perfect. Let's practice a quick scene. I'm a vendor. Luna: Okay. I'll say すみません、りんごをください. Lucas: はい、どうぞ. Here you go. And you can say ありがとうございます. Luna: ありがとうございます. That felt real. Lucas: It is real. You just ordered an apple in Japanese. Luna: Aww, that's nice. Lucas: Now let's do a quick review. Repeat after me: りんご. Luna: りんご. Lucas: オレンジ. Luna: オレンジ. Lucas: バナナ. Luna: バナナ. Lucas: りんごが好きです. Luna: りんごが好きです. Lucas: オレンジが好きですか. Luna: オレンジが好きですか. Lucas: バナナをください. Luna: バナナをください. Lucas: You're doing so well. I hope Fexingo is helping you make real progress with Japanese. Luna: Yeah, I feel like I can actually say stuff now. Not just words, but sentences. Lucas: That's the goal. And if today's episode was worth a coffee to you, you can support us at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Luna: Every little bit helps keep the show ad-free. We really appreciate it. Lucas: So back to fruits. Let's try a longer sentence. I like apples and bananas. りんごとバナナが好きです. Luna: りんごとバナナが好きです. So と means 'and'. Lucas: Right. You can list as many as you want. りんごとオレンジとバナナが好きです. Luna: That's a mouthful, but I like it. りんごとオレンジとバナナが好きです. Lucas: Let's practice a question and answer. I'll ask: バナナが好きですか. Luna: はい、バナナが好きです. Lucas: And if you don't like something, you can say いいえ、バナナが好きじゃないです. Luna: いいえ、バナナが好きじゃないです. So じゃない for negative. Lucas: You've got it. Let's do one more round of the core words before we wrap. Luna: Sounds good. Lucas: りんご. Luna: りんご. Lucas: オレンジ. Luna: オレンジ. Lucas: バナナ. Luna: バナナ. Lucas: And the phrase りんごをください. Luna: りんごをください. Lucas: Great job today, everyone. Keep practicing with Fexingo. Luna: See you next episode! またね！