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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo! I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna! Episode 24—can you believe it? Lucas: We're having so much fun. Today we're going to talk about time. Luna: Time? Like, hours and minutes? Lucas: Good guess, but even simpler. Today we learn three key words: today, tomorrow, and yesterday. Luna: Oh, I use those every day! In English, at least. Lucas: Right. So let's start with 'today' in Japanese. It's 今日. Luna: 今日. Lucas: Good. 今日 means 'today'. Say it again? Luna: 今日. Lucas: Perfect. Now 'tomorrow' is 明日. Luna: 明日. Lucas: Yeah. And 'yesterday' is 昨日. Luna: 昨日. That one's a bit harder. Lucas: You got it. Let's do a quick review: today? Luna: 今日. Lucas: Tomorrow? Luna: 明日. Lucas: Yesterday? Luna: 昨日. Lucas: Awesome. Now, we can combine these with days of the week. Remember from Episode 16? Luna: A little... Monday was 月曜日, Tuesday was 火曜日... Lucas: That's right! So if you want to ask 'What day is today?' you say 今日は何曜日ですか. Luna: 今日は何曜日ですか. Lucas: Exactly. 今日は means 'as for today', 何曜日 means 'what day of the week', and ですか makes it a question. Luna: So it's literally 'today what day is?' Lucas: Perfect. Now answer: 'Tomorrow is Tuesday.' You'd say 明日は火曜日です. Luna: 明日は火曜日です. Lucas: Yes! 明日は 'as for tomorrow', 火曜日 'Tuesday', です 'is'. Luna: So if I wanted to say 'Yesterday was Monday'? Lucas: Great question. That would be 昨日は月曜日でした. But let's keep it simple for now. Let's practice a mini conversation. Luna: Okay, I'll ask you: 今日は何曜日ですか. Lucas: 今日は水曜日です. Now you try asking me about tomorrow. Luna: Umm... 明日は何曜日ですか. Lucas: Great! 明日は木曜日です. See, you can build sentences now. Luna: That's cool. So I could say 昨日は火曜日でした. Lucas: You're ahead of me! Yes, but for today, let's focus on present and future. Use 今日, 明日, and the days. Luna: Got it. Let's practice more. I'll ask you: 今日は何曜日ですか. Lucas: 今日は金曜日です. And you? Luna: 今日は金曜日です too! So what's tomorrow? Lucas: 明日は土曜日です. That's Saturday. Luna: Ooh, weekend! 明日は土曜日です. Lucas: Nice. Now let's do a quick review of all our phrases. We have 今日, 明日, and 昨日. Luna: 今日, 明日, 昨日. Lucas: And the question: 今日は何曜日ですか. Luna: 今日は何曜日ですか. Lucas: And the answer: 明日は火曜日です. Luna: 明日は火曜日です. Lucas: Perfect. That's all for today! Practice asking yourself what day it is in Japanese. Thanks for learning with Fexingo. Luna: See you next time! またね!