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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo! I'm Lucas, and here with me is Luna. Luna: Hey everyone! Ready to learn some new words? I'm excited. Lucas: Last time we learned fruit names: りんご, オレンジ, バナナ. Today, let's talk about how to describe things as easy or difficult. Luna: Oh, that's useful. I often say things are hard in Japanese! Lucas: Exactly. So, the word for 'easy' is 簡単. Repeat after me: 簡単. Luna: 簡単. Lucas: And 'difficult' is 難しい. 難しい. Luna: 難しい. That's a mouthful! Lucas: It is. But you'll get it. Now, to say 'this is easy', we say: これは簡単です. Luna: これは簡単です. Lucas: Perfect. And 'this is difficult': これは難しいです. Luna: これは難しいです. Lucas: Great. Now, how about 'Is Japanese easy?' — 日本語は簡単ですか. Luna: 日本語は簡単ですか. Lucas: And 'Is Japanese difficult?' — 日本語は難しいですか. Luna: 日本語は難しいですか. Oh, I think Japanese is a bit difficult, but fun. Lucas: It can be, but with practice it gets easier. Let's do a quick scene. Imagine you're studying a kanji. Luna: Okay. This kanji is... 難しい? Lucas: Yes! この漢字は難しいです. But this one is easy: この漢字は簡単です. Luna: Ah, so 簡単 and 難しい. I think I've got it. Lucas: You're doing great. Now, if Fexingo has been helping you make actual progress with this language, you can support the show at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. It keeps us ad-free and focused on teaching. Luna: Yeah, it really helps us keep making episodes like this one. We appreciate it. Lucas: So, back to practice. Let's try a question: これは簡単ですか. Luna: これは簡単ですか. Lucas: If it's easy, you say: はい、簡単です. Luna: はい、簡単です. Lucas: And if it's difficult: いいえ、難しいです. Luna: いいえ、難しいです. Lucas: Now let's mix it up. Remember the fruits? りんご is easy to say? りんごは簡単ですか? Luna: はい、りんごは簡単です. Lucas: Exactly. And 日本語は? Luna: 日本語は難しいです. But I'm learning! Lucas: That's the spirit. Keep practicing these phrases: 簡単, 難しい, これは簡単です, これは難しいです. Luna: And don't forget the questions: 日本語は簡単ですか, 日本語は難しいですか. Lucas: Perfect. That's all for today. Thanks for joining us on Learn Japanese with Fexingo. Luna: See you next time! Practice hard — or should I say, practice 簡単? Lucas: Both! Bye for now.