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- Lucas: Hey Luna, ready for another Japanese lesson with Fexingo? Luna: Yeah, I'm excited! Last time we did grocery shopping basics. Can we practice more buying things? Lucas: Absolutely. Today let's focus on buying fruit at a market. You'll learn fruit names and how to ask for them. Luna: Yeah, fruit. I love fruit. What's the word for fruit? Lucas: Fruit is 果物. Listen: kudamono. 果物. Luna: 果物. Kudamono. Got it. Lucas: Good. Now, two common fruits: apple is りんご, and banana is バナナ. Luna: りんご... ringo. And バナナ... banana. That one's easy. Lucas: Exactly. Now, to ask for fruit, you say 果物をください. That means 'fruit, please.' を is the object marker, and ください is 'please give me.' Luna: 果物をください. Kudamono o kudasai. So if I want apples, I say りんごをください? Lucas: Perfect. And if you want three apples, say りんごを三つください. But today let's keep it simple with ください and いくつください, which means 'how many please.' Luna: いくつください. Ikutsu kudasai. So the seller says いくつですか and I answer 三つください? Lucas: Right. Let's practice a mini conversation. Imagine you're at a fruit stand. You say: 果物をください. Luna: 果物をください. Lucas: The seller asks: どれですか？ Which one? You point to apples and say: りんごをください. Luna: りんごをください. Lucas: Then the seller asks: いくつですか？ How many? You say: 三つください. Three, please. Luna: 三つください. Nice! But I only remember numbers 1-5. Three is 三つ? Lucas: Yes, 三つ is 'three items.' For now, just say 三つください. Let's try the whole thing together. You're the customer. Luna: Okay. 果物をください. Lucas: どれですか？ Luna: りんごをください. Lucas: いくつですか？ Luna: 三つください. Lucas: There you go! You just bought three apples in Japanese. Luna: That was fun! But what if I also want bananas? Can I say 'りんごとバナナをください'? Lucas: Yes, exactly. Use と to connect items. So りんごとバナナをください. Luna: りんごとバナナをください. What about saying 'please' in a polite way? Is ください enough? Lucas: It is, but you can also add お願いします at the end for extra politeness. Like りんごをください、お願いします. Luna: お願いします. Onegai shimasu. That sounds nice. Lucas: Alright, let's do a full practice. I'll be the seller. You start. Luna: 果物をください. Lucas: どれですか？ Luna: りんごとバナナをください. Lucas: いくつですか？ Luna: りんごを二つとバナナを三つください. Wait, I don't know 'two' for counting items. Lucas: That's okay. For now, use 二つ for two. So りんごを二つとバナナを三つください. Luna: りんごを二つとバナナを三つください. Lucas: Perfect. You just ordered two apples and three bananas. Luna: I'm getting the hang of this. Can we also learn the word for 'please' as a standalone? Lucas: Sure, お願いします can be used alone too. If you hand over money, you can say お願いします. Luna: お願いします. I like that. It's like a polite all-purpose please. Lucas: Exactly. Now let's review today's phrases. Repeat after me: 果物. Luna: 果物. Lucas: りんご. Luna: りんご. Lucas: バナナ. Luna: バナナ. Lucas: りんごをください. Luna: りんごをください. Lucas: いくつください. Luna: いくつください. Lucas: お願いします. Luna: お願いします. Lucas: Great job. You know, if Fexingo has been helping you make progress with Japanese like this, consider supporting the show. It keeps us ad-free and focused on teaching. Luna: Yeah, it really helps. You can support at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Every bit helps us keep making these episodes. Lucas: Exactly. And now, let's go back to practice. Try saying 'Please give me fruit, please' using お願いします. Luna: 果物をください、お願いします. Lucas: Perfect. You're ready for the fruit market. Luna: Thanks, Lucas! I'll practice these phrases. See you next time. Lucas: Keep practicing, and join us again for more Japanese with Fexingo.