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- Lucas: Hey Luna, ready to keep counting in Japanese? Luna: Yes! We did numbers one through five last time. Now what's next? Lucas: Right. Today we'll learn six to ten. These are super useful, especially for prices and ages. Luna: Awesome. Let's hear them. Lucas: Okay, first: six is ろく. Say it with me: ろく. Luna: ろく. That's not too hard. Six, ろく. Lucas: Good! Now seven: しち. しち. Luna: しち. Hmm, sometimes I hear なな for seven too, right? Lucas: Exactly. しち is common, but なな is also used to avoid confusion with いち. We'll stick with しち for now. Eight is はち. Luna: はち. Like はちみつ? Honey? Lucas: Oh, good connection! はち means eight, and はちみつ is honey. Nine: きゅう. Luna: きゅう. And ten: じゅう. Lucas: Perfect. So let's count from six to ten: ろく, しち, はち, きゅう, じゅう. Luna: ろく, しち, はち, きゅう, じゅう. Got it. Lucas: Let me ask you: how old are you? Luna: I'm twenty... wait, we haven't learned twenty yet! Lucas: No worries. How about: あなたは なんさいですか? How old are you? You can answer with じゅう? That's ten. Luna: okay. じゅうさいです. I'm ten years old. Lucas: Perfect! Now imagine you're buying apples. One apple is 100 yen. But you want six apples. How do you say six? Luna: ろく? So ろく個? But we haven't learned counters yet. Lucas: Right, we'll keep it simple: just ろつ。 Actually, for countng thin objects it's ろっこ, but for now, just remember ろく. So りんご ろく. Six apples. Luna: りんご ろく. Got it. Lucas: Let's practice the whole set again. Repeat after me: ろく. Luna: ろく. Lucas: しち. Luna: しち. Lucas: はち. Luna: はち. Lucas: きゅう. Luna: きゅう. Lucas: じゅう. Luna: じゅう. Lucas: Great. Now try counting from one to ten quickly. I'll start: いち, に, さん, し, ご... Luna: ろく, しち, はち, きゅう, じゅう! Lucas: Excellent! You've got it. Luna: This is fun. So at a store, if something costs 800 yen, I can say はち? as in eight hundred? Lucas: Exactly. はちひゃく is eight hundred. But for now, just the base numbers. Let's do a quick scene: You're at a bakery. You want eight cookies. How do you say eight? Luna: はち. クッキー はち. Lucas: Perfect! And if they cost 600 yen total? Luna: ろっぴゃく? Six hundred? Lucas: Close! Actually 600 is ろっぴゃく, but we'll cover that later. For now, just know that ろく becomes ろっ before certain counters. We'll have a whole episode on that. Luna: Okay, I'll wait. So today's words: ろく, しち, はち, きゅう, じゅう. Lucas: Yes. Let's say them one more time. I'll say the English, you say Japanese. Six? Luna: ろく. Lucas: Seven? Luna: しち. Lucas: Eight? Luna: はち. Lucas: Nine? Luna: きゅう. Lucas: Ten? Luna: じゅう. Lucas: Fantastic. Thanks for learning with Fexingo. Keep practicing, and we'll see you next time. Luna: Bye everyone! Count on us!