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- Lucas: Hey Luna, welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo. Ready for another tiny step forward? Luna: Yes! I've been practicing from last episode. I can sort of ask for directions now... sort of. Lucas: That's progress. Today we're going to talk about temperature. How do you say something is warm or cool in Japanese? Luna: Oh, that's useful. I always struggle to describe the weather or food temperature. Lucas: Exactly. The word for warm is 温かい. Say it with me: 温かい. Luna: 温かい. Lucas: And cool is 涼しい. Repeat: 涼しい. Luna: 涼しい. Lucas: Great. Now, if you want to say 'it is warm,' you add です at the end: 温かいです. Try it. Luna: 温かいです. Lucas: Perfect. And 'it is cool' is 涼しいです. Your turn. Luna: 涼しいです. Lucas: Wonderful. Now, imagine you're at a café and you want to ask if a drink is warm. You can say これは温かいですか. Luna: これは温かいですか. Lucas: Exactly. Or if you want to ask if something is cool, これは涼しいですか. Luna: これは涼しいですか. Lucas: You've got it. Let's practice with a little scenario. I'll be a waiter, you're the customer. You have a drink and you want to check if it's warm. Luna: すみません、これは温かいですか。 Lucas: はい、温かいです。 And if you want to ask if the air conditioning is cool? Luna: これは涼しいですか。 Lucas: Yes. はい、涼しいです。 You're doing really well. Luna: Thanks! So 温かい is warm and 涼しい is cool. Got it. Lucas: And remember, 温かい is for things like food or drink, not for describing people. For people, we use a different word. Luna: Oh, good to know. So I shouldn't say 温かい about a person? Lucas: Right. Save 温かい for objects or weather. For people we say 暖かい, but that's for another episode. Luna: Alright, I'll stick with 温かい for my coffee and 涼しい for the breeze. Lucas: Exactly. Now let's do a quick review. Repeat after me: 温かい. Luna: 温かい. Lucas: 涼しい. Luna: 涼しい. Lucas: 温かいです. Luna: 温かいです. Lucas: 涼しいです. Luna: 涼しいです. Lucas: これは温かいですか. Luna: これは温かいですか. Lucas: これは涼しいですか. Luna: これは涼しいですか. Lucas: Perfect. You've got it. Now, if Fexingo has been helping you make actual progress with Japanese, you might consider supporting the show. It keeps us ad-free and helps us make more episodes like this one. Luna: Yeah, I think a lot of listeners find these short episodes really helpful. If today was worth even a coffee to you, you can find us at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Lucas: Exactly. No pressure, but it's a nice way to say thanks if you're learning. Okay, back to practice. Let's put these into a real sentence. How would you say 'This soup is warm'? Luna: このスープは温かいです。 Lucas: Perfect. And 'This room is cool'? Luna: この部屋は涼しいです。 Lucas: Excellent. You just used 温かい and 涼しい in full sentences. Great job. Luna: These are really handy. I can already think of situations where I'd use them. Lucas: That's the idea. Keep practicing, and soon these words will come naturally. That's it for today's episode. Luna: Thanks for learning with us. We'll see you next time. Keep practicing!