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- Lucas: Hey Luna, welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo. I'm Lucas, and you're here with the best study buddy a language learner could ask for. Luna: Thanks, Lucas! I'm so ready to learn something new today. What are we tackling? Lucas: Today, we're going to keep building on our numbers. Last time we got up to one hundred. Now we're going all the way to nine hundred ninety-nine. Luna: Oh, that's exciting. I love that we're growing our counting skills. And I've been thinking, you know what would help me? If you could grab a coffee sometime, we could practice over a nice hot cup. But seriously, if you're enjoying these lessons and want to support us, you can buy me a coffee at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. It keeps the show running and helps us make even more episodes. Lucas: Yeah, that's a lovely thought. And every little bit helps. Now, let's dive into today's numbers. So, one hundred is ひゃく. Can you say that with me, Luna? Luna: ひゃく. That's so short. I was expecting something longer. So, ひゃく means one hundred, right? Lucas: Exactly. And to make it two hundred, we just put に in front: にひゃく. So literally, it's two hundreds. Luna: にひゃく. That's easy. So three hundred is さんびゃく? I remember there's a change sometimes with the ひゃく. Lucas: Good catch. Yes, three hundred is さんびゃく. The ひゃく becomes びゃく after さん. So さんびゃく. Luna: さんびゃく. That sounds kind of cool. What about four hundred? Is that よんひゃく? Lucas: You're on a roll. Yes, four hundred is よんひゃく. And five hundred is ごひゃく. Luna: ごひゃく. That one's straightforward. And six hundred? I bet that has a tweak too. Lucas: You bet. Six hundred is ろっぴゃく. The ろく becomes ろっ and the ひゃく becomes ぴゃく. So it's ろっぴゃく. Luna: Oof, that's a mouthful. ろっぴゃく. Let me try again. ろっぴゃく. Okay, that's not so bad. Lucas: Perfect. And seven hundred is ななひゃく. Back to the regular pattern. Luna: ななひゃく. That's nice and smooth. Eight hundred must be はっぴゃく, right? Lucas: Exactly, you're getting the hang of the sound changes. はっぴゃく. And nine hundred is きゅうひゃく. Luna: きゅうひゃく. So we've got one hundred to nine hundred. That's fantastic. But how do we say things like two hundred fifty or three hundred forty? Lucas: Great question. We just combine the hundreds with the tens and ones that we already know. So two hundred fifty is にひゃくごじゅう. And three hundred forty is さんびゃくよんじゅう. Luna: Oh, that's like putting blocks together. にひゃくごじゅう. And さんびゃくよんじゅう. That's really neat. Lucas: Let's practice with a little scene. Imagine we're at a café, and you want to order a coffee that costs 300 yen. You can say さんびゃくえんです. Luna: さんびゃくえんです. So I can say that when I'm asking the price? Actually, I remember how to ask how much, but let's just practice the number for now. So that's さんびゃく. Lucas: Exactly. And if something costs 850 yen, you'd say はっぴゃくごじゅうえんです. Luna: はっぴゃくごじゅうえん. That's a mouthful, but I like it. Let's try a few more. What about 600 yen? ろっぴゃくえん. Lucas: Perfect. And let's do one more: 999 yen is きゅうひゃくきゅうじゅうきゅうえん. Luna: Wow, that's a long one. きゅうひゃくきゅうじゅうきゅうえん. I think I can handle that. So we just stack the hundreds, tens, and ones. Lucas: That's the beauty of Japanese numbers. Once you know the building blocks, you can count up to 999 with ease. And let's do a quick review. Say them with me one more time: ひゃく, にひゃく, さんびゃく, よんひゃく, ごひゃく, ろっぴゃく, ななひゃく, はっぴゃく, きゅうひゃく. Luna: ひゃく, にひゃく, さんびゃく, よんひゃく, ごひゃく, ろっぴゃく, ななひゃく, はっぴゃく, きゅうひゃく. That felt good! I'm getting more confident. Lucas: That's the spirit. Remember, practice makes perfect. And if you want to support us, remember that little coffee thing Luna mentioned earlier. We appreciate every bit. Luna: Yes, we do. Well, that's all for today's numbers. Thanks for joining us on Learn Japanese with Fexingo. Practice these numbers till we chat again. Bye for now!