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- Lucas: Hey, welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo! I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna! Episode 48 – can you believe it? I feel like I'm actually starting to remember stuff. Lucas: You're doing great. And today's topic is something you'll use every time you're out in Japan: money and shopping. Luna: Ooh, yes! I want to be able to buy stuff without panicking. Lucas: Exactly. So let's start with the most important question: 'How much is this?' In Japanese, that's これはいくらですか. Lucas: Listen again: これはいくらですか. Luna: これはいくらですか. Lucas: Perfect! これ means 'this', いくら means 'how much', and ですか makes it a polite question. So literally, 'This how much is?' Luna: Right. And the answer will have the price in 円, which is the Japanese yen. Lucas: Yes. So if something costs 100 yen, they'll say 百円です. 百 is 'hundred', 円 is 'yen'. Let's practice that: 百円. Luna: 百円. Lucas: And for 1000 yen, it's 千円. 千 is 'thousand'. Luna: 千円. Lucas: Great. So imagine you see a cute keychain and ask: これはいくらですか. The shopkeeper says: 百円です. Luna: So that's 100 yen. Nice! And then I want to buy it. How do I say 'I'll take this'? Lucas: You say これをください. これ is 'this', を is a particle, and ください means 'please give me'. So これをください. Luna: これをください. Lucas: Exactly. Let's try a mini conversation. I'll be the shopkeeper. You ask how much and then buy it. Luna: Okay. これはいくらですか. Lucas: 百円です. Luna: これをください. Lucas: Perfect! You just bought something in Japanese! How does that feel? Luna: Honestly, pretty awesome! I can see myself actually using this. Lucas: Absolutely. And now let's run through all the phrases one more time. First: これはいくらですか. Luna: これはいくらですか. Lucas: 百円, 千円. Luna: 百円, 千円. Lucas: And これをください. Luna: これをください. Lucas: Awesome. Now you're ready to shop in Japan. Remember, practice makes perfect. Try using these phrases next time you're out, even just in your head. Luna: Yeah! And if you want to hear more episodes like this, make sure to subscribe to Learn Japanese with Fexingo. Lucas: We'll be back with another tiny lesson soon. Until then, keep practicing! またね! Luna: またね!