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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo! I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna! Episode 58, can you believe it? Lucas: I know, we've come a long way. Today we're adding more adjectives to your toolbox. Luna: Ohh, I love adjectives. Which ones? Lucas: Easy and difficult. In Japanese, 'easy' is 簡単. Luna: 簡単. Lucas: Good. And 'difficult' is 難しい. Luna: 難しい. That one's a bit of a mouthful. Lucas: It is. Let's practice them in sentences. Say 'it's easy' — 簡単です. Luna: 簡単です. Lucas: Perfect. And 'it's difficult' — 難しいです. Luna: 難しいです. Lucas: Now let's use them with 'this'. 'This is easy' — これは簡単です. Luna: これは簡単です. Lucas: And 'this is difficult' — これは難しいです. Luna: これは難しいです. Lucas: Excellent! How are you feeling so far? Luna: Uhh, this is actually 簡単! Not too hard. Lucas: I love that you used it. Let's imagine a scene. You're studying Japanese, and you find a page. What do you say? Luna: これは難しいです! Lucas: Exactly. Then you find an easy page. Go ahead. Luna: あ、これは簡単です. Lucas: Perfect. Let's do a quick drill. I'll say a phrase, you repeat. 簡単. Luna: 簡単. Lucas: 難しい. Luna: 難しい. Lucas: 簡単です. Luna: 簡単です. Lucas: 難しいです. Luna: 難しいです. Lucas: これは簡単です. Luna: これは簡単です. Lucas: これは難しいです. Luna: これは難しいです. Lucas: Great job. Now let's put it together with something familiar from a previous episode. Remember we learned 'new' and 'old'? 新しい and 古い? Luna: Yeah, 新しい is new, 古い is old. Lucas: Right. So if something is new and easy, you could say: これは新しくて簡単です. Luna: Oh, that's a lot. 新しくて簡単です. Lucas: You got it. But we'll keep it simple today. Let's practice a mini conversation. I'll say 'this is difficult'. You say 'this is easy'. Lucas: これは難しいです. Luna: これは簡単です. Lucas: Nice. Now reverse: I'll say 'this is easy', you say 'this is difficult'. Lucas: これは簡単です. Luna: これは難しいです. Lucas: Perfect! Now let's use them in a real context. Imagine you're at a store and you see a puzzle. You can say: これは簡単です or これは難しいです. Luna: Right. If it's a kids' puzzle, 簡単です. If it's a 1000-piece puzzle, 難しいです. Lucas: Exactly. And if you're not sure, you can ask: これは簡単ですか？ or これは難しいですか？ Luna: Oh, that's useful. これは簡単ですか？ Lucas: Yes, and the answer could be はい、簡単です or いいえ、難しいです. Luna: So many possibilities. Lucas: Let's do a quick recap. Today's words: 簡単 and 難しい. Luna: 簡単 meaning easy, 難しい meaning difficult. Lucas: And the phrases: 簡単です, 難しいです, これは簡単です, これは難しいです. Luna: I think I've got it. これは簡単です— wait, no, これは難しいです? Oh, it's easy! 簡単です. Lucas: You're doing great. Practice these throughout the day. When something's easy, say 簡単. When it's hard, say 難しい. Luna: I will! Thanks, Lucas. And thanks to Fexingo for this episode. Lucas: Keep practicing, and we'll see you next time on Learn Japanese with Fexingo! Luna: Bye bye!