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- Lucas: Hey, welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo. I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna! Ready for another tiny lesson? Lucas: For sure. Today we're learning two super useful opposites: 暑い and 寒い. Luna: Oh, I think I've heard those! 暑い means hot, and 寒い means cold, right? Lucas: Exactly. And if today's lesson helps you, a great way to keep these episodes ad-free is to support us at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Luna: Yeah, it really makes a difference. Okay, so how do we use 暑い? Lucas: 暑い simply means hot — for weather or temperature. Listen: 暑い. Luna: 暑い. Lucas: Good. Now 寒い means cold — also for weather. 寒い. Luna: 寒い. Lucas: You can say 今日は暑いです — today is hot. 今日は暑いです. Luna: 今日は暑いです. Lucas: And 今日は寒いです — today is cold. 今日は寒いです. Luna: 今日は寒いです. So that's for weather. But what about drinks? Like hot coffee? Lucas: Great question! For objects like drinks, we use 熱い for hot and 冷たい for cold. 熱い means something is hot to touch. 熱い. Luna: 熱い. Lucas: 冷たい means cold to touch. 冷たい. Luna: 冷たい. Lucas: So, このコーヒーは熱いです — this coffee is hot. このコーヒーは熱いです. Luna: このコーヒーは熱いです. Lucas: And このアイスクリームは冷たいです — this ice cream is cold. このアイスクリームは冷たいです. Luna: このアイスクリームは冷たいです. That makes sense. Lucas: Let's practice a mini conversation. Imagine it's a hot summer day. I say: 今日は暑いですね. Luna: Ah, so I can reply: そうですね。暑いです. Yes, it's hot. Lucas: Perfect. And if it's winter: 今日は寒いですね. Luna: そうですね。寒いです. Love it. Lucas: Now you try: say 'today is hot' in Japanese. Luna: 今日は暑いです. Lucas: Great. And 'today is cold'? Luna: 今日は寒いです. Lucas: Awesome. Now for drinks: say 'this coffee is hot'. Luna: このコーヒーは熱いです. Lucas: And 'this ice cream is cold'? Luna: このアイスクリームは冷たいです. Lucas: You did it! Let's do a quick review. We learned 暑い for hot weather, 寒い for cold weather, 熱い for hot objects, and 冷たい for cold objects. Luna: Those are so handy. I'll remember: 暑い is like summer heat, 寒い is winter chill. Lucas: Exactly. Remember to practice these today. And if this episode helped you, support us at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. It keeps us going. Luna: Yeah, every little bit helps. Thanks for learning with us! Lucas: See you next time for more Japanese.