Latest / Learn Japanese with Fexingo / Japanese Days of the Week - Monday to Friday
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- Lucas: Hey Luna, ready for another episode? Luna: Absolutely! I've been practicing the months from last time. But I'm still mixing up the days of the week. Can we work on those? Lucas: Perfect timing. Today we'll cover Monday through Friday in Japanese. Five new words, and they're quite logical. Luna: Logical? That sounds promising. I'm ready. Lucas: Great. Monday is 月曜日. Repeat after me: 月曜日. Luna: 月曜日. Lucas: Yes! Tuesday is 火曜日. 火曜日. Luna: 火曜日. Oh, I notice each ends with 曜日. Is that like 'day of the week'? Lucas: Exactly right. 曜日 means 'day of the week'. The first character is the element. Tuesday has 火, which is fire. So Tuesday is fire day. Luna: Fire day. Cool. So Wednesday must be 水曜日? Water day? Lucas: You're learning fast. 水曜日. Repeat: 水曜日. Luna: 水曜日. That makes it easier to remember. Lucas: Thursday is 木曜日. Tree day. 木曜日. Luna: 木曜日. Lucas: And Friday is 金曜日. Gold day. 金曜日. Luna: 金曜日. So Monday is moon, Tuesday fire, Wednesday water, Thursday tree, Friday gold. That's actually really helpful. Lucas: Now let's put them in sentences. 'Today is Monday' is 今日は月曜日です. Repeat. Luna: 今日は月曜日です. Lucas: Good. 'Tomorrow is Tuesday' is 明日は火曜日です. Repeat. Luna: 明日は火曜日です. So we just swap the day word. Lucas: Exactly. Let's practice all five in order. I'll say the English, you say the Japanese. Luna: Okay, hit me. Lucas: Monday. Luna: 月曜日. Lucas: Tuesday. Luna: 火曜日. Lucas: Wednesday. Luna: 水曜日. Lucas: Thursday. Luna: 木曜日. Lucas: Friday. Luna: 金曜日. Nailed it! Lucas: You did. Now let's do a quick scene. Imagine today is Wednesday. You say, 'Today is Wednesday.' Try it. Luna: 今日は水曜日です. Lucas: Perfect. And tomorrow is Thursday. Say 'Tomorrow is Thursday.' Luna: 明日は木曜日です. Lucas: Excellent. Now for the weekend, we'll save that for another episode. But these five are your workhorse days. Luna: I'm already thinking about using them. Like 'On Monday I study Japanese.' How would I say that? Lucas: That's '月曜日に日本語を勉強します.' But we'll get to particles another time. For now, just remember the day words. Luna: Got it. So 月曜日, 火曜日, 水曜日, 木曜日, 金曜日. Lucas: You're a natural. And hey, if Fexingo has been helping you make actual progress with this language, a handful of listeners chip in monthly through buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo, and that's literally what funds making this many of these. Luna: Yeah, it's a small community that keeps us ad-free and focused on teaching. We really appreciate it. Lucas: And to bring it back to the days — if you practice these every day, you'll have them down in no time. Let's run through them one more time fast. Luna: Okay, fast. Monday 月曜日, Tuesday 火曜日, Wednesday 水曜日, Thursday 木曜日, Friday 金曜日. Lucas: Flawless. That's all for today. Keep practicing these, and next time we'll tackle the weekend. See you then!