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- Lucas: Hello again, and welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo. I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna! Hey Lucas, I've been practicing my adjectives from last episode, hot and cold. Hot is 暑い, cold is 寒い, right? Lucas: Perfect, Luna! You remembered. Today we're going to learn two more very useful adjectives: big and small. Luna: Oh, I think I've heard these before. Big is 大きい, and small is 小さい? Lucas: Exactly! 大きい means big, and 小さい means small. Let's start with 大きい. Repeat after me: 大きい. Luna: 大きい. That sounds like 'oh kee ee'. Lucas: Good. Now, 小さい. Try it. Luna: 小さい. That's 'chee sah ee'. Lucas: Nice. Now let's use them with some nouns you already know. Remember 犬, dog? So 大きい犬 means big dog. Luna: 大きい犬. Big dog. And 小さい猫 would be small cat, right? 猫 is cat. Lucas: Perfect! 小さい猫. You're a natural. Now let's make full sentences. この犬は大きいです means 'this dog is big'. Luna: この犬は大きいです. So この means 'this', 犬 is dog, は is the particle, 大きい is big, です is 'is'. Lucas: Exactly. Now you try: 'that cat is small'. Use その for 'that'. Luna: その猫は小さいです. That cat is small. Lucas: Perfect! Now let's practice with a little scene. Imagine you see a big dog and a small cat. Luna: Okay. 大きい犬と小さい猫. Big dog and small cat. Lucas: Exactly. Now, if you want to say 'the dog is big and the cat is small', you can say: 犬は大きくて、猫は小さいです. Luna: Whoa, that's a bit longer! 犬は大きくて、猫は小さいです. But 大きくて is like 'big and'? Lucas: Yes, it's a connecting form. But don't worry, for now let's focus on the simple sentences. Say 'this dog is big' again. Luna: この犬は大きいです. Lucas: Great. And 'that cat is small'. Luna: その猫は小さいです. Lucas: Let's do a quick exchange. I'll say something in English, you say it in Japanese. 'Big dog'. Luna: 大きい犬. Lucas: Small cat. Luna: 小さい猫. Lucas: This dog is big. Luna: この犬は大きいです. Lucas: That cat is small. Luna: その猫は小さいです. Lucas: You're doing so well. You know, I love that Fexingo keeps these lessons ad-free. If you find this helpful, consider supporting us at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. It really helps us keep going. Luna: Yeah, it's awesome that there are no annoying ads. I definitely want to support that. Lucas: So, let's review what we learned today. 大きい means big, 小さい means small. Can you give me one more example sentence? Luna: Sure. この猫は大きいです. This cat is big. Lucas: Perfect! And その犬は小さいです. That dog is small. Luna: Right. So we can use them with any noun. Lucas: Exactly. Now let's do a quick listening quiz. I'll say a phrase, you tell me what it means. 大きい猫. Luna: Big cat. Lucas: 小さい犬. Luna: Small dog. Lucas: Great. Remember, practice makes progress. Keep reviewing 大きい and 小さい this week. Luna: Will do! Thanks Lucas. This was fun. Lucas: Thanks for joining us on Learn Japanese with Fexingo. See you next time! Luna: Bye bye!