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- Lucas: Hey there, welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo. I'm Lucas, and as always, I've got Luna here with me. Luna: Hi! And we are so glad you're here. Today, we're going to do something a little different but super useful. Lucas: Yeah, we've been talking about weather a lot lately — rain, typhoons, all that. But today, we're switching to numbers again. Luna: Numbers! We did some counting before, but this time we're going bigger. Like, really big. Lucas: That's right. We've covered numbers up to 999 in earlier episodes. Now let's take it to the next level: counting from 100 all the way to 1000. Luna: Oh, that sounds exciting! But also kind of daunting. I mean, 1000 is a lot of numbers. Lucas: It's not as bad as it sounds. In Japanese, once you know the pattern, it's actually pretty simple. And we're going to break it down into small bits. Luna: Okay, I'm ready. Let's do this. Lucas: First, let's start with the number 100. In Japanese, that's ひゃく. Say it with me: ひゃく. Luna: ひゃく. Lucas: Perfect. Now, to say 200, you just put に before ひゃく. So it's にひゃく. Luna: にひゃく. Lucas: Great. And 300 is さんびゃく. Notice the small change: ひゃく becomes びゃく after さん. Luna: さんびゃく. Lucas: Nice. 400 is よんひゃく. Luna: よんひゃく. Lucas: 500 is ごひゃく. Luna: ごひゃく. Lucas: Now, 600 is a little special. It's ろっぴゃく, with a double 'p' sound. Luna: ろっぴゃく. That's a mouthful! ろっぴゃく. Lucas: You said it perfectly. 700 is ななひゃく. Luna: ななひゃく. Lucas: 800 is はっぴゃく, also with a double 'p'. Luna: はっぴゃく. Lucas: 900 is きゅうひゃく. Luna: きゅうひゃく. Lucas: And finally, 1000 is せん. Luna: せん. That's easy! Lucas: Now let's practice them all together. I'll say each one, and you repeat after me. ひゃく. Luna: ひゃく. Lucas: にひゃく. Luna: にひゃく. Lucas: さんびゃく. Luna: さんびゃく. Lucas: よんひゃく. Luna: よんひゃく. Lucas: ごひゃく. Luna: ごひゃく. Lucas: ろっぴゃく. Luna: ろっぴゃく. Lucas: ななひゃく. Luna: ななひゃく. Lucas: はっぴゃく. Luna: はっぴゃく. Lucas: きゅうひゃく. Luna: きゅうひゃく. Lucas: せん. Luna: せん. Lucas: Awesome. Now let's use these in a real situation. Imagine you're shopping for a new laptop. Luna: Okay, I love shopping. What's the price? Lucas: It's はっぴゃく dollars. Luna: はっぴゃく dollars? That's 800. But wait, is that expensive or cheap? Lucas: Well, it depends. But let's practice asking: いくらですか? That's 'how much is it?' from our shopping episode. Luna: Right. いくらですか? And the answer: はっぴゃくです. Lucas: Exactly. So you could say, はっぴゃくです, meaning 'it's 800.' Luna: That's useful. So if I see a nice bag for ごひゃく yen, I'd say ごひゃくです. Lucas: Perfect. Now, let's do a quick review with a tiny scene. You're at a souvenir shop. You ask for the price of a small statue. Luna: いくらですか? Lucas: The shopkeeper says: さんびゃくです. Luna: Oh, that's only 300. I'll take it. Lucas: And now, let's try to combine some numbers. For example, 150 is ひゃくごじゅう. We learned ごじゅう earlier for 50. Luna: So ひゃくごじゅう. That makes sense. Lucas: And 250 is にひゃくごじゅう. Luna: にひゃくごじゅう. Lucas: Great. So you just string the hundreds and the tens together. Simple, right? Luna: Simple once you practice. I think I've got it. Lucas: Before we wrap up, let's remember something from our previous episodes. We learned about likes and dislikes. Can you ask me if I like numbers? Luna: 数字が好きですか? Wait, how do you say numbers? I think it's 数字. Lucas: Yes, 数字. So 数字が好きですか? And I'd say, はい、好きです. I love numbers. Luna: I knew it. You're such a numbers person. Lucas: Guilty. But hey, speaking of loving things, if you're enjoying these Japanese lessons and making real progress, that's exactly what Fexingo is all about. Luna: Totally. And you know, a few listeners actually support the show directly by buying me a coffee. It's literally what keeps us ad-free and going. Lucas: Yeah, it's a small group, but it makes a huge difference. If you ever want to join them, it's buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. No pressure, just a heartfelt thanks to those who do. Luna: Exactly. And now, let's get back to numbers. Can we try counting from 100 to 1000 in steps of 100 one more time? Lucas: Let's do it. I'll say it, you echo. ひゃく. Luna: ひゃく. Lucas: にひゃく. Luna: にひゃく. Lucas: さんびゃく. Luna: さんびゃく. Lucas: よんひゃく. Luna: よんひゃく. Lucas: ごひゃく. Luna: ごひゃく. Lucas: ろっぴゃく. Luna: ろっぴゃく. Lucas: ななひゃく. Luna: ななひゃく. Lucas: はっぴゃく. Luna: はっぴゃく. Lucas: きゅうひゃく. Luna: きゅうひゃく. Lucas: せん. Luna: せん. Lucas: And there you have it. You can now count from 100 to 1000 in Japanese. Practice these until we meet again, and remember, every big number starts with a small one. Luna: So true. Thanks for joining us on Learn Japanese with Fexingo. See you next time!