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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo. I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. Episode 57! Can you believe it? Lucas: I know. And you know what? Today we're going to talk about two very practical adjectives. Especially if you like shopping. Luna: Oh, I love shopping. Let me guess — is it big and small? We already did that. Lucas: Nope. Today it's expensive and cheap. Luna: Oh, good! I need those. So how do you say expensive in Japanese? Lucas: Expensive is 高い. 高い. Luna: たかい. 高い. Lucas: Perfect. And cheap is 安い. 安い. Luna: やすい. 安い. Got it. Lucas: Now, to say 'it is expensive,' you just add です. So 高いです. Luna: たかいです. 高いです. Lucas: Exactly. And 'it is cheap' is 安いです. Luna: やすいです. 安いです. Lucas: Let's try a full sentence. 'This is expensive' — これは高いです. Luna: これはたかいです. これは高いです. Lucas: Great. And 'this is cheap' — これは安いです. Luna: これはやすいです. これは安いです. Lucas: You're a natural. Let's pretend we're at a market, okay? Luna: Okay! I see a beautiful scarf. How much is it? Lucas: Let's say it's three thousand yen. You point and ask 'This is how much?' — but today let's just focus on our new words. So maybe you say これは高いです. Luna: This is expensive! これはたかいです. Lucas: Right. And then you see a cute keychain for five hundred yen. You can say これは安いです. Luna: This is cheap! これはやすいです. Lucas: Perfect. Now let's practice opposites. If something is not expensive, it might be cheap, right? Luna: Right. So the opposite of 高い is 安い. Lucas: Exactly. And they're both i-adjectives, so the pattern is the same. Just drop the い to make the negative form, but we'll save that for another day. Luna: Okay, so let's do a quick recap. I'll say the English, you say the Japanese. Lucas: Sounds good. Luna: Expensive. Lucas: 高い. Luna: Cheap. Lucas: 安い. Luna: It is expensive. Lucas: 高いです. Luna: It is cheap. Lucas: 安いです. Luna: This is expensive. Lucas: これは高いです. Luna: This is cheap. Lucas: これは安いです. You did amazing, Luna. Luna: Thanks! I feel like I could go shopping in Japan now. Lucas: You definitely could. And remember, listeners, practice these phrases. Say them out loud. Maybe next time you're at a store, try thinking in Japanese. Luna: Yeah, I'm going to practice with my coffee later. これは高いですか... probably. Lucas: Could be. Well, that's all for today's episode of Learn Japanese with Fexingo. Luna: Keep practicing, and we'll be back soon with more Japanese. Bye! Lucas: See you next time!