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- Lucas: Hey everyone, welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo. I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. Ready for another tiny lesson? I've been practicing my time telling from last episode — 今、三時です。 Lucas: Oh, perfect! 三時です。You nailed it. Today we're adding a pair of super useful adjectives: いい and 悪い. Luna: いい and 悪い… hmm, what do those mean? Lucas: いい means 'good,' and 悪い means 'bad.' Let's start with いい. Repeat after me: いい. Luna: いい. Lucas: Great! Now いいです — 'it is good.' いいです. Luna: いいです. So if I eat something tasty, I can say いいです? Lucas: Exactly. Or if the weather is nice, you can say いい天気ですね — but we'll keep it simple. Just いいです works for many situations. Luna: いいです. I like that. Now what about 悪い? Lucas: 悪い is 'bad.' 悪いです — 'it is bad.' Try it: 悪いです. Luna: 悪いです. Hmm, that one's a bit trickier. 悪いです. Lucas: You got it. Let's practice with a question: これはいいですか — 'Is this good?' これはいいですか. Luna: これはいいですか. So if I'm shopping, I can ask about an item. Lucas: Yes! And you might hear これは悪いです — 'this is bad.' Let's try a short scene. Imagine you're at a market looking at two apples. Luna: Okay, I see a nice red apple and a bruised one. Lucas: Right. For the nice apple, you say これはいいです. For the bruised one, これは悪いです. Luna: これはいいです. これは悪いです. Got it. So いい is good, 悪い is bad. Lucas: Perfect. Let's do a quick drill. I'll say a phrase, you tell me if it's いい or 悪い. Ready? Luna: Ready. Lucas: 美味しい料理 — delicious food. Luna: That's いいです! Lucas: Yes! What about まずい料理 — disgusting food? Luna: That's 悪いです! Lucas: You're a natural. Now, let's use them in a sentence. この映画はいいです — 'this movie is good.' Try it. Luna: この映画はいいです. And if it's boring, この映画は悪いです. Lucas: Exactly. You're already making sentences. Let's keep going. 今日はいい天気です — 'today is good weather.' But we can just say 今日はいいです — 'today is good.' Luna: 今日はいいです. That's easy to remember. Lucas: And 今日は悪いです — 'today is bad.' Maybe if it's raining. Luna: 今日は悪いです. I hope not too often. Lucas: Right. Now let's switch to questions. To ask 'is this good?' say これはいいですか. Luna: これはいいですか. And 'is this bad?' is これは悪いですか. Lucas: Yes! You're catching on fast. Let's do a little role play. I'm a shopkeeper, you're a customer. Luna: Okay. Lucas: いらっしゃいませ。これはどうですか — 'Welcome. How about this?' Luna: これはいいですか. Lucas: はい、いいですよ — 'Yes, it's good.' Luna: Ah, so I got a positive response. Lucas: You did. Now if it were bad, I'd say いいえ、悪いです — 'No, it's bad.' Luna: いいえ、悪いです. Good to know. Lucas: Let's practice one more time. Repeat after me: いい. Luna: いい. Lucas: 悪い. Luna: 悪い. Lucas: いいです. Luna: いいです. Lucas: 悪いです. Luna: 悪いです. Lucas: これはいいですか. Luna: これはいいですか. Lucas: これは悪いです. Luna: これは悪いです. Lucas: You know, if Fexingo has been helping you make progress with Japanese, a couple of dollars a month is genuinely what keeps these episodes going. Buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo — if you've gotten something out of them. Luna: Yeah, it really does make a difference. Even a small contribution helps us keep making these free lessons. Lucas: Exactly. So let's get back to practicing. Try saying 'this is good' on your own. Luna: これはいいです. Lucas: Perfect. And 'this is bad'? Luna: これは悪いです. Lucas: Great job. Now, let's do a quick review. What does いい mean? Luna: Good. Lucas: And 悪い? Luna: Bad. Lucas: Excellent. You've learned two new adjectives today. Keep using them — describe things around you. これはいいですか？ これは悪いですか？ Practice everywhere. Luna: I'm going to rate everything now. My coffee? いいです. My alarm clock? 悪いです. Lucas: That's the spirit. Thanks for joining us on Learn Japanese with Fexingo. Keep practicing, and we'll see you next time.