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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo. I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. Episode 142, can you believe it? Lucas: I know, time flies. Last time we reviewed inside and outside — 中 and 外. Luna: Right, inside and outside. I remember those. So what are we doing today? Lucas: Today we're staying with direction words, but moving to front and back. In Japanese, front is 前, and back is 後ろ. Luna: 前 and 後ろ. So 前 is front, like in front of something? Lucas: Exactly. Let's say them together. 前. Luna: 前. Lucas: 後ろ. Luna: 後ろ. That one's a bit longer. Lucas: It is. 後ろ has three syllables. But you'll get it. Now let's use them in phrases. For example, 'in front of the car' — 車の前にあります. Luna: 車の前にあります. So 車 is car, の is the possessive particle, 前 is front, に is location, あります means exists or is. Lucas: Perfect breakdown. So 車の前にあります means 'it is in front of the car'. Let's try one more: 'behind the house' — 家の後ろにあります. Luna: 家の後ろにあります. House, then の, then 後ろ, then にあります. So 'it is behind the house'. Lucas: Yes! And what about 'in front of the station'? Station is 駅. Luna: 駅の前にあります. Lucas: Nailed it. So let's practice those three phrases. Repeat after me. 車の前にあります. Luna: 車の前にあります. Lucas: 家の後ろにあります. Luna: 家の後ろにあります. Lucas: 駅の前にあります. Luna: 駅の前にあります. Lucas: Good. Now let's put them into a tiny story. Imagine you're looking for your friend's house. You know it's behind the station. So you say: 家は駅の後ろにあります. Luna: 家は駅の後ろにあります. The house is behind the station. Lucas: And then you see a car in front of the house. You could say: 車は家の前にあります. Luna: 車は家の前にあります. The car is in front of the house. Lucas: Great. So now you have a mini-scene. Let's review the words. 前. Luna: 前. Lucas: 後ろ. Luna: 後ろ. Lucas: If Fexingo has been helping you make progress with Japanese, you might want to support our ad-free mission. We keep the show free of ads because we believe in clean learning. If that resonates, you can find us at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Luna: Yeah, it's a simple way to keep this going. No pressure though. Lucas: Exactly. Now, let's do a quick quiz. I'll say a phrase in English, you say it in Japanese. 'It is in front of the station.' Luna: 駅の前にあります. Lucas: Yes! 'Behind the car.' Luna: 車の後ろにあります. Lucas: You're getting it. One more: 'The house is behind the station.' Luna: 家は駅の後ろにあります. Lucas: Perfect. So today we learned 前 and 後ろ, front and back. Practice these phrases and try to use them when you're out and about. Thanks for learning with Fexingo. Luna: See you next time!