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- Lucas: Hey Luna, ready for another episode of Learn Japanese with Fexingo? Luna: Absolutely! I've been practicing from last time. I can say にんじん and たまねぎ now. Lucas: Nice. Today we're staying in the food world but moving to something sweet: fruit. Luna: Oh, I love fruit. What's the word for fruit itself? Lucas: It's 果物. Say it with me: 果物. Luna: 果物. Lucas: Perfect. 果物 means fruit in general. Like, 'I like fruit' would be 果物が好きです. Luna: 果物が好きです. That's easy. Okay, what's a common fruit we can learn? Lucas: Let's do りんご. Apple. Repeat: りんご. Luna: りんご. Sounds like 'ringo' like the singer. Lucas: Exactly. Just a bit different pitch. So りんご is apple. And another one: みかん. Mandarin orange. Luna: みかん. Oh, that's easy to remember. Mikan sounds like 'me can'. Lucas: Yeah. So we have 果物, りんご, and みかん. Let's use them in a little scene. Luna: Good idea. I'll be at a store. Lucas: I'll be the shopkeeper. You say: 'I want fruit, please.' In Japanese, that's 果物をお願いします. Luna: 果物をお願いします. Lucas: Great. Then I ask: 'Which fruit?' どの果物ですか？ Luna: どの果物ですか？ Hmm, I want an apple. りんごをお願いします. Lucas: Perfect. And I hand you an apple. Then you can also ask for a mandarin orange: みかんもお願いします. Luna: みかんもお願いします. So も means 'also'? Lucas: Right. So 'apple and also mikan, please.' Now let's do the whole exchange. Luna: Okay. 果物をお願いします. Lucas: どの果物ですか？ Luna: りんごをお願いします。みかんもお願いします. Lucas: Smooth. You got it. Now let's practice the words one more time. 果物. Luna: 果物. Lucas: りんご. Luna: りんご. Lucas: みかん. Luna: みかん. Lucas: Awesome. Now, can you say 'I like apples'? Luna: That would be りんごが好きです. Lucas: Exactly. And 'I like mandarin oranges'? Luna: みかんが好きです. Lucas: Perfect. And if you like fruit in general? Luna: 果物が好きです. Lucas: You're a natural. Let's do a quick review of all three words. I'll say the English, you give the Japanese. Luna: Bring it on. Lucas: Fruit. Luna: 果物. Lucas: Apple. Luna: りんご. Lucas: Mandarin orange. Luna: みかん. Lucas: Perfect. Now, a little challenge: if you're at a market and you want to say 'I want an apple, please,' what do you say? Luna: りんごをお願いします. Lucas: Yes. And if you want two apples? We haven't done numbers yet, but let's say 'two apples' is りんご二つ. But that's for another day. Luna: Okay, I'll stick with one for now. So today's words: 果物, りんご, みかん. Lucas: Exactly. And you can use them with が好きです to say you like them, or をお願いします to order them. Luna: I love how practical this is. I could actually use this at a fruit stand. Lucas: For sure. Now, let's do a quick listen-and-repeat for our listeners. I'll say each word, then you repeat. Luna: Okay. Lucas: 果物. Luna: 果物. Lucas: りんご. Luna: りんご. Lucas: みかん. Luna: みかん. Lucas: Great job, Luna. And to all our listeners, keep practicing these. Next time we might learn more fruit or maybe something else. Luna: I'm looking forward to it. Thanks for joining us on Fexingo. Practice your fruit words until next time! Lucas: And don't forget to subscribe to Learn Japanese with Fexingo. See you in the next episode. Luna: Bye!