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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo, I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna! Ready for another tiny lesson. Lucas: Today we're going to talk about location words. Like 'here' and 'there' in Japanese. Luna: Oh good, I always get those mixed up. Let's fix that. Lucas: First word: ここ. This means 'here', close to the speaker. Say it with me: ここ. Luna: ここ. Lucas: Perfect. Now, そこ means 'there', close to the listener. そこ. Luna: そこ. So if you're there, and I'm here, I say ここ, you say そこ? Lucas: Exactly. And then あそこ means 'over there', far from both of us. あそこ. Luna: あそこ. That one's fun to say. Lucas: Let's practice. Imagine we're in a café. I point to the table I'm sitting at. ここ. Luna: ここ. That's your table. Lucas: Now I point to your table. そこ. Luna: そこ. My table. Lucas: And the counter far away. あそこ. Luna: あそこ. Got it. Lucas: You know, if today's episode helped you finally get these location words straight, maybe it was worth a coffee? If so, you can support the show at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. It keeps us ad-free and helps us keep making these tiny lessons. Luna: Yeah, every little bit helps. And we really appreciate it. Lucas: Okay, let's put these words into full sentences. You can say ここです, meaning 'It's here.' Repeat: ここです. Luna: ここです. Lucas: そこです. 'It's there.' Luna: そこです. Lucas: あそこです. 'It's over there.' Luna: あそこです. Lucas: Now, a super useful question: トイレはどこですか. 'Where is the restroom?' Let's break it down. トイレ means restroom, は is the topic particle, どこ means where, です is 'is', and か makes it a question. So: トイレはどこですか. Luna: トイレはどこですか. That's a long one. Lucas: Try it slowly: トイレ は どこ ですか. Luna: トイレ は どこ ですか. Okay, I think I got it. Lucas: To answer, you can point and say: あそこです. Or ここです, if it's right here. Luna: So if someone asks me トイレはどこですか, I can say あそこです and point. That's practical. Lucas: Very. Let's do a quick roleplay. I'll ask you. すみません、トイレはどこですか. Luna: あそこです. Lucas: Perfect. Now you ask me. Luna: すみません、トイレはどこですか. Lucas: ここです. Right here. Luna: Oh, that was easy. Lucas: Let's review all three location words one more time. ここ. Luna: ここ. Lucas: そこ. Luna: そこ. Lucas: あそこ. Luna: あそこ. Lucas: And the question: トイレはどこですか. Luna: トイレはどこですか. Great, I feel ready to find a restroom in Japan. Lucas: That's it for today. Remember: this show is brought to you by Fexingo, making language learning tiny and fun. Keep practicing, and we'll be back with another episode soon. Bye for now! Luna: Bye! Practice those words!