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- Lucas: Alright Luna, welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo. We're on episode 42, and I'm excited for today's little lesson. Luna: Yeah, me too! So last episode we did big and small, right? 大きい and 小さい. That was fun. Lucas: Exactly. And today, we're building on that opposite-adjective theme. We're going to learn two new words: 長い and 短い. Luna: Ooh, I'm guessing those mean something like long and short? Lucas: You guessed it! 長い means long. Listen closely: 長い. Luna: 長い. Lucas: Perfect. And 短い means short. 短い. Luna: 短い. Hmm, I think I got it. Lucas: Let's practice with some objects. Remember 鉛筆 from episode 38? That means pencil. So if you have a long pencil, you say 鉛筆は長いです. Luna: 鉛筆は長いです. Right, because は is the topic marker. Lucas: Exactly. And if you have a short pencil? 鉛筆は短いです. Luna: 鉛筆は短いです. So the pattern is just swapping the adjective. Lucas: You got it. Let's try another object. How about a skirt? スカート. Luna: Ah, スカート. So if the skirt is long, スカートは長いです. Lucas: Yes! And if it's short? スカートは短いです. Luna: スカートは短いです. That's so handy. I can imagine shopping and saying that. Lucas: Totally. Now let's do a little scene. Imagine you're at a store. You see a long skirt and a short skirt. Let me ask you: Which one do you like? But first, let's practice just the adjectives again. Say them with me: 長い. Luna: 長い. Lucas: 短い. Luna: 短い. Lucas: Good. Now, let's make it a question. If I point to a long pencil and ask 'Is it long?' in Japanese, you say 長いですか. Luna: 長いですか. So I just add か at the end to make it a question. Lucas: Exactly. So answer me: この鉛筆は長いですか. Is this pencil long? Luna: Umm... If it's long, I say はい、長いです. If it's short, いいえ、短いです. Lucas: Perfect. You're a natural. Now let's do a quick quiz. I'll say an object and an adjective, you make a sentence. Ready? 机 and 長い. Luna: 机は長いです. The desk is long. Lucas: Great. Now ベッド and 短い. Luna: ベッドは短いです. The bed is short. Lucas: Awesome. You're doing so well. Let's wrap up by repeating our new words a few more times. 長い. Luna: 長い. Lucas: 短い. Luna: 短い. Lucas: Now together: 長い and 短い. Luna: 長い and 短い. I love how these opposite pairs are so easy to remember. Lucas: Absolutely. And don't forget, you can use them with any noun you know. So keep practicing with objects around you. Thanks for joining us today on Fexingo's Learn Japanese. Luna: Yeah, see you next time! Practice 長い and 短い till we chat again.