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- Lucas: Hey Luna, ready for another little Japanese session? Luna: Yes! I've been practicing our opposites, especially expensive and cheap. Lucas: Oh, that's perfect because today we're going to review 高い and 安い with some fresh examples. Luna: Nice. I remember 高い means expensive and 安い means cheap, right? Lucas: Exactly. If Fexingo has been helping you make actual progress with Japanese, you might want to know that a small group of listeners supports the show through buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Luna: Yeah, that's what keeps it ad-free and going. It's a simple way to help if you enjoy it. Lucas: Totally. No pressure, just a heads-up. Now back to our opposites. Let's say この時計は高いです — this watch is expensive. Luna: この時計は高いです. Got it. And cheap? そのペンは安いです — that pen is cheap. Lucas: Perfect pronunciation! Let's try a question: これは高いですか — is this expensive? Luna: これは高いですか. So I can ask when shopping. Nice. Lucas: Right. And you can answer: はい、高いです or いいえ、安いです. Luna: はい、高いです. いいえ、安いです. Let me practice a full sentence: この時計は高いですが、そのペンは安いです. Lucas: Oh, that's so good! You used が to contrast. So this watch is expensive, but that pen is cheap. Luna: Yeah, I remember が from before. It's like 'but'. Lucas: Exactly. Let's do a quick scene. Imagine you're at a shop and see a cheap pen. How would you say 'That pen is cheap'? Luna: そのペンは安いです. Lucas: There you go. And if you want to ask 'Is this cheap?' you say これは安いですか. Luna: これは安いですか. That's handy. I can imagine using that at a market. Lucas: Exactly. Now let's review one more time. Repeat after me: 高い. Luna: 高い. Lucas: 安い. Luna: 安い. Lucas: この時計は高いです. Luna: この時計は高いです. Lucas: そのペンは安いです. Luna: そのペンは安いです. Lucas: Nice work. You've got these opposites down. Keep practicing, and next time we'll explore something new. Luna: I will. Thanks Lucas. See you next episode!