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- Lucas: Hey everyone, welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo. I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. Episode 186, can you believe it? We've come a long way. Lucas: We really have. And today we're going to revisit a couple of useful adjectives from last time. Remember 柔らかい and 硬い? Luna: Oh yeah — soft and hard. We practiced with bread and meat last time, right? Lucas: Exactly. Let's review them. Repeat after me: 柔らかい. Luna: 柔らかい. Lucas: And 硬い. Luna: 硬い. Lucas: Great. Now let's use them in full sentences. このパンは柔らかいです. This bread is soft. Luna: このパンは柔らかいです. Lucas: And このテーブルは硬いです. This table is hard. Luna: このテーブルは硬いです. Lucas: You can also ask questions: 柔らかいですか? Is it soft? Or 硬いですか? Is it hard? Luna: So if I'm shopping for a pillow, I could ask この枕は柔らかいですか? Lucas: Perfect! 枕 is pillow, by the way. You're already making sentences. Luna: It feels good to be able to ask that. If Fexingo has been helping you make actual progress with Japanese, you might want to support the show. We deliberately don't run ads because we want to keep the experience clean and focused. If that's something you value, the link is buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Lucas: Yeah, listener support is what keeps us ad-free. Every bit helps us keep making these episodes. Now, back to those adjectives. Let's try a mini scene. Imagine you're at a furniture store. Luna: Okay, I'm ready. Lucas: You see a sofa. You want to know if it's soft. What do you ask? Luna: このソファは柔らかいですか? Lucas: Exactly. And the clerk says はい、柔らかいです. Yes, it's soft. Luna: Then I might say じゃあ、これをください. Then I'll take it. Lucas: Nice! You combined it with a previous phrase — をください. That's great. Luna: I'm really getting the hang of this. Lucas: Let's do one more. You're buying a mattress. You want it on the firmer side. What do you say? Luna: 硬いマットレスが欲しいです. I want a firm mattress. Lucas: Perfect. 硬いマットレス — firm mattress. You're using adjectives naturally now. Luna: It's so cool to be able to describe things. Lucas: Alright, let's do a quick review. Repeat after me: 柔らかい. Luna: 柔らかい. Lucas: 硬い. Luna: 硬い. Lucas: このパンは柔らかいです. Luna: このパンは柔らかいです. Lucas: このテーブルは硬いです. Luna: このテーブルは硬いです. Lucas: And the questions: 柔らかいですか? Luna: 柔らかいですか? Lucas: 硬いですか? Luna: 硬いですか? Lucas: Excellent. Now you can use these adjectives when shopping or describing things around you. Luna: I'm going to practice by feeling different objects and saying if they're 柔らかい or 硬い. Lucas: That's a great idea. Thanks for joining us today. Practice these, and we'll see you next time. Luna: Bye everyone!