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- Lucas: Hey, welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo. I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. Episode 92 already! Time flies. Lucas: Speaking of time, today we're going to talk about two important times of day: morning and night. Luna: Oh, I love that. I always say 'good morning' and 'good night' but I never learned the actual words for morning and night. Lucas: Well, today's your chance. Let's start with 朝. That's morning. Repeat after me: 朝. Luna: 朝. Lucas: Perfect. And night is 夜. Try it: 夜. Luna: 夜. That sounds so elegant. Lucas: Right. Now let's combine them with 'this' to say 'this morning' and 'tonight'. 今朝 means this morning. Say it: 今朝. Luna: 今朝. Lucas: And 今晩 means tonight. Repeat: 今晩. Luna: 今晩. So 今 is 'this' plus 朝 or 晩. Lucas: Exactly. Now, let's put them into sentences. If you want to say 'I wake up in the morning', you can say: 朝起きます. Luna: 朝起きます. That's simple. Lucas: Or 'I work at night': 夜働きます. Luna: 夜働きます. Good to know for night owls like me. Lucas: We also have words for breakfast and dinner. 朝ごはん is breakfast. Literally 'morning meal'. Say it: 朝ごはん. Luna: 朝ごはん. And dinner is 夜ごはん? Lucas: Exactly! 夜ごはん. Try it: 夜ごはん. Luna: 夜ごはん. So I can say 'I eat breakfast': 朝ごはんを食べます. Lucas: Perfect. And 'I eat dinner': 夜ごはんを食べます. Luna: Now, let's practice a little dialogue. Lucas, ask me 'Do you eat breakfast?' Lucas: 朝ごはんを食べますか。 Luna: はい、朝ごはんを食べます。And you? Lucas: はい、食べます。I do. Oh, this reminds me — if Fexingo has been helping you make progress with Japanese, you can support the show at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. It keeps us ad-free and helps us keep making episodes like this. Luna: Yeah, every little bit helps us keep the podcast going. And we really appreciate it. Lucas: So back to our phrases. Let's do a quick review. Say 'this morning'. Luna: 今朝. Lucas: And 'tonight'? Luna: 今晩. Lucas: Great. Now, let's try a sentence: 'I ate breakfast this morning.' 今朝朝ごはんを食べました。 Luna: 今朝朝ごはんを食べました。That's a mouthful but I got it. Lucas: And 'I will eat dinner tonight.' 今晩夜ごはんを食べます。 Luna: 今晩夜ごはんを食べます。So 今朝 and 今晩 go at the beginning. Lucas: Exactly. Alright, one more round. Repeat after me: 朝. Luna: 朝. Lucas: 夜. Luna: 夜. Lucas: 今朝. Luna: 今朝. Lucas: 今晩. Luna: 今晩. Lucas: 朝ごはん. Luna: 朝ごはん. Lucas: 夜ごはん. Luna: 夜ごはん. Lucas: Awesome. You're doing great. That's all for today. Practice these and we'll see you next time on Learn Japanese with Fexingo. Luna: Bye for now! またね。