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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo. I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. Episode 178! Can you believe it? Lucas: I know, it's wild. We've learned so much together. Today, I thought we'd stay at the post office for one more episode. Luna: Oh, I liked the post office episodes. They're so practical. Lucas: Right? And today we're focusing on something important: tracking a package. Luna: Ooh, like when you send something and you want to know where it is? Lucas: Exactly. So let's start with a key word: 追跡番号. Luna: 追跡番号. Lucas: Great. 追跡 means 'tracking' and 番号 means 'number.' So together it's 'tracking number.' Say it once more, Luna. Luna: 追跡番号. Lucas: Perfect. Now, if you want to ask 'Can I track this package?' you'd say: この荷物を追跡できますか. Luna: この荷物を追跡できますか. Lucas: Nice. 荷物 means 'package' or 'luggage.' So この荷物 = 'this package.' を is the particle, and 追跡できますか means 'can I track?' Let's break it down: 追跡 = tracking, できます = can do, か = question marker. So literally 'this package can track?' Luna: Got it. この荷物を追跡できますか. Lucas: Let's hear it one more time. Luna: この荷物を追跡できますか. Lucas: Excellent! Now, if the clerk asks for your tracking number, you might need to say 'Please tell me the tracking number.' That's: 追跡番号を教えてください. Luna: 追跡番号を教えてください. Lucas: 教えてください is 'please tell me.' So you're politely asking for the tracking number. Say it again. Luna: 追跡番号を教えてください. Lucas: Now let's put it in a mini conversation. Imagine you're at the counter. You have a package you sent, and you want to know where it is. Luna: Okay, I'll start. すみません、この荷物を追跡できますか. Lucas: And the clerk might say: 追跡番号を教えてください. Luna: So I give them my tracking number. Then I ask: 荷物はどこですか. Lucas: Which means 'Where is the package?' 荷物はどこですか. Great. Luna: 荷物はどこですか. Lucas: And they might say: まだ届いていません. That means 'It hasn't arrived yet.' Luna: まだ届いていません. まだ means 'yet' or 'still,' 届いていません is 'hasn't arrived.' 届く is 'to arrive.' So negative te-iru form? Lucas: Exactly. 届いています means 'has arrived,' so 届いていません is 'hasn't arrived yet.' You're getting good at grammar. Luna: Slowly but surely. So if I hear まだ届いていません, I know my package is still on its way. Lucas: Right. Let's practice the whole exchange together. I'll be the clerk, you be the customer. Luna: Let's do it. Lucas: いらっしゃいませ. Luna: すみません、この荷物を追跡できますか. Lucas: 追跡番号を教えてください. Luna: はい、こちらです. 荷物はどこですか. Lucas: 少々お待ちください... まだ届いていません. Luna: ああ、そうですか. ありがとうございます. Lucas: Perfect! You handled that beautifully. And you used ありがとうございます at the end. Luna: Well, we've practiced that one a lot. It's automatic now. Lucas: That's the goal. All right, let's review our phrases: 追跡番号, この荷物を追跡できますか, 追跡番号を教えてください, 荷物はどこですか, まだ届いていません. Luna: 追跡番号, この荷物を追跡できますか, 追跡番号を教えてください, 荷物はどこですか, まだ届いていません. Lucas: Wonderful. Now, if you're finding these episodes helpful, and if today's lesson felt worth a coffee to you, there's a way to support the show. It's buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. That's all lowercase. It helps us keep making these episodes ad-free. Luna: Yeah, every little bit helps. And we really appreciate it. Lucas: So for next time, imagine you're at the post office and your package has arrived. How would you say 'My package has arrived'? We'll cover that in a future episode. For now, practice these phrases, and we'll see you next time. Luna: Bye bye! Lucas: またね.