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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo, episode 113. I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. Hey, I'm still thinking about that last episode — 美味しい and まずい. I used 美味しい at lunch today and my friend was impressed. Lucas: That's awesome, Luna. And speaking of learning, it's crazy that we can keep making these episodes without ads. A small group of listeners supports us through buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo, and that makes it all possible. Luna: Yeah, it's really cool. If Fexingo has been helping you with Japanese, that's how you can help us keep going. Anyway, let's dive into today's topic. Lucas: Today we're heading to a Japanese classroom. We'll learn words like 先生 — that's teacher. Luna: 先生. Teacher. Lucas: Right. And 学生 — student. Luna: 学生. Student. Lucas: Perfect. And 授業 — class or lesson. Luna: 授業. Class. Lucas: Now let's put them in sentences. 先生は優しいです — the teacher is kind. Luna: 先生は優しいです. That uses 優しい from a while back, right? Lucas: Exactly. Now you try: the student is smart. Luna: Uh... 学生は... 頭がいいです? Wait, we haven't learned 'smart' yet. Lucas: Good catch. Let's stick with what we know. 学生です — it's a student. Luna: 学生です. Lucas: Now for classroom commands. 立ってください — please stand up. Luna: 立ってください. Stand up, please. Lucas: And 座ってください — please sit down. Luna: 座ってください. Sit down, please. Lucas: Let's practice a mini scene. I'm the teacher. 立ってください. Luna: Okay, I'm standing... in my mind. 立ってください. Lucas: Now 座ってください. Luna: 座ってください. I'm sitting. Lucas: Great. Now let's use 授業. 授業は何時ですか — what time is class? Luna: 授業は何時ですか. I remember 何時 from the time episode. Lucas: Yes! So you could answer: 授業は九時です — class is at nine. Luna: 授業は九時です. Lucas: Let's do a quick review. I'll say English, you say Japanese. Teacher. Luna: 先生. Lucas: Student. Luna: 学生. Lucas: Class. Luna: 授業. Lucas: Please stand up. Luna: 立ってください. Lucas: Please sit down. Luna: 座ってください. Nailed it. Lucas: You did great. Now imagine you're in a Japanese class. The teacher says 立ってください. What do you do? Luna: Stand up! And then maybe 座ってください to sit. Lucas: Exactly. And if someone asks 授業は何時ですか, you can answer with a time. Luna: This is really useful. I can already imagine using 先生 and 学生 when talking about my language class. Lucas: That's the idea. Keep practicing these five phrases. And if you want to support us, buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo helps keep the show going. Luna: Yeah, every little bit helps. See you next time! Lucas: Thanks for listening. Practice these till we chat again.