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- Lucas: Bem-vindos de volta! I'm Lucas, and with me is Luna. Luna: Oi! Ready for more Portuguese? I've been practicing episode 80 — e and mas. They're so handy! Lucas: I love hearing that. Today we're adding two very useful adjectives: novo and velho. Luna: New and old? Nice! Let's hear them. Lucas: Novo. Listen: novo. Luna: Novo. Lucas: Great! Now velho. Velho. Luna: Velho. Lucas: Perfect. Use novo for something new. Like this: O carro é novo. The car is new. Luna: O carro é novo. So carro is car, and novo is new. Got it. Lucas: Exactly. Now velho — old. O livro é velho. The book is old. Luna: O livro é velho. What's livro again? Book, right? Lucas: Yes! Book. Let's try a full sentence: Eu quero um celular novo. I want a new cell phone. Luna: Eu quero um celular novo. That's useful! Celular is cell phone. I want one too. Lucas: Right? Phones get old fast. So remember: novo for new, velho for old. Luna: Let me practice: O celular é novo. O celular é velho. Lucas: Those are perfect! You know, if this show is helping you actually learn, please know that we keep it ad-free thanks to listener support. If you'd like to help, you can go to buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Luna: Yeah, it's a small way to say thanks, and it really keeps us going. Now let's get back to novo and velho. Lucas: Let's do a mini-conversation. Imagine you see a friend's new hat. You say: Que chapéu novo! What a new hat! Luna: Que chapéu novo! And if it's old? Que chapéu velho! Lucas: Exactly! But be careful — calling someone's hat velho might not be polite. Luna: Ooh, good point. So use velho for objects but maybe not for people's stuff. Lucas: Right. Let's repeat one more time: novo. Luna: Novo. Lucas: Velho. Luna: Velho. Lucas: O carro é novo. Luna: O carro é novo. Lucas: O livro é velho. Luna: O livro é velho. Lucas: Eu quero um celular novo. Luna: Eu quero um celular novo. Lucas: Wonderful! Practice these, and next time we'll build on them. Until then, keep listening and repeating! Luna: Tchau, pessoal!