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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Korean with Fexingo! I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna! Episode 16, can you believe it? Lucas: I know, right? We've come a long way. Today, we're going to learn something fun and colorful. Luna: Ooh, I love the sound of that! Colors? Lucas: Exactly! Colors. You know how we learned food words like 'bread' and 'rice' and weather words like 'hot' and 'cold'? Now we can describe them with colors. Luna: So like, 'red bread'? That doesn't sound appetizing. Lucas: Well, maybe not bread, but think of a red apple or a blue sky. So, let's start with a basic one. 'Red' in Korean is '빨간색'. Luna: 빨간색? Lucas: Good! One more time: 빨간색. Luna: 빨간색. Lucas: Perfect. Now, 'blue' is '파란색'. Luna: 파란색. 파란색. That sounds nice. Lucas: It does. And 'yellow' is '노란색'. Luna: 노란색. Like a banana? Lucas: Exactly! Or the sun. Now, 'green' is '초록색'. Luna: 초록색. That's a bit of a mouthful. Lucas: You'll get it. 초록색. And 'black' is '검은색'. Luna: 검은색. Like a black cat? Lucas: Sure. And 'white' is '흰색'. Luna: 흰색. That's easy! Lucas: Yeah, 흰색. So let's review all six: 빨간색, 파란색, 노란색, 초록색, 검은색, 흰색. Luna: 빨간색, 파란색, 노란색, 초록색, 검은색, 흰색. Got it! Lucas: Awesome. Now remember how we learned 'it is sunny' or 'it is cold'? We can use colors the same way. For example, 'It is red' is '빨간색이에요'. Luna: So 빨간색이에요 means 'it is red'? Lucas: Exactly. The '-이에요' part means 'is'. So for any color, just add '이에요' if the color ends with a consonant. For example, 'It is blue' is '파란색이에요'. Luna: 파란색이에요. But what about '노란색'? It ends with a consonant too, right? Lucas: Right, so 노란색이에요. But if the color ends with a vowel, like '초록색'? Actually, '초록색' ends with a consonant, so 초록색이에요. I think all the colors we learned end with a consonant. Luna: Oh, so they all take '이에요'? Lucas: Yep. So you can say '빨간색이에요', '파란색이에요', etc. Let's practice with a little scene. Imagine you see a green tree. You can say '초록색이에요'. Luna: 초록색이에요. The tree is green. Lucas: Good. Or a black cat: '검은색이에요'. Luna: 검은색이에요. Now I can describe things in Korean! Lucas: You sure can. Let's do a quick drill. I'll say a color in English, you say it in Korean. Ready? Luna: Ready! Lucas: Red. Luna: 빨간색. Lucas: Blue. Luna: 파란색. Lucas: Yellow. Luna: 노란색. Lucas: Green. Luna: 초록색. Lucas: Black. Luna: 검은색. Lucas: White. Luna: 흰색. Lucas: Perfect! You really nailed it. Luna: Thanks! These are so useful. I'm going to start describing everything around me. Lucas: That's the spirit. And remember, if you want to say 'it is red', you say '빨간색이에요'. So you can point at something and say that. Luna: 빨간색이에요. I love it. Lucas: Great. Let's wrap up by repeating all the colors one more time. Listen and repeat after me: 빨간색. Luna: 빨간색. Lucas: 파란색. Luna: 파란색. Lucas: 노란색. Luna: 노란색. Lucas: 초록색. Luna: 초록색. Lucas: 검은색. Luna: 검은색. Lucas: 흰색. Luna: 흰색. Lucas: You did it! That's all for today's episode of Learn Korean with Fexingo. Luna: Thanks for studying with us! Practice your colors, and we'll see you next time. Lucas: Bye for now!