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- Lucas: Luna, ready for another episode of Learn Japanese with Fexingo? Luna: Definitely. I've been practicing our weather words from last time. 風が強い and 涼しい. Lucas: Nice work. Today let's build on that and talk about two opposite adjectives: 温かい and 涼しい. Luna: Ohh, I know 涼しい. But 温かい is new. How do you say it? Lucas: 温かい. It means 'warm.' Repeat after me: 温かい. Luna: 温かい. Lucas: Great. And you already know 涼しい: 'cool.' So we have 温かい and 涼しい. Luna: 温かい and 涼しい. Got it. Lucas: Let's use them in sentences. To say 'It is warm,' you say 温かいです. Try it. Luna: 温かいです. Lucas: Perfect. And 'It is cool' is 涼しいです. Luna: 涼しいです. Lucas: Now let's imagine you're at a café. You have a cup of tea and you want to say 'This is warm.' How would you say it? Luna: これは温かいです? Lucas: Exactly. これは温かいです. And if you want to ask 'Is this cool?' you say これは涼しいですか. Luna: これは涼しいですか. Lucas: Yes. The か at the end makes it a question. Luna: So これは温かいですか means 'Is this warm?' Lucas: Right on. You're picking it up fast. Luna: Thanks. Hmm, these are really useful. If Fexingo has been helping you make progress with Japanese, you might want to support the show so we can keep making episodes ad-free. You can buy me a coffee at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Lucas: Yeah, every little bit helps us keep going. Now, back to practice. Let's try a mini conversation. Imagine it's a hot day and you walk into an air-conditioned room. How would you say 'It is cool'? Luna: 涼しいです. Lucas: Right. And if you touch a fresh loaf of bread from the oven, you'd say? Luna: 温かいです. Lucas: Exactly. Let's do one more. If you're offered a drink and you want to know if it's warm, you ask? Luna: これは温かいですか. Lucas: Yes. And if it is cool, you say? Luna: 涼しいです. Lucas: You've got it. Let's review the phrases from today. 温かい, 涼しい, 温かいです, 涼しいです, これは温かいですか, これは涼しいですか. Luna: 温かい, 涼しい, 温かいです, 涼しいです, これは温かいですか, これは涼しいですか. Lucas: Excellent. Practice those and next time we'll explore more opposite adjectives. This has been Learn Japanese with Fexingo. See you next time. Luna: Bye for now!