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- Lucas: Luna, welcome back! Ready for another episode of Learn Japanese with Fexingo? Luna: Absolutely! I've been practicing my months from last time. I've got January through June down. Lucas: That's fantastic. So today, let's keep going with the next three months: July, August, and September. Luna: Oh perfect. Summer months! I love summer. Lucas: Me too. Okay, first up: July is 七月. Listen closely: 七月. Luna: 七月. Lucas: Yes! 七月. The character for seven is 七, and 月 is moon or month. So 七月. Luna: 七月. Got it. Lucas: Now August: 八月. Repeat after me: 八月. Luna: 八月. That's eight-month, right? Lucas: Exactly! 八 is eight. Then September: 九月. Luna: 九月. Nine-month. That's easy. Lucas: Yeah, the pattern is consistent. Let's try them all together. Repeat: 七月, 八月, 九月. Luna: 七月, 八月, 九月. Lucas: Perfect. Now let's put them in sentences. Say 'My birthday is in July.' In Japanese: 私の誕生日は七月です. Luna: 私の誕生日は七月です. Lucas: Yeah. If your birthday is in July, you can say that. How about 'I travel in August'? That's 八月に旅行します. Luna: 八月に旅行します. Lucas: And 'September is autumn' — 九月は秋です. Luna: 九月は秋です. Lucas: Let's do a quick mini-dialogue. I'll ask you about your birthday month. Luna: Okay, I'm ready. Lucas: 誕生日は何月ですか? Luna: 私の誕生日は七月です. Lucas: Ah, so your birthday is in July! Lovely. And do you travel in August? Luna: はい、八月に旅行します. Lucas: Nice. Where to? Luna: Maybe the beach. I love summer. Lucas: Sounds perfect. Let's do a quick review. Repeat after me: 七月. Luna: 七月. Lucas: 八月. Luna: 八月. Lucas: 九月. Luna: 九月. Lucas: 私の誕生日は七月です. Luna: 私の誕生日は七月です. Lucas: 八月に旅行します. Luna: 八月に旅行します. Lucas: 九月は秋です. Luna: 九月は秋です. Lucas: Excellent. You know, if these episodes are helping you make progress, we keep them ad-free thanks to listeners like you. Luna: Yeah, it's a small way to support the show. If you'd like to help, you can visit buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Lucas: Right. Every little bit means we can keep making these tiny lessons for you. Luna: Exactly. So back to practice — let's say September is autumn one more time. Lucas: Sure. 九月は秋です. Luna: 九月は秋です. Lucas: Great. Now you've got July, August, and September down. Next time we'll finish the year with October, November, and December. Luna: I can't wait. Keep practicing everyone, and we'll see you next time!