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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo. I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna! Hey, I've been thinking about my room. We learned words like 'house' and 'room' before, right? Lucas: Yeah, we did. Good memory. Today let's talk about two things you probably have in your room: a bed and a desk. Luna: Oh, nice! I definitely need both. Okay, how do you say 'bed' in Japanese? Lucas: It's ベッド. Listen again: ベッド. Luna: ベッド. That sounds pretty close to English. Bed... ベッド. Lucas: Exactly. It's borrowed from English, so it's easy. Now, 'desk' is 机. Luna: つくえ. 机. Okay, that one is new. 机. Lucas: Good. So let's put them in sentences. To say 'there is a bed', you say ベッドがあります. Luna: ベッドがあります. So あります means 'there is'? Lucas: Right. For inanimate objects. So 'there is a desk' is 机があります. Luna: 机があります. Got it. So if I want to say 'there is a bed and a desk'? Lucas: You could say ベッドと机があります. 'と' means 'and'. Luna: ベッドと机があります. Okay, I'll try that. So in my room, ベッドと机があります. Lucas: Perfect! Now let's describe them. 'The bed is big' is ベッドは大きいです. Luna: 大きい means big, right? We learned that before. Lucas: Yes! So ベッドは大きいです. And 'the desk is small' is 机は小さいです. Luna: 小さい is small. 机は小さいです. My desk is actually pretty small. Lucas: Nice. Now let's practice the full set. I'll say each one twice and you repeat. ベッド. Luna: ベッド. Lucas: 机. Luna: 机. Lucas: ベッドがあります. Luna: ベッドがあります. Lucas: 机があります. Luna: 机があります. Lucas: ベッドは大きいです. Luna: ベッドは大きいです. Lucas: 机は小さいです. Luna: 机は小さいです. Lucas: Great! Now let's imagine your room. You walk in. What do you see? Luna: Hmm... ベッドと机があります. ベッドは大きいです. 机は小さいです. Lucas: That's perfect! You just described your room in Japanese. Luna: Oh, that feels good. So if Fexingo has been helping you make real progress with Japanese, you know it's because we keep it simple and ad-free. Lucas: Right. If today was actually useful to you, the way these stay ad-free is listener support. You can help at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Luna: Yeah, it's a small way to keep the show going. Thanks to anyone who does. Lucas: Alright, back to your room. So you have a bed and a desk. What else might you have? Maybe a chair? Luna: Oh, chair! How do you say that? Lucas: That's 椅子. But let's save that for another episode. For now, let's do one more round of practice. I'll say the English, you say the Japanese. Luna: Okay! Lucas: Bed. Luna: ベッド. Lucas: Desk. Luna: 机. Lucas: There is a bed. Luna: ベッドがあります. Lucas: There is a desk. Luna: 机があります. Lucas: The bed is big. Luna: ベッドは大きいです. Lucas: The desk is small. Luna: 机は小さいです. Lucas: Awesome! Now you can talk about your room a little. Practice these phrases, and next time we might add more furniture. Luna: I'll practice with my actual bed and desk. Thanks for another great episode! Lucas: Thanks for learning with us. Keep practicing, and we'll see you next time. Luna: Bye for now!