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- Lucas: Hey, welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo. I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. Episode 127, can you believe it? Lucas: I know, right? Time flies. And today we're going to talk about seasons — specifically spring and summer in Japanese. Luna: Oh, I love seasons. Spring is so pretty with all the flowers. Lucas: It really is. And if Fexingo has been helping you make progress with your Japanese, honestly, if today's episode was worth a coffee to you, that's the link — buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. No pressure, just helps keep things ad-free. Luna: Yeah, totally. Every little bit helps us keep making these episodes. So, spring — how do you say that in Japanese? Lucas: Spring is 春. Let's say it together: 春. Luna: 春. That sounds nice. Like 'haru'? Lucas: Exactly. 春. And summer is 夏. Repeat after me: 夏. Luna: 夏. Natsu, right? That's summer. Lucas: You got it. Now, let's make a simple sentence. If you like spring, you can say 春が好きです. Luna: 春が好きです. I like spring. Lucas: Yes. Let's break it down: 春 is spring, が is the subject particle, 好き means like, and です makes it polite. So 春が好きです. Luna: So if I want to say I like spring, it's 春が好きです. Lucas: Exactly. Now for summer, you can say 夏が好きです. But another useful phrase is describing the weather. For example, summer is hot: 夏は暑いです. Luna: 夏は暑いです. Summer is hot. Lucas: Right. 夏 is summer, は is the topic particle, 暑い means hot, and です again for politeness. Luna: And spring is warm, right? So 春は暖かいです? Lucas: Exactly! 春は暖かいです. Spring is warm. Let's practice that: 春は暖かいです. Luna: 春は暖かいです. I can use that. Lucas: Okay, let's do a quick scene. Imagine you're talking to a friend. You say: 春が好きです. 春は暖かいです. Luna: 春が好きです. 春は暖かいです. I like spring. Spring is warm. That works. Lucas: Now try with summer: 夏は暑いです. But you can also say 夏が好きです if you like summer. Luna: 夏は暑いです. Summer is hot. But I still like it. 夏が好きです. Lucas: Nice one, Luna. Let's go through all the phrases one more time. First, spring: 春. Luna: 春. Lucas: Summer: 夏. Luna: 夏. Lucas: I like spring: 春が好きです. Luna: 春が好きです. Lucas: Summer is hot: 夏は暑いです. Luna: 夏は暑いです. Lucas: Spring is warm: 春は暖かいです. Luna: 春は暖かいです. Lucas: Perfect. You can use these to talk about your favorite season or describe the weather. Practice them till we meet again. This has been Learn Japanese with Fexingo. See you next time. Luna: Bye, everyone.