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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo! I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna! Episode 37 already — time flies. Lucas: Today I'm so excited. We're taking your Japanese to a hotel. Luna: Oh, like checking in? That's so useful! Lucas: Exactly. Imagine you've just arrived in Tokyo after a long flight. Luna: And you need to tell them you have a reservation. Lucas: Right. So the key phrase is: 予約があります. Luna: 予約があります. Lucas: Good. 予約 means reservation, があります means 'there is' or 'I have'. Luna: So it's like 'I have a reservation'. Lucas: Exactly. Let's break it down: よやく が あります. 予約があります. Luna: 予約があります. I think I got it. Lucas: Now the hotel staff will ask for your name, and then they'll say 'check-in, please.' Check-in in Japanese is チェックイン. Luna: チェックイン. That's just like English! Lucas: Yep, borrowed word. So you might hear: チェックインをお願いします. Luna: But that's a whole phrase. What's our target? Lucas: Today we're learning just the word チェックイン. But know that you'll use it with お願いします. Luna: Okay, so チェックイン. Lucas: Now after check-in, they give you a room number. In Japanese, room number is 部屋番号. Luna: 部屋番号. へや ばんごう? Lucas: Perfect. 部屋 is 'room', 番号 is 'number'. So 部屋番号. Luna: 部屋番号. Lucas: Now if you want to ask 'What is my room number?' you say: 部屋番号は何ですか. Luna: 部屋番号は何ですか. That's a bit long. Lucas: Let's practice: 部屋番号は — then 何ですか. So 部屋番号は何ですか. Luna: 部屋番号は何ですか. What does 何 mean again? Lucas: 何 means 'what'. So you're asking 'Room number is what?' — very polite. Luna: Got it. 部屋番号は何ですか. Lucas: Now if they ask you if you have a reservation, they might say: 予約がありますか. Luna: And I can say: はい、あります. That's 'yes, I have', right? Lucas: Exactly. はい means yes, あります means 'there is'. So はい、あります. Luna: はい、あります. Lucas: Let's run a little scene. I'm the hotel staff. Luna: Okay, I'm the guest. Lucas: いらっしゃいませ。予約がありますか. Luna: はい、あります. Lucas: お名前は? Luna: Uh, I need to say my name... but we haven't practiced that! Lucas: No problem, just say 'Lunaです'. Luna: Lunaです. Lucas: はい、チェックインですね。部屋番号は205です. Luna: 部屋番号は何ですか? Oh wait, you already told me. Lucas: That's fine! But you should ask if you don't know. Luna: Right. So if I didn't catch it, I say 部屋番号は何ですか. Lucas: Exactly. And they'll repeat it. Let's do another quick one. I'm the staff again. Luna: Ready. Lucas: 予約がありますか. Luna: はい、あります. Lucas: お名前は? Luna: Lunaです. Lucas: チェックインですね。部屋番号は310です. Luna: 部屋番号は何ですか?... Oh, I asked. But it's 310. Lucas: You let me practice! Great. So today we learned: 予約があります, チェックイン, 部屋番号, 部屋番号は何ですか, and はい、あります. Luna: That's five phrases. I'll practice them. Lucas: Repeat after me: 予約があります. Luna: 予約があります. Lucas: チェックイン. Luna: チェックイン. Lucas: 部屋番号. Luna: 部屋番号. Lucas: 部屋番号は何ですか. Luna: 部屋番号は何ですか. Lucas: はい、あります. Luna: はい、あります. Lucas: Perfect. Now you're ready for your hotel stay. Luna: I feel so prepared. Thanks, Lucas! And thanks to Fexingo for this lesson. Lucas: Visit Fexingo for more great language content. We'll be back soon with another episode. Luna: Until then, keep practicing! じゃね! Lucas: See you next time!