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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo! I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna! Episode 59 already. I can't believe it. Lucas: I know, right? And last time we talked about easy and difficult. Today we're staying with opposites. Luna: Oh, I love opposites. They're so easy to remember. What are we doing? Lucas: Today we're talking about temperature. Specifically, hot and cold. But in Japanese, there are two different words for hot. Luna: Wait, two? Like one for weather and one for food? Lucas: Exactly! For today we'll focus on the ones used for things you touch, like drinks or objects. That's 熱い for hot, and 冷たい for cold. Luna: So 熱い is hot to the touch? Like coffee? Lucas: Yes. 熱い. Try saying it. Luna: 熱い. 熱い. That feels like 'atsui'. Lucas: Perfect. And the opposite is 冷たい. 冷たい. Luna: 冷たい. 冷たい. That sounds like 'tsumetai'. Lucas: Right on. Now, let's use them in simple sentences. Remember how we say 'this is' in Japanese? Luna: これは... so 'this is hot' would be これは熱いです. Lucas: Exactly. これは熱いです. And 'this is cold' is これは冷たいです. Luna: これは冷たいです. So if I'm holding an iced coffee, I can say これは冷たいです. Lucas: Yes! And if it's a hot tea, you'd say これは熱いです. Luna: I love that. Let me try a full sentence. これは熱いです. That means 'this is hot'. Lucas: You got it. Now, how about asking a question? To ask 'is this hot?' you just add か at the end. Luna: So これは熱いですか？ Lucas: Perfect. And 'is this cold?' would be これは冷たいですか？ Luna: これは冷たいですか？ Okay, so I can ask that when I'm not sure if a drink is cold or not. Lucas: Exactly. Let's practice a little scene. Imagine we're at a café. Luna: Ooh, I'm ready. Lucas: I hand you a cup. You want to ask if it's hot. What do you say? Luna: これは熱いですか？ Lucas: And I reply, はい、熱いです. Yes, it's hot. Luna: はい、熱いです. Got it. Then I might say あ、熱い！ 'Oh, it's hot!' Lucas: Exactly. And if it's cold, I'd say いいえ、冷たいです. No, it's cold. Luna: いいえ、冷たいです. So now I can handle temperature at a café. Lucas: Absolutely. Let's do a quick review. The words: 熱い. Luna: 熱い. Lucas: 冷たい. Luna: 冷たい. Lucas: Sentence: これは熱いです. Luna: これは熱いです. Lucas: これは冷たいです. Luna: これは冷たいです. Lucas: Question: これは熱いですか？ Luna: これは熱いですか？ Lucas: これは冷たいですか？ Luna: これは冷たいですか？ Lucas: Great! You can use these not just for drinks, but for anything you touch – a bowl of soup, a metal chair in the sun. Luna: Or a snowball! これは冷たいです. Lucas: Exactly. Now, a little callback to earlier episodes. Remember how we said 今日は for weather? That uses a different 'hot' – あつい, but with a different kanji: 暑い. We'll save that for another day. Luna: Sounds good. So for now, I'll just remember 熱い and 冷たい for things I touch. Lucas: Perfect. Practice with your coffee or tea today. Thanks for joining us on Learn Japanese with Fexingo! Luna: See you next time! Keep practicing!