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- Lucas: Hey Luna, ready to learn some Japanese today? Luna: Yeah, I'm so ready! What are we covering? Lucas: Today we're going to talk about family — specifically how to say 'father' and 'mother'. Luna: Ohh, that's perfect. I've been wanting to talk about my family in Japanese. Lucas: Then you're in the right place. Let's start with お父さん. Luna: お父さん. Lucas: That's 'father'. Say it one more time. Luna: お父さん. Lucas: Nice. Now, お母さん is 'mother'. Luna: お母さん. Lucas: Exactly. So if you want to say 'my father', you say 私のお父さん. Luna: 私のお父さん. Lucas: And 'my mother' is 私のお母さん. Luna: 私のお母さん. I love how that sounds. Lucas: Now try saying 'father and mother' in Japanese. Luna: Umm... お父さんとお母さん? Lucas: That's it. と means 'and'. Luna: So お父さんとお母さん. That's so easy! Lucas: Let's put it in a sentence. お父さんは優しいです means 'my father is kind'. Luna: お父さんは優しいです. What's 優しい? Lucas: That's the adjective 'kind'. So you can describe your father or mother with it. Luna: Okay, so お母さんは優しいです would be 'my mother is kind'? Lucas: Exactly! You're catching on fast. Luna: I want to say 'my father is kind' about my own dad. Lucas: Then go for it. Luna: 私のお父さんは優しいです. Lucas: That was perfect. And if you want to say 'my mother is kind', you'd say 私のお母さんは優しいです. Luna: 私のお母さんは優しいです. I like that you're adding 私の for 'my'. Lucas: Yeah, it makes it clear. Now let's do a quick practice. I'll say the English, you say the Japanese. Luna: Alright, challenge accepted. Lucas: Father. Luna: お父さん. Lucas: Mother. Luna: お母さん. Lucas: My father and mother. Luna: 私のお父さんとお母さん. Lucas: You nailed it. Let's try a sentence: 'My father is kind'. Luna: 私のお父さんは優しいです. Lucas: Beautiful. Now, 'My mother is kind'. Luna: 私のお母さんは優しいです. Lucas: See? You're already using these naturally. Luna: It feels good to talk about my family. Lucas: Exactly. And you know, if Fexingo has been helping you make progress with Japanese like this, we really appreciate it. Luna: Yeah, it's been a huge help for me. And we keep it ad-free, which is awesome. Lucas: Right. If you want to support that, there's a link at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. No pressure, just if you find it useful. Luna: Totally. Every little bit helps us keep teaching. Lucas: So, let's review one more time. お父さん. Luna: お父さん. Lucas: お母さん. Luna: お母さん. Lucas: 私のお父さん. Luna: 私のお父さん. Lucas: 私のお母さん. Luna: 私のお母さん. Lucas: お父さんとお母さん. Luna: お父さんとお母さん. Lucas: お父さんは優しいです. Luna: お父さんは優しいです. Lucas: You've got it. Practice these with your own family in mind, and we'll see you next time. Luna: See you then! I'll be talking about my parents in Japanese.