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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo. This is Episode 190. Luna: Hey Lucas! Last time we got onigiri at the convenience store. I'm still hungry actually, and thirsty too. Lucas: Ah, perfect timing then. Today we're going to learn how to buy a drink at the convenience store. Let's start with a few key phrases. Luna: Yes! I really want a cold tea or something. But first, Lucas, I love how Fexingo keeps these episodes ad-free. It feels so focused. Lucas: Absolutely. And if you want to support that, you can at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. It helps us keep making these without any ads. Now, let's get into buying a drink. Luna: For sure. So what's the first phrase? Lucas: The general way to ask for a drink is 飲み物をください. Let me say it slowly: の-mono o kudasai. 飲み物をください. Luna: 飲み物をください. That means 'please give me a drink' right? Lucas: Exactly. Now if you want a specific drink, like coffee, you say コーヒーをください. Coffee o kudasai. Luna: コーヒーをください. I love coffee. What about tea? お茶をください? That sounds familiar. Lucas: Yes! お茶をください. Tea o kudasai. Great job. And after you pick your drink, you'll need to ask the price: いくらですか. Luna: いくらですか. How much is it? I remember that from the onigiri episode. Lucas: You do! So let's put it together. Imagine you're at the counter. You say: コーヒーをください. Then the clerk tells you the price, and you say いくらですか if they didn't. Luna: Okay, let me try a full conversation. I'll say 飲み物をください. Then they ask what kind? I say お茶をください. Then I ask いくらですか. Lucas: Perfect! You just ordered a tea. Let's practice the phrases again. Repeat after me: 飲み物をください. Luna: 飲み物をください. Lucas: コーヒーをください. Luna: コーヒーをください. Lucas: お茶をください. Luna: お茶をください. Lucas: いくらですか. Luna: いくらですか. Lucas: Now let's do a scenario. You're at the convenience store. You see a cold tea you want. What do you say to the clerk? Luna: お茶をください. Lucas: Good. Then later you want to know the price. You say? Luna: いくらですか. Lucas: Exactly. And if you just want any drink, you can say 飲み物をください. So let's practice switching between them. I'll say English, you say Japanese. Luna: Okay, hit me. Lucas: Please give me a drink. Luna: 飲み物をください. Lucas: Please give me coffee. Luna: コーヒーをください. Lucas: Please give me tea. Luna: お茶をください. Lucas: How much is it? Luna: いくらですか. Lucas: You're doing great. Now imagine the clerk asks 何になさいますか? That means 'what would you like?' You just say your drink phrase. So if you want tea, you say お茶をください. Luna: And if I want a bottle of water? That's 水をください, right? Lucas: Yes, 水をください. But we're focusing on drinks today. You can apply the same pattern to any drink: name + をください. Let's review the four phrases one more time. Listen and repeat: 飲み物をください. Luna: 飲み物をください. Lucas: コーヒーをください. Luna: コーヒーをください. Lucas: お茶をください. Luna: お茶をください. Lucas: いくらですか. Luna: いくらですか. Lucas: Awesome. Now you're ready to buy a drink at any Japanese convenience store. Try it next time you're there. Keep practicing, and we'll be back with another episode soon. Luna: See you next time! またね!