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- Lucas: Hey Luna, ready for another episode of Learn Japanese with Fexingo? Luna: Absolutely! I've been practicing my numbers, and I'm excited for something new. Lucas: Awesome. And hey, if Fexingo has been helping you make progress with Japanese, a couple of dollars a month at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo genuinely keeps these episodes going. It's what keeps it ad-free and running. Luna: Yeah, it really helps. Now, what are we learning today? Lucas: Today we're going to learn how to tell time in Japanese. We'll start with the word for 'hour'. Luna: Oh nice! I've been wondering how to say 'what time is it?' Lucas: Exactly. So the word for 'hour' is 時. Say it with me: 時. Luna: 時. Lucas: Good. To ask 'what time is it?', we say 今何時ですか. Let's break it down. 今 means 'now', 何 means 'what', 時 is 'hour', and ですか makes it polite. So 今何時ですか. Luna: 今何時ですか. That's a mouthful but I got it. Lucas: Perfect. Now to answer, you say the number plus 時. For example, 'It's 3 o'clock' is 今、三時です. 三 is three, 時 is hour, です is polite ending. So 今、三時です. Luna: 今、三時です. So I just say the number and 時? Lucas: Exactly. Let's practice a few. I'll ask 今何時ですか, and you answer with 今、一時です for 1 o'clock. Luna: Okay. 今、一時です. Lucas: Great. Now try 今、五時です for 5 o'clock. Luna: 今、五時です. Lucas: Excellent. Now let's do a quick role-play. I'll ask you the time, and you answer with the time I tell you. I say 今何時ですか, and you say 今、二時です. Luna: 今、二時です. Lucas: Perfect! Now you ask me. Ask 今何時ですか. Luna: 今何時ですか. Lucas: 今、八時です. So it's 8 o'clock. See how easy that is? Luna: That's really useful. I can already picture asking for the time in a café. Lucas: Exactly. Let's review the key phrases one more time. 今 means 'now'. 時 is 'hour'. 今何時ですか is 'what time is it now?' And 今、三時です is 'it's 3 o'clock'. Luna: 今, 時, 今何時ですか, 今、三時です. Got it. Lucas: You did great, Luna. Keep practicing with different hours. Thanks for listening to Learn Japanese with Fexingo. See you next time! Luna: Bye bye!