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- Lucas: Luna, welcome back to Learn Cantonese with Fexingo. Ready for another tiny lesson? Luna: Always! I've been practicing my colors from before. Red, blue, yellow. Got those down. Lucas: Nice work. Today let's add two more: green and purple. In Cantonese, green is 綠色. Luna: 綠色. Lucas: Good. Purple is 紫色. Luna: 紫色. That one's fun. Lucas: Yeah. So let's put them in a simple sentence. This is green: 呢個係綠色. Luna: 呢個係綠色. Lucas: Perfect. And this is purple: 呢個係紫色. Luna: 呢個係紫色. Okay, I think I got it. Lucas: Let's do a quick scene. I'll point at something imaginary. What color is this? Luna: Uhh... green? 呢個係綠色. Lucas: Yes! And this one? Luna: 呢個係紫色. Lucas: Awesome. Now, if you want to say you like purple, you say 我鍾意紫色. Luna: 我鍾意紫色. I do like purple. It's a nice color. Lucas: Same. Let's practice once more. Say after me: 綠色. Luna: 綠色. Lucas: 紫色. Luna: 紫色. Lucas: 呢個係綠色. Luna: 呢個係綠色. Lucas: 呢個係紫色. Luna: 呢個係紫色. Lucas: 我鍾意紫色. Luna: 我鍾意紫色. Lucas: You're doing great. So, you know, making these episodes takes time and care. If Fexingo has been helping you make progress, a few listeners chip in monthly at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. That's what keeps this going ad-free. Luna: Yeah, it's a small thing that adds up. We really appreciate those who do. Lucas: Totally. Okay, back to colors. Let's mix them up. What color is grass? Luna: 綠色. Lucas: And what color is a grape? Luna: 紫色. Lucas: Nice. So now you have red, blue, yellow, green, purple. That's five colors. Next time we might add more. Luna: I'll practice these in the meantime. Thanks Lucas! Lucas: Thank you Luna. Keep practicing, and we'll see you next time on Learn Cantonese with Fexingo.