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- Lucas: Hey Luna, ready for another episode of Learn Cantonese with Fexingo? Luna: I'm always ready. What are we learning today? Lucas: Last time we did oval and rectangle. Now let's do two more shapes: diamond and heart. Luna: Oh, I love hearts. How do you say heart shape? Lucas: 心形. Listen again: 心形. Luna: 心形. Lucas: Exactly. And diamond shape is 菱形. 菱形. Luna: 菱形. That one's a bit tricky. Lucas: You've got it. Now let's make sentences. This is a diamond shape: 呢個係菱形. Luna: 呢個係菱形. Lucas: And this is a heart shape: 呢個係心形. Luna: 呢個係心形. I think that's easier. Lucas: Yeah. Now, what about saying the heart shape is beautiful? 個心形好靚. Luna: 個心形好靚. I can use that for valentine's. Lucas: Right. So let's practice. Repeat after me: 菱形, 心形. Luna: 菱形, 心形. Lucas: 呢個係菱形, 呢個係心形. Luna: 呢個係菱形, 呢個係心形. Lucas: 個心形好靚. Luna: 個心形好靚. Lucas: Good. Now let's imagine you're at a craft store. You see a diamond sticker. What do you say? Luna: 呢個係菱形. Lucas: Perfect. And if you see a heart sticker? Luna: 呢個係心形. Lucas: And if you think it's pretty? Luna: 個心形好靚. Lucas: See, you're using all three phrases naturally. Luna: This is fun. I can describe all my jewelry now. Lucas: Exactly. By the way, if Fexingo has been helping you make real progress with Cantonese, we want to keep these episodes free of ads. If you'd like to support that, you can find us at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Luna: Yeah, it's a nice way to keep the show going. Lucas: Alright, let's do one more round. 菱形. Luna: 菱形. Lucas: 心形. Luna: 心形. Lucas: 呢個係菱形. Luna: 呢個係菱形. Lucas: 呢個係心形. Luna: 呢個係心形. Lucas: 個心形好靚. Luna: 個心形好靚. Lucas: Perfect. Keep practicing these shapes. See you next time on Fexingo. Luna: Bye bye.