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- Lucas: Luna, welcome back! Ready to learn some more shapes in Cantonese today? Luna: Totally! I've been practicing my shapes from last time. I remember 圓形 and 方形. Lucas: Nice! So today we're adding two more fun shapes: 星形 and 心形. That's star shape and heart shape. Luna: Oh, those are cute! So 星形 is star shape. Can you say it slowly again? Lucas: Sure: 星形. 星形. And 心形 is heart shape. 心形. Luna: 星形... 心形. I think I've got it. So if I want to say 'This is a star shape', it would be 呢個係星形? Lucas: Exactly! 呢個係星形. And for heart: 呢個係心形. You're a natural. Luna: Let me try: 呢個係星形. 呢個係心形. Ooh, that feels good. Lucas: You sound great! Now, let's say you like star shapes. How would you say 'I like star shape'? Luna: Hmm... 我鍾意星形? Lucas: Perfect! 我鍾意星形. And for heart: 我鍾意心形. Luna: So if I want to say 'I like heart shape', it's 我鍾意心形. Right? Lucas: Right! You got it. Let's practice a bit more. Imagine you see a star-shaped cookie. What do you say? Luna: 呢個係星形! And then I'd eat it. Lucas: And if I give you a heart-shaped balloon? Luna: 呢個係心形! I love it. Lucas: You know, Fexingo is all about making these little moments stick. And a quick thing – we keep this show ad-free thanks to a handful of listeners who chip in through buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. If it's been helping you, that's where we live. Luna: Yeah, it's really cool that the show is listener-supported. Keeps everything pure language learning. Lucas: Absolutely. Okay, back to shapes! So we have 星形 and 心形. Let's do a quick quiz. I'll describe a shape, you tell me the Cantonese word. Luna: Okay, hit me. Lucas: It's a shape with five points. Like the stars in the sky. Luna: 星形! Lucas: Yes! Now, a shape that looks like love, two bumps on top. Luna: 心形! Lucas: Perfect. So today we've learned 星形 and 心形, and how to say 'this is' and 'I like'. Now, Luna, can you say 'I like star shape' in Cantonese? Luna: 我鍾意星形. Lucas: And 'I like heart shape'? Luna: 我鍾意心形. Lucas: Wonderful. Keep practicing those, and next time we'll add more shapes. Thanks for listening to Learn Cantonese with Fexingo! Luna: Bye bye! 拜拜!