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- Lucas: Okay, Luna, ready for another episode? Luna: Yes! I've been practicing my quantifiers from last time. 好多書, remember? Lucas: Nice! You've got it. Today we're talking about sizes. Big and small. Luna: Oh, like big bowl, small bowl? That's useful. Lucas: Exactly. So in Cantonese, big is 大. Listen: 大. Luna: 大. Lucas: Good. And small is 細. Listen: 細. Luna: 細. Lucas: Perfect. Now, to say 'This is big', we say: 呢個好大. 呢個 means 'this', 好 means 'very', 大 means 'big'. So: 呢個好大. Luna: 呢個好大. Lucas: Yes! And 'This is small' is: 呢個好細. Luna: 呢個好細. Lucas: Great. Let's practice with some things around here. Look at this book. It's big. So: 呢個好大. Luna: 呢個好大. Lucas: And this pen? Small. 呢個好細. Luna: 呢個好細. Lucas: Perfect. Now let's switch it up. I'll say the English, you try the Cantonese. 'This is big.' Luna: 呢個好大. Lucas: Good. 'This is small.' Luna: 呢個好細. Lucas: Excellent. Now, imagine you're at a market looking at two apples. One is big, one is small. How would you say 'This apple is big'? Luna: Umm... 呢個蘋果好大? Lucas: Exactly! You added 蘋果 from a previous episode. Very good. So 呢個蘋果好大. Luna: 呢個蘋果好大. Lucas: And the small one: 呢個蘋果好細. Luna: 呢個蘋果好細. Lucas: Fantastic. Now let's do a little dialogue. I'm a shopkeeper. You're a customer. You see a big bowl and a small bowl. What do you say? Luna: Oh, okay. 呢個好大... 呢個好細. Lucas: Perfect customer! Now, our key phrases: 大, 細, 呢個好大, 呢個好細. Say them once more all together. Luna: 大, 細, 呢個好大, 呢個好細. Lucas: You nailed it. Remember, you can use these with any object. Practice with things around you. A big cup? 呢個好大. A small phone? 呢個好細. Luna: That's easy to remember. Thanks, Lucas! Lucas: You're welcome. And as always, keep practicing with Fexingo. We'll have more fun next time. Luna: Bye bye! Lucas: Bye bye!