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- Lucas: Alright, so here we are at the park again. But this time, we're near the playground. Luna: Oh, I love playgrounds! All the swings and slides. Lucas: Exactly. And today, we're going to learn how to say 'swing' and 'slide' in Cantonese. Luna: Yes! I've been wanting to know those. Lucas: Let's start with 'swing'. In Cantonese, it's 鞦韆. Luna: 鞦韆. Lucas: Good. Again: 鞦韆. Luna: 鞦韆. Lucas: Now 'slide' is 滑梯. Luna: 滑梯. Lucas: Great. 滑梯. Luna: 滑梯. Lucas: So now we have 鞦韆 and 滑梯. Let's put them into sentences. If you want to say 'I want to play on the swing', it's 我想玩鞦韆. Luna: 我想玩鞦韆. So 玩 means 'play'? Lucas: Exactly. 玩 means 'play'. So 我想玩鞦韆. Luna: 我想玩鞦韆. Lucas: And for slide: 我想玩滑梯. Luna: 我想玩滑梯. Lucas: 你講得好好. You said that well. Luna: Thanks! So if I want to say I want to go down the slide, can I say that? Lucas: Actually 玩滑梯 already covers going down the slide. But you can also say 我想滑滑梯, but that's less common. Stick with 我想玩滑梯. Luna: 好, 我想玩滑梯. Lucas: If Fexingo has been helping you make progress with Cantonese, these little episodes are possible because of listeners like you. A couple of dollars a month is genuinely what keeps these going—buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo, if you've gotten something out of them. Luna: Yeah, it really does make a difference. Every bit helps us keep making more lessons. Lucas: Alright, back to the playground. So now let's practice a little more. I'll point to something and you say it in Cantonese. Luna: Okay, point away. Lucas: Points to swing. Luna: 鞦韆. Lucas: Points to slide. Luna: 滑梯. Lucas: Perfect. Now let's make it a full sentence. If you see a child on a swing, you could say 佢玩緊鞦韆. That means 'He/she is playing on the swing.' Luna: 佢玩緊鞦韆. The 緊 means 'in progress', right? Lucas: Yes, exactly. 玩緊 means 'is playing'. So 佢玩緊鞦韆. Luna: 佢玩緊鞦韆. Lucas: And 佢玩緊滑梯. Luna: 佢玩緊滑梯. Lucas: Let's do a quick review. What's 'swing'? Luna: 鞦韆. Lucas: Slide? Luna: 滑梯. Lucas: I want to play on the swing? Luna: 我想玩鞦韆. Lucas: I want to play on the slide? Luna: 我想玩滑梯. Lucas: Excellent. You've got it. Now next time you're at a playground, you can use these phrases. Luna: I'll definitely remember 鞦韆 and 滑梯. They're such fun words. Lucas: Practice them until next time. Thanks for joining us for this episode of Learn Cantonese with Fexingo.