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- Lucas: Luna, welcome back to Learn Cantonese with Fexingo! How's your Cantonese feeling today? Luna: Pretty good! I've been practicing those gym phrases from last time. I can say 好攰 now. Lucas: That's great! 好攰 means 'so tired'. Well today, let's take it easy and go somewhere fun. Luna: Oh? Where are we going? Lucas: To the zoo! 去動物園. That's our first phrase: 去動物園 — go to the zoo. Luna: 去動物園. 去動物園. So 動物園 is 'zoo'. Lucas: Exactly. 動物 means 'animal', and 園 means 'garden' or 'park'. So it's an animal park. Say it with me: 去動物園. Luna: 去動物園. I like that. So what animals will we see? Lucas: Let's learn three animals today. First up: 大象. That's 'elephant'. Luna: 大象. 大象. That sounds like 'daai6 zoeng6'. Lucas: Good ear! 大象. Now try: 去動物園睇大象. Luna: 去動物園睇大象. Go to the zoo to see elephants. 睇 means 'see', right? Lucas: Right! We learned 睇 before. Next animal: 熊貓. Panda. Luna: Oh, 熊貓! That's 'hung4 maau1'. I love pandas. 好得意! Lucas: 好得意! That means 'so cute'. Perfect phrase for the zoo. Say it again: 好得意. Luna: 好得意. That's easy. So I can say 熊貓好得意. Lucas: Exactly! 熊貓好得意. Now the third animal: 馬騮. Monkey. Luna: 馬騮. That's 'maa5 lau1'. 馬騮. Are they also 好得意? Lucas: Some are! But monkeys can be a bit naughty too. Let's practice a full sentence: 去動物園睇馬騮. Luna: 去動物園睇馬騮. Go to the zoo to see monkeys. Okay, let me try to say all three: 去動物園睇大象、熊貓同馬騮. Lucas: Wow, you added 同 — 'and'. Great sentence! 去動物園睇大象、熊貓同馬騮. Let's break it down slowly: 去動物園, then 睇大象, 熊貓同馬騮. Luna: 去動物園. 睇大象. 熊貓同馬騮. Can I also say 我好鍾意熊貓? Lucas: Yes! 我好鍾意熊貓 — I really like pandas. And if you see one, you'd say 熊貓好得意. Luna: So if I go to the zoo and see a cute panda, I say: 嘩，熊貓好得意! Lucas: Exactly! 嘩 — that's 'wow'. So natural. Let's do a quick scene. Imagine we're at the zoo. I say: 你睇，大象! Luna: Oh, I see! 你睇，大象! And I'd say: 係呀，好大隻! Lucas: 好大隻 — 'so big'. That's a new phrase! But let's stick with today's. So repeat after me: 大象, 熊貓, 馬騮. Luna: 大象, 熊貓, 馬騮. And 好得意, 去動物園. Lucas: Perfect. Now, if Fexingo has been helping you make progress with your Cantonese, you can support the show so it stays ad-free. Just visit buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Luna: Yeah, that's what keeps these episodes coming. Every little bit helps us keep teaching. Lucas: Exactly. 多謝! Now, let's review. Today's phrases: 去動物園, 大象, 熊貓, 馬騮, and 好得意. Say them with me one more time. Luna: 去動物園, 大象, 熊貓, 馬騮, 好得意. I've got it! Lucas: Great job, Luna. Keep practicing and next time we'll learn more animal sounds or maybe how to buy a ticket. Until then, 拜拜! Luna: 拜拜! See you next time.