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- Lucas: Luna, welcome back. Ready for another small Cantonese step? Luna: Yes! I've been practicing my colors from last time. 綠色, 紫色. I got them down. Lucas: Good memory. Today let's talk about time: yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Luna: Oh that's so useful. I keep mixing them up when I try to tell my friend when I'm free. Lucas: We'll fix that. First word: 昨日. It means 'yesterday'. Luna: 昨日. 昨日. Lucas: Yes, 昨日. Repeat: 昨日. Luna: 昨日. Lucas: Now today: 今日. Luna: 今日. That sounds like 'gam yat'. Lucas: Exactly. 今日. And tomorrow: 明日. Luna: 明日. Ming yat. Okay, got it. Lucas: Great. Let's put them in sentences. Yesterday I went out: 昨日我去咗街. Luna: 昨日我去咗街. So 'go out' is 去街? Lucas: Right. 去咗 means 'went'. 昨日我去咗街. Try it. Luna: 昨日我去咗街. Lucas: Perfect. Now, today I am very busy: 今日我好忙. Luna: 今日我好忙. 好忙 is 'very busy', right? Lucas: Yes. 好忙. 今日我好忙. Luna: 今日我好忙. Lucas: And tomorrow I will go watch a movie: 明日我會去睇戲. Luna: 明日我會去睇戲. 睇戲 is watch a movie? Lucas: Exactly. 睇戲. 明日我會去睇戲. Luna: 明日我會去睇戲. Lucas: You sound natural already. Let's do a mini dialogue. If I ask you '尋日你做咗咩?' which means 'What did you do yesterday?', how would you answer? Luna: Umm... 昨日我去咗街? Lucas: Yeah! That works perfectly. 昨日我去咗街. Luna: And for today? If someone asks '今日你忙唔忙?' Lucas: You'd say 今日我好忙. Luna: 今日我好忙. That's simple. Lucas: It really is. And honestly, if learning these phrases has been helpful to you, if it was worth a coffee to you, that's the link: buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Keeps the show ad-free and going. Luna: Yeah, totally. Every bit helps us keep making these small episodes. Lucas: So let's review. 昨日? Luna: Yesterday. Lucas: 今日? Luna: Today. Lucas: 明日? Luna: Tomorrow. Lucas: And full sentences: 昨日我去咗街, 今日我好忙, 明日我會去睇戲. Luna: 昨日我去咗街, 今日我好忙, 明日我會去睇戲. Lucas: Excellent. Now you can talk about your plans across three days. Luna: This is great. I'll use 今日 right now: 今日我學咗好多嘢! Lucas: Today you learned a lot. That's perfect. Practice these, and next time we'll build on them. Luna: See you then!