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- Lucas: Hey Luna, welcome back to Learn Cantonese with Fexingo. Luna: Hey Lucas! Ready to learn some more Cantonese. Lucas: Today we're going to talk about shapes. Luna: Oh, shapes! Like circle and square? Lucas: Exactly. Let's start with circle. In Cantonese, it's 圓形. Luna: 圓形. Lucas: Good. 圓形. Luna: 圓形. Lucas: And square is 方形. Luna: 方形. Lucas: Yeah. 方形. Luna: 方形. Lucas: Now let's put them in sentences. This is a circle: 呢個係圓形. Luna: 呢個係圓形. Lucas: Great. And this is a square: 呢個係方形. Luna: 呢個係方形. Lucas: Perfect. So if you're pointing at a ball, you can say 個波係圓形. Luna: 個波係圓形. The ball is round. Lucas: Right. And a book is square-shaped, so 本書係方形. Luna: 本書係方形. Lucas: That's it. Let's do a quick practice. I'll say the English, you try Cantonese. Circle. Luna: 圓形. Lucas: Square. Luna: 方形. Lucas: This is a circle. Luna: 呢個係圓形. Lucas: This is a square. Luna: 呢個係方形. Lucas: Excellent! You're getting it. Luna: Thanks Lucas. You know, if Fexingo has been helping you make progress with Cantonese, consider supporting the show. Lucas: Yeah, if today was worth a coffee to you, that's the link: buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Luna: Alright, back to shapes. So, 圓形 and 方形. Lucas: Let's try a little scene. Imagine you're at a shop and you see a round clock. You can say... Luna: 呢個係圓形. Lucas: Yes. And a square box: 呢個係方形. Luna: 呢個係方形. Lucas: Good. One more: the moon is round. In Cantonese, 月亮係圓形. Luna: 月亮係圓形. Lucas: Exactly. And a window might be square: 窗係方形. Luna: 窗係方形. Lucas: Perfect. Let's wrap up with a quick review. Repeat after me: 圓形. Luna: 圓形. Lucas: 方形. Luna: 方形. Lucas: 呢個係圓形. Luna: 呢個係圓形. Lucas: 呢個係方形. Luna: 呢個係方形. Lucas: Great job today, Luna. And listeners, keep practicing these shapes. See you next time! Luna: Bye! 拜拜.