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- Lucas: Hey, welcome back to Learn Cantonese with Fexingo. I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. Episode 108! I can't believe we're still going. Lucas: I know. And today we're going to talk about something we get a lot of here — rain. Luna: Oh, it's been so rainy lately. I got soaked yesterday. Lucas: Exactly. So let's learn some rainy-day Cantonese. If Fexingo has been helping you make progress with Cantonese, you might want to support our ad-free show. The link is buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Luna: Yeah, it keeps everything clean and focused on learning. Appreciate it. Lucas: Alright, first phrase: 落雨. It means 'it's raining'. Luna: 落雨. Lucas: Yes. 落雨. Let me say it again: 落雨. Luna: 落雨. Got it. Lucas: So if you look outside and see rain, you can say: 落雨. Luna: What about a heavy downpour? Like yesterday, it was crazy. Lucas: For that we say: 好大雨. 好大雨 means 'very heavy rain'. Luna: 好大雨. That feels satisfying to say. Lucas: It does. 好大雨. Luna: 好大雨. Lucas: Good. Now, when it rains, you need an umbrella. In Cantonese, umbrella is 遮. And 'bring an umbrella' is 帶遮. Luna: 帶遮. So if I'm leaving home, I can say: 帶遮. Lucas: Exactly. 帶遮. Let's practice: 帶遮. Luna: 帶遮. Lucas: Another useful phrase: 路好滑. That means 'the road is slippery'. Luna: 路好滑. Be careful out there. Lucas: Exactly. 路好滑. One more: 我等雨停. 'I'm waiting for the rain to stop.' Luna: 我等雨停. That's a long one. Lucas: Let's break it down: 我 is 'I', 等 is 'wait', 雨 is 'rain', 停 is 'stop'. So 我等雨停. Luna: 我等雨停. Lucas: Perfect. Now let's put it all together. Imagine you're at a café and it's raining. Luna: Okay. Lucas: You look out and say: 落雨. Then you say: 好大雨. Your friend asks if you have an umbrella. You say: 帶遮. Then you warn: 路好滑. And finally, you say: 我等雨停. Luna: That's a whole conversation! 落雨, 好大雨, 帶遮, 路好滑, 我等雨停. Lucas: You got it. Let's hear it one more time from you. Luna: 落雨, 好大雨, 帶遮, 路好滑, 我等雨停. Lucas: Beautiful. Great job today. Luna: Thanks, Lucas. Now I'm ready for the rain. Lucas: Practice these phrases and we'll see you next time on Learn Cantonese with Fexingo.