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- Lucas: Hey Luna, ready for another Cantonese lesson? Luna: Yeah! I've been practicing the numbers from last time. 四十一, 四十二... it's getting easier. Lucas: That's great. Today we'll learn a super useful question: 'where are you going?' Luna: Oh, I can use that all the time. How do you say it? Lucas: It's 你去邊度？. Let's break it down. 你 means 'you', 去 means 'go', and 邊度 means 'where'. Luna: 你去邊度？ Lucas: Perfect. Now, to answer, you can say 我去 and then the place. For example, 我去街市 — 'I'm going to the market'. Luna: 我去街市. So 街市 is market? Lucas: Yes. Another common place is park — 公園. Say 我去公園. Luna: 我去公園. Lucas: Nice. Now, if you want to ask someone if they're going to a place, you can say 你去唔去街市？ — 'Are you going to the market?' Luna: 你去唔去街市？ So 唔 makes it a yes-no question? Lucas: Exactly. And you can answer with 我去 — 'I'm going' — or 我唔去 — 'I'm not going'. But today let's keep it simple. If someone asks you 你去唔去街市？, you can say 我去, 你呢？ — 'I'm going, and you?' Luna: 你呢？ — that's 'and you?' Lucas: Right. Let's practice a mini conversation. I'll ask you: 你去邊度？ Luna: 我去公園. Lucas: 然後呢 — what about 你去唔去街市？ Luna: 我去, 你呢？ Lucas: Oh, smooth. You're getting good. Luna: Thanks! This is really useful. Lucas: Speaking of useful, you know what I love about this show? We keep it totally ad-free. If Fexingo has been helping you make progress, consider supporting us at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. It helps us keep going without any annoying ads. Luna: Yeah, that's one of the best things about this show. No interruptions, just learning. Lucas: Exactly. So back to practice. Let's try another place: 超市 — supermarket. 我去超市. Luna: 我去超市. What about 圖書館 — library? Lucas: Good memory. 我去圖書館. Luna: Nice. Can I ask you: 你去邊度？ Lucas: 我去街市買餸 — I'm going to the market to buy groceries. But that's a bit advanced. Today let's stick with just the place. Luna: Okay. So 你去邊度？ — 我去街市. Lucas: Perfect. Now one more time, let's do a full exchange. I'll ask: 你去唔去公園？ Luna: 我去, 你呢？ Lucas: 我唔去, 我去超市. Luna: Oh, so you can say no too. Lucas: Exactly. 我唔去 means 'I'm not going'. But we'll cover negatives more next time. For now, just remember the question 你去邊度？ and answer 我去 + place. Luna: Got it. 你去邊度？ 我去街市. Lucas: And 你去唔去街市？ 我去, 你呢？ Luna: Right. I feel like I could actually use these. Lucas: That's the goal. Keep practicing, and see you next time on Learn Cantonese with Fexingo. Luna: Bye bye!