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- Lucas: Hey Luna, welcome back to Learn Cantonese with Fexingo. Episode 156 — can you believe it? Luna: I know, right? It feels like we just started, but we've already learned so much. What are we doing today? Lucas: Well, last time we were at the park talking about flowers. Today, let's look up — at the leaves. Luna: Oh, I love leaves. They're so pretty in autumn. How do you say 'leaves' in Cantonese? Lucas: It's 樹葉. shu6 jip6. Say it with me: 樹葉. Luna: 樹葉. That's nice. So 樹 is tree, and 葉 is leaf, right? Lucas: Exactly. Now, if you want to say 'the leaves are very green', you say 樹葉好綠. 好 means very, and 綠 is green. 樹葉好綠. Luna: 樹葉好綠. That's simple. We learned 好綠 before with weather, I think. Lucas: Right, in Episode 136. So you can reuse that. Let's practice: 樹葉好綠. Luna: 樹葉好綠. What if the leaves are pretty? We learned 靚 for flowers. Lucas: Perfect. You can say 樹葉好靚. shu6 jip6 hou2 leng3. Try it. Luna: 樹葉好靚. That rolls off the tongue. So if I see pretty leaves in the park, I can say that. Lucas: Exactly. And if leaves are falling, we say 落葉. lok6 jip6. 落 means to fall. So 落葉 is falling leaves. Luna: 落葉. That sounds poetic. Like 落葉好靚 — falling leaves are pretty. Lucas: You got it. 落葉好靚. Let's say it together: 落葉好靚. Luna: 落葉好靚. Oh, I can picture autumn leaves now. So, if I'm walking in the park and see yellow leaves, I can say 樹葉好綠 or 落葉好靚. Lucas: Right. And you know, since Fexingo has been helping you make actual progress with Cantonese, we keep the show ad-free. If you'd like to support that choice, you can find us at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Luna: Yeah, it's totally voluntary. But it helps us keep doing this for you. Now, back to leaves — what if it's autumn and the leaves are red? Lucas: Then you'd say 樹葉好紅. 紅 means red. But let's stick with today's phrases. Let's do a quick scene. Imagine we're at the park and I say: 你睇，樹葉好靚。 Luna: You look, the leaves are pretty. I can say: 係呀，樹葉好綠。 Lucas: Perfect. And then I say: 仲有落葉好靚。 Luna: Also, falling leaves are pretty. That's a nice little conversation. Lucas: Let's review all the phrases: 樹葉, 好綠, 落葉, 樹葉好靚, 落葉好靚. Repeat after me: 樹葉. Luna: 樹葉. Lucas: 好綠. Luna: 好綠. Lucas: 落葉. Luna: 落葉. Lucas: 樹葉好靚. Luna: 樹葉好靚. Lucas: 落葉好靚. Luna: 落葉好靚. I think I've got it. Next time I go for a walk, I'll practice these. Lucas: That's the spirit. Practice them till we meet again. See you next time on Learn Cantonese with Fexingo. Luna: Bye bye!