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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Cantonese with Fexingo. I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. Ready to learn some new shapes today? Lucas: Yeah. We've done circle, square, diamond, heart, star. Today let's cover oval and rectangle. Luna: Oh nice. Oval like an egg, and rectangle like a book. Lucas: Exactly. And if Fexingo has been helping you make progress with Cantonese, just a quick note — a handful of listeners chip in monthly through buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo, and that's literally what funds making this many of these. Luna: Yeah, totally. No ads, just listener love. Keeps it clean. Lucas: Right. So let's start with oval — 橢圓形. Luna: 橢圓形. Lucas: Good. Say it a bit slower: 橢圓形. Luna: 橢圓形. Lucas: Now rectangle — 長方形. Luna: 長方形. Lucas: Great. Now let's put them in sentences. 'This is an oval' — 呢個係橢圓形. Luna: 呢個係橢圓形. Lucas: Perfect. And 'this is a rectangle' — 呢個係長方形. Luna: 呢個係長方形. Lucas: So you can use the same pattern as before. Just swap the shape word. Luna: Yeah, that's easy. So if I see an egg, I can say 呢個係橢圓形. Lucas: Exactly. And a book — 呢個係長方形. Luna: A tablet, a phone, a door — all rectangles. Lucas: Right. Let's practice both a couple more times. Repeat after me: 橢圓形. Luna: 橢圓形. Lucas: 長方形. Luna: 長方形. Lucas: Now together: 呢個係橢圓形. Luna: 呢個係橢圓形. Lucas: 呢個係長方形. Luna: 呢個係長方形. Lucas: Good. Now think of something oval you see often. Luna: A mirror in my bathroom is oval. So I can say 呢個係橢圓形. Lucas: Perfect. And a rectangle? Luna: My laptop. 呢個係長方形. Lucas: There you go. So today we learned 橢圓形 and 長方形, and the sentence 呢個係橢圓形 and 呢個係長方形. Luna: Yeah, short and sweet. I feel like I've got those. Lucas: Awesome. Practice pointing at things and saying the shape in Cantonese. See you next time. Luna: Bye bye!