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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Cantonese with Fexingo! I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna! Episode 19 — can you believe it? Lucas: I know, right? Time flies. Today we're diving into something colourful. Luna: Ooh, I like the sound of that. Colours? Like red, blue...? Lucas: Exactly. Let's start with a super common one: red. In Cantonese, red is 紅色. Luna: 紅色. Lucas: Nice! 紅色 means red. Say it once more. Luna: 紅色. Lucas: Perfect. Now blue: 藍色. Luna: 藍色. That's blue. Lucas: Yes. Blue. 藍色. Good. Luna: 藍色. Okay, I've got that. Lucas: Great. Next is green: 綠色. Luna: 綠色. Green. Lucas: Right. Yellow: 黃色. Luna: 黃色. That sounds a bit like 'wong sik'? Lucas: Yeah, very close! And white: 白色. Luna: 白色. White. So the pattern is X + 色 for colour. Lucas: Exactly. So let's practice all five. Repeat after me: 紅色. Luna: 紅色. Lucas: 藍色. Luna: 藍色. Lucas: 綠色. Luna: 綠色. Lucas: 黃色. Luna: 黃色. Lucas: 白色. Luna: 白色. Lucas: Awesome. Now let's imagine a simple scene. You're at a shop and you want to buy a red bag. You say: 我要紅色. Luna: 我要紅色. 'I want red'. Lucas: Yep. Or if you want a blue one: 我要藍色. Luna: 我要藍色. Easy. Lucas: Let's try a dialogue. Luna, you're the customer. I'll be the shopkeeper. I say: 你想要咩色? — 'What colour do you want?' Luna: Okay. 我想要綠色. Lucas: 好, 綠色. Here you go. Luna: 多謝! That felt real. Lucas: Right? So, let's review: red is? Luna: 紅色. Lucas: Blue? Luna: 藍色. Lucas: Green? Luna: 綠色. Lucas: Yellow? Luna: 黃色. Lucas: And white? Luna: 白色. Lucas: Perfect! And remember, you can use these with things you already know. Like 'I want' plus colour. Luna: Yeah. 我要黃色. 我要白色. Easy. Lucas: Exactly. Now, a quick test: how do you say 'green'? Luna: 綠色. Lucas: Good. And 'red'? Luna: 紅色. Lucas: Nailed it. So that's our five colours for today. Try to use them when you see colours around you. Luna: I will! Practice makes perfect. Lucas: Totally. Thanks for joining us on Learn Cantonese with Fexingo. Keep practising and we'll see you next time! Luna: 拜拜! Lucas: 遲啲見!