I just wanted to drop you all a note to say “thank you” for this great podcast/service you are providing. I’ve been living and working in Japan for the past nine months and until I found your program in December, I’m embarrassed to admit, I wasn’t even positive how to say “no”. Needless to say, I was a very agreeable person for the first 6 months of my time here, usually resorting to “hai” in all situations. Anyways, foreign language has never been my strong suit but your program has been the best teaching tool for this subject that I have ever used. Thank you very much and keep up the outstanding work.

Jeremyさん,
I am not sure what you are asking here. Do you want JPOD to do something for the word “pretty”? Does it show up in this lesson’s MP3? Perhaps a few more words from you would make it more clear.
Thanks
ジョン

Brettさん,
I am guessing it is
風邪気味 【かぜぎみ】 (n) slight cold
kazegimi

kaze (かぜ) is cold
and
gimi　（ぎみ）　is sensation or “like”
so “cold sensation” or “cold-like”.
じゃ　また
ジョン

Iain,

kyou ha samuii desu yo = It is COLD today! (the yo adds emphasis to the statement “it is cold today”)

kyou ha samuii deshou = It is probably cold today. (no emphasis, and a little bit of uncertainty is implied. Perhaps the speaker didn’t step outside yet, but is seeing people walking around wearing jackets.)

Hey, I wonder, what is the word for what? Nani or Nan?

nani and nan… they are the same word. think of it like english “a” and “an.”

nani is the basic word but it changes to nan before a d or t sound.

desu means polite “it is.” it’s like a verb.
but ne is a particle that elicits a response from the listener.

in casual conversations you can drop lots of things, including the verbs. so that is why sometimes they only say “ne.”

how do you say like “oh.. no wonder” or just no wonder? =]