I let you posted first…..

Sono “ki” wa:
“kaeru ki wa nai desu”

“Ki” literally means spirit or mood. Can you use it in general to mean to want something? Or are there set phrases, like “wanting to go home”?

taberu ki desu = I’m in the mood for eating?

Laura, if you want more examples with ” k”i just type the word in http://www.alc.co.jp/ (top left corner) and you will get translations like あなた私に気があるの？ Are you attracted to me? 彼に気があるんでしょ。 I think you have a crush on him ～する気がある be disposed to // be game for [to] // be in a humor to // have a mind to ～に）気がある take an interest (in～のことが気がかりだ be afraid of…
and many others. If you want more practice, try the NHK lessons here http://www.hickorytech.net/%7Enic111/ (not in stream audio like in NHK´s web. They are files – with scripts - to be downloaded and listened whenever you want) that deal with this expression.
Greetings

Another one with “ki” that I like is “ki ga au”, which means “get along”. There are soooo many expressions using “ki”. Some other ones that are used alot are
ki ni naru
ki ni suru
ki wo tsukau
one many probably know:
ki wo tsukeru

It’s almost limitless

Jose-san

Is there any particular reason why ん is being left out of the transcript for the following two sentences?

やっぱり帰る気はないんですね。

故郷が懐かしくないんです。

ジムさん：Sorry about that. We accidentaly uploaded an unedited version of the pdf. This has been rectified, so please re-download to get the updated version.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

JackZon-san: I think we have covered this in an earlier episode, but here goes; “n desu” is a short version of “no desu” or “no da”. It is a sentence ending which indicates that the speaker is explaining something, or is talking about something emotively.

Jonas

Or between Peter and Mrs. Galante?

I can’t believe you guys forgot きれいな夏子！

夏子、きょう、げんきですか！

まったくのおんあのひとたち！

Maybe you don’t need to translate ‘aaaaaahhhhhhh’ too.

Enough of my rantings. Other than forgetting きれいな夏子(：P), I loved it!

皆さん！Apologies for the absence on the board, but swamped over here. Will be back to properly address all the comments tomorrow. Yoroshiku onegai shimasu.

love the furusato song…
would you please let me know where i can download this song?

thank you so much 高山是真さん!

I have been looking all over for this song for ages..
Also my local cd stores do not carry this song.

when i first heard this song, i fell in love with it, so the link is really very much appreciated. i am going to learn and sing the song

its good advice to get familiar with the「さくら、さくら」、「蛍の光」 and 「君が代」, i will learn them all

i think songs are a very good way to learn the language and cultural

i really appreciate your help, thank you very much !