YOU SAID:
haha, the cat's out of the bag!
INTO JAPANESE
はは、猫は袋から出ました!
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Haha, the cat is out of the bag!
INTO JAPANESE
はは、猫は袋から出ています!
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Haha, the cat is out of the bag!
That didn't even make that much sense in English.