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clay:
24 Jul: 07:45
Should be working now. Rackspace is great!

clay:
24 Jul: 07:21
Yeah, we are working on it... Sorry!

richvh:
24 Jul: 06:45
Forum is still down.

clay:
24 Jul: 06:42
Sorry we were down for an hour or so.

chikara:
22 Jul: 20:38
@tokai devotee: My office. I kick them off when I get to work and walk around barefoot all day in shorts and a T.

two_heads_talking:
22 Jul: 12:12
yeah, she wasn't too happy.. she didn't like having to drive home that way either.. 16 is such a strange age.

becki_kanou:
22 Jul: 10:05
@2HT Ouch, again! Poor thing...

john2:
22 Jul: 09:35
I so hope I spelled that right,

john2:
22 Jul: 09:35
ðǝɪɹ iz wʌʰn, v ʃɯuʰd bi ʋ,

two_heads_talking:
22 Jul: 09:34
becki-san.. it did happen, to my daughter as she was running across the blacktop..

two_heads_talking:
22 Jul: 09:33
that's a great question to post on the forums.

BuddhaGeo:
22 Jul: 08:00
How would you say - "I've been learning Japanese for over an year."

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宇宙人

alien, space man

The word:	Closer look at the kanji:	B = Beginner \| I = Intermediate \| A = Advanced
宇宙人 u chuu jin alien, space man	宇宙 u chuu space, outer space 人 jin [also hito or nin] person, people	宇宙 u chuu - outer space. [B] 火星人 ka sei jin - matian, an alien from Mars [I]

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私はアメリカ人ですけど、妹は宇宙人なのです。
watashi wa amerika jin desu kedo, imouto wa uchuu jin na no desu.
I am an American, but my little sister is an alien. [This example comes in quite handy for checking to see if your listener is listening. if your listener shows no reaction, there is a good chance he's not listening.]

ABOUT SUGGESTED USAGE:

私 watashi - I, me but when the は wa (hirganaga ha) follows, it can only be translated as 'I' because は wa is the main topic never a direct object
アメリカ人 amerika jin - American Just like 宇宙人 uchuu jin simply add a 人 jin to a country to get the countrys people
ですけど desu kedo - but saying this is true, but...
妹 imouto - younger sister older sister is 姉 ane
なのです na no desu - a little bit added to give the impression of conveying truth

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