YOU SAID:
Do you like the pancake?
INTO JAPANESE
あなたはパンケーキが好きですか。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Do you like pancakes.
INTO JAPANESE
パンケーキが好き。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I like pancakes.
INTO JAPANESE
私はパンケーキが好き。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I like pancakes.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.