YOU SAID:
For what, then, are friends, my friend?
INTO JAPANESE
では、友人とは何のためにあるのでしょうか。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
So what are friends for?
INTO JAPANESE
では、友達は何のためにいるのでしょうか。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
So what are friends for?
That didn't even make that much sense in English.