YOU SAID:
Good evening my friend
INTO JAPANESE
こんばんは私の友人
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Hello my friend.
INTO JAPANESE
やあ 古くからの友人よ
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Hello, my old friend.
INTO JAPANESE
やあ 古くからの友人よ
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Hello, my old friend.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.