YOU SAID:
Hong Hong Hong says the Frenchman.
INTO JAPANESE
ホン・ホン・ホンはフランス人と言います。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Hong Hong Hong says he's French.
INTO JAPANESE
ホン・ホン・ホンはフランス人だと言います。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Hong Hong Hong says he is French.
INTO JAPANESE
ホン・ホン・ホンは自分はフランス人だと言います。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Hong Hong Hong says he is French.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.