YOU SAID:
I ate a few chicken nuggets
INTO JAPANESE
チキンナゲットをいくつか食べました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I ate some chicken nuggets
INTO JAPANESE
チキンナゲットを食べました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
ate chicken nuggets
INTO JAPANESE
チキンナゲットを食べた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
ate chicken nuggets
That didn't even make that much sense in English.