YOU SAID:
I ate a pancake for dinner
INTO JAPANESE
夕食にパンケーキを食べました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Ate pancakes for dinner
INTO JAPANESE
夕食のパンケーキを食べた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Ate dinner pancakes
INTO JAPANESE
ディナーのパンケーキを食べた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Ate pancakes for dinner
INTO JAPANESE
夕食のパンケーキを食べた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Ate dinner pancakes
INTO JAPANESE
ディナーのパンケーキを食べた
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