YOU SAID:
I ate my dog because my family was starving
INTO JAPANESE
家族が飢えていたので、私は犬を食んだ
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My family was starving, so I ate a dog.
INTO JAPANESE
家族が飢えていたので、私は犬を食びました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My family was starving, so I ate a dog.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.