YOU SAID:
I ate twelve red beets.
INTO JAPANESE
12 赤ビートを食べた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
12 ate red beets.
INTO JAPANESE
12 は、赤ビートを食べた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
12 ate, red beets.
INTO JAPANESE
12 は、赤ビートを食べた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
12 ate, red beets.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.