YOU SAID:
I bought a boat a couple days ago
INTO JAPANESE
私は数日前にボートを買った
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I was a few days ago I bought the boat
INTO JAPANESE
私は数日前、私はボートを買った
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I a few days ago, I bought a boat
INTO JAPANESE
私は数日前、私はボートを買った
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I a few days ago, I bought a boat
That didn't even make that much sense in English.