YOU SAID:
i have 16 kids in my basement
INTO JAPANESE
私の地下室には16人の子供がいます
BACK INTO ENGLISH
There are 16 children in my basement.
INTO JAPANESE
私の地下室には16人の子供がいます。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
There are 16 children in my basement.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.