YOU SAID:
I once saw a possum in the road
INTO JAPANESE
道路でポッサムを見たことがあります
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I've seen possum on the road
INTO JAPANESE
道路でポッサムを見た
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I saw possum on the road
INTO JAPANESE
道路でポッサムを見た
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I saw possum on the road
That didn't even make that much sense in English.