YOU SAID:
I once went to the shops and I had brought an elephant
INTO JAPANESE
私はかつてお店に行き、象を連れてきました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I once went to a shop and brought an elephant
INTO JAPANESE
ある時、お店に行ってゾウを連れてきました
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One day, I went to the store and brought an elephant
INTO JAPANESE
ある日、お店に象を連れてきた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
One day I brought an elephant to the shop
INTO JAPANESE
ある日、象を店に連れてきた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
One day I brought an elephant to the store
INTO JAPANESE
ある日、象を店に連れてきた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
One day I brought an elephant to the store
That didn't even make that much sense in English.