YOU SAID:
I turned off the lights
INTO JAPANESE
私は電気を消した
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I turned off the lights.
INTO JAPANESE
私はライトをつけた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I turned on the lights.
INTO JAPANESE
私はライトをつけた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I turned on the lights.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.