YOU SAID:
I want to wash a potato
INTO JAPANESE
ジャガイモを洗いたい
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I want to wash potatoes.
INTO JAPANESE
ジャガイモを洗いたい。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I want to wash the potatoes.
INTO JAPANESE
ジャガイモを洗いたい。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I want to wash the potatoes.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.