YOU SAID:
it was I who took the first napkin
INTO JAPANESE
最初のナプキンを取ったのは私だった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I was the one who took the first napkin
INTO JAPANESE
最初にナプキンを取ったのは私だった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I was the first to take the napkin
INTO JAPANESE
私は最初にナプキンを取った
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I took the napkin first
INTO JAPANESE
最初にナプキンを取りました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I took the napkin first
That didn't even make that much sense in English.