YOU SAID:
my friend eat meat, ben eat
INTO JAPANESE
私の友人は肉を食べ、ベンは食べる
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My friend eats meat, Ben eats
INTO JAPANESE
私の友人は肉を食べ、ベンは
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My friend ate meat and Ben
INTO JAPANESE
私の友人は肉とベンを食べた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My friend ate meat and Ben
That didn't even make that much sense in English.