YOU SAID:
My friend stabbed himself with a pencil
INTO JAPANESE
私の友人は、鉛筆で自らを刺した
BACK INTO ENGLISH
A friend of mine, stabbed himself with a pencil
INTO JAPANESE
私の友人は、鉛筆で自らを刺した
BACK INTO ENGLISH
A friend of mine, stabbed himself with a pencil
That didn't even make that much sense in English.