YOU SAID:
My friend told me not to tell stupid lies.
INTO JAPANESE
私の友人は私に愚かなうそを言った。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
A friend of mine told me a stupid lie.
INTO JAPANESE
私の友人は私に愚かな嘘を言った。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
A friend of mine told me a stupid lie.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.