YOU SAID:
Once upon a time a rose grew.
INTO JAPANESE
昔、バラが育った。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Once upon a time, roses grew.
INTO JAPANESE
昔、バラが生えていた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
There used to be roses.
INTO JAPANESE
かつてはバラがあった。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
There used to be roses.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.