YOU SAID:
somebody ate ma beans
INTO JAPANESE
誰かがマメ豆を食べた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Someone ate beans
INTO JAPANESE
誰かが豆を食べた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Someone ate a bean
INTO JAPANESE
誰かが豆を食べた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Someone ate a bean
That didn't even make that much sense in English.