YOU SAID:
the birds are singing a song
INTO JAPANESE
鳥が歌を歌っています。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The bird is singing a song.
INTO JAPANESE
鳥は歌を歌っている。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Birds are singing songs.
INTO JAPANESE
鳥は歌を歌っている。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Birds are singing songs.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.