YOU SAID:
The cat is lost. Where is the cat
INTO JAPANESE
猫は失われています。猫はどこですか?
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Cats are lost. Where is the cat?
INTO JAPANESE
猫は失われます。猫はどこですか?
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Cats are lost. Where is the cat?
That didn't even make that much sense in English.