YOU SAID:
The giraffe did not eat the potato
INTO JAPANESE
キリンはジャガイモを食べませんでした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Giraffe did not eat potatoes
INTO JAPANESE
キリンはジャガイモを食べませんでした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Giraffe did not eat potatoes
That didn't even make that much sense in English.