YOU SAID:
the macaroni was in th3e pot
INTO JAPANESE
マカロニはth3eポットに入っていました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Macaroni was in the th3e pot
INTO JAPANESE
マカロニはth3eポットにありました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Macaroni was in the th3e pot
That didn't even make that much sense in English.