YOU SAID:
There's a door on the house, it was red but the mailman said it was blue
INTO JAPANESE
家のドアは赤だったけど郵便配達員は青だと言った
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My door was red, but the postman said it was blue.
INTO JAPANESE
私のドアは赤でしたが、郵便配達員は青だと言いました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My door was red, but the postman said it was blue.
You've done this before, haven't you.