YOU SAID:
There is a cat in the basement and it has eaten all my chips.
INTO JAPANESE
地下に猫がいて、私のチップを全部食べてしまいました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
There was a cat in the basement and I ate all my chips.
INTO JAPANESE
地下に猫がいて、ポテトチップスを全部食べました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
There was a cat in the basement and I ate all the potato chips.
INTO JAPANESE
地下に猫がいて、ポテトチップスを全部食べました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
There was a cat in the basement and I ate all the potato chips.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.