YOU SAID:
Was this lake always this big?
INTO JAPANESE
この湖はいつもこんなに大きかったのですか?
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Has this lake always been this big?
INTO JAPANESE
この湖はいつもこんなに大きかったのですか?
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Has this lake always been this big?
That didn't even make that much sense in English.