YOU SAID:
We had hot dogs for lunch today
INTO JAPANESE
今日はランチにホットドッグを食べました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I ate a hot dog for lunch today
INTO JAPANESE
私は昼にホットドッグを食べた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I ate a hotdog for lunch.
INTO JAPANESE
私は昼にホットドッグを食べた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I ate a hotdog for lunch.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.