YOU SAID:
Alice tried to catch the plane but she failed
INTO JAPANESE
アリスは飛行機をキャッチしようとしたが、彼女は失敗しました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Alice was trying to catch an airplane, she failed.
INTO JAPANESE
アリスは飛行機をキャッチしようとしていた、彼女は失敗しました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Alice was trying to catch an airplane, she failed.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.
