YOU SAID:
Cats are cats and lettuce is lettuce
INTO JAPANESE
猫は猫であり、レタスはレタスです
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Cat is a cat and lettuce is lettuce
INTO JAPANESE
猫は猫であり、レタスはレタスです
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Cat is a cat and lettuce is lettuce
That didn't even make that much sense in English.