YOU SAID:
Esther said hi, I said bye
INTO JAPANESE
エステルはこんにちはと言った、私はさようならと言った
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Esther said hello, I said good-bye
INTO JAPANESE
エステルはこんにちはと言った、私はさようならと言った
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Esther said hello, I said good-bye
That didn't even make that much sense in English.