YOU SAID:
His cat sat in that chair the other day
INTO JAPANESE
彼の猫は先日その椅子に座っていた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
His cat was sitting in the chair the other day
INTO JAPANESE
彼の猫は先日椅子に座っていた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
His cat was sitting in the chair the other day
That didn't even make that much sense in English.
