YOU SAID:
How did the cat get up there?
INTO JAPANESE
猫はどうやってあるか。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
How is the cat?
INTO JAPANESE
猫はどうですか
BACK INTO ENGLISH
What is a cat?
INTO JAPANESE
猫とは何ですか。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
What is a cat?
That didn't even make that much sense in English.