YOU SAID:
I thought we were having steamed clams.
INTO JAPANESE
私たちは貝を蒸していると思った。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I thought we were steaming the shells.
INTO JAPANESE
私たちはシェルを蒸していると思った。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I thought we were steaming the shell.
INTO JAPANESE
シェルを蒸していると思った。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I thought it was steaming the shell.
INTO JAPANESE
私はそれがシェルを蒸していると思った。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I thought it was steaming the shell.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.