YOU SAID:
in the time of chimpanzees, I was a monkey
INTO JAPANESE
チンパンジーの頃、私は猿でした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
When I was a chimpanzee, I was a monkey
INTO JAPANESE
私はチンパンジーだったとき、私は猿でした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
When I was a chimpanzee, I was a monkey
That didn't even make that much sense in English.