YOU SAID:
There once was putamans
INTO JAPANESE
かつてプタマンがいました
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There used to be Putaman
INTO JAPANESE
かつて被殻があった
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There used to be a putamen
INTO JAPANESE
被殻があった
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There was a putamen
INTO JAPANESE
被殻がありました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
There was a putamen
That didn't even make that much sense in English.