YOU SAID:

Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to say,

INTO JAPANESE

言って、ほとんど彼の周りの人々 に話を聞いたがあまり いなかった

BACK INTO ENGLISH

Not to say, rarely spoke to people around him

INTO JAPANESE

わけではない彼の周りの人々 に話したことはほとんどありません。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

Rarely spoke to people around him do not.

INTO JAPANESE

ほとんど彼の周りの人々 に話を聞いたがありません。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

Most spoke to people around him.

INTO JAPANESE

ほとんど彼の周りの人々 に話を聞いた。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

Most spoke to people around him.