YOU SAID:

I am the smallest man in the world

INTO JAPANESE

私は世界で最小の男

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I am the world's smallest man

INTO JAPANESE

私は世界の最も小さい男

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I was the smallest man in the world

INTO JAPANESE

私は世界で最小の男だった

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I was the smallest man in the world