YOU SAID:
I wanted to go out, but my mum said I couldn't.
INTO JAPANESE
私は外出したかったのですが、母は私にはできないと言っていました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I wanted to go out, but my mother told me I could not do it.
INTO JAPANESE
私は外出したかったのですが、母は私にはできないと私に言った。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I wanted to go out, but my mother told me I could not do it.
You've done this before, haven't you.