YOU SAID:
if it takes 17 minutes to get to the store why has it taken my dad 17 years
INTO JAPANESE
それが店に着くために17分かかるならそれはなぜそれが私の父に17年かかったのか
BACK INTO ENGLISH
If it takes 17 minutes to get to the store why it took my father 17 years
INTO JAPANESE
なぜ私の父は17年かかったのでしょう。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Why did my father take 17 years?
INTO JAPANESE
なぜ私の父は17年かかったのですか？
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