YOU SAID:

if we'd hadn't done the vowel shift we would be closer to french

INTO JAPANESE

母音変換をしていなかったらフランス語に近かっただろう

BACK INTO ENGLISH

It would have been closer to French if it hadn't been for the vowel conversion.

INTO JAPANESE

母音変換がなかったらフランス語に近かったでしょう。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

Without the vowel conversion it would be closer to French.

INTO JAPANESE

母音変換がなければフランス語に近くなります。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

Without the vowel conversion it would be closer to French.