YOU SAID:

long ago there was a dwarf

INTO JAPANESE

ずっと前に小人がいた

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There was a dwarf a long time ago.

INTO JAPANESE

昔小人がいた

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There used to be a dwarf.

INTO JAPANESE

かつてはドワーフがいた。

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There used to be a dwarf.