YOU SAID:
My father left me when I was just a boy
INTO JAPANESE
私が少年だったとき、父は私を離れました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Father left me when I was a boy
INTO JAPANESE
私が少年だったとき、父は私を離れました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Father left me when I was a boy
That didn't even make that much sense in English.