YOU SAID:

Speak, newphew, were you by when it began?

INTO JAPANESE

話してください、新参者、それが始まったときまでにあなたはいたのですか？

BACK INTO ENGLISH

Tell me, newcomer, were you there by the time it started?

INTO JAPANESE

教えてください、新人さん、始まるまでにそこにいましたか？

BACK INTO ENGLISH

Tell me, newcomer, were you there by the time it started?