YOU SAID:
The child in the basement is now starving because his father is mean
INTO JAPANESE
地下室の子供は父親が意地悪なので飢えている
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The child in the basement is hungry because his father is mean
INTO JAPANESE
地下室の子供は父親が意地悪なのでお腹がすいた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The child in the basement was hungry because his father was mean
INTO JAPANESE
地下室の子供は父親が意地悪だったのでお腹がすいた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The child in the basement was hungry because his father was mean
That didn't even make that much sense in English.
