YOU SAID:
He took my hand and said that I was quite pretty.
INTO JAPANESE
彼は私の手を取り、私はかなりきれいだと言った。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He took my hand and said that I was pretty clean.
INTO JAPANESE
彼は私の手を取って、私はかなりきれいだったと言った。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He took my hand and said that I was pretty clean.
You've done this before, haven't you.