YOU SAID:
I know he'd rather have had my mother alive than me.
INTO JAPANESE
彼は私よりも私の母が生きていたほうがよかったと思います。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He would rather have my mother alive than me.
INTO JAPANESE
彼は私よりも私の母を生かしたいと思っていました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He wanted my mother to live more than I did.
INTO JAPANESE
彼は私の母が私よりも長生きすることを望んでいました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He wanted my mother to outlive me.
INTO JAPANESE
彼は私の母が私より長生きすることを望んでいました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He wanted my mother to outlive me.
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