YOU SAID:
in my younger years my father gave me a piece of advice
INTO JAPANESE
彼は私に忠告を1つしてくれた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He gave me a piece of advice.
INTO JAPANESE
彼は私に忠告を1つしてくれた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He gave me a piece of advice.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.