YOU SAID:
my father once told me i am a failure
INTO JAPANESE
父はかつて、私は失敗者だと言っていました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My father used to say I was a failure
INTO JAPANESE
父は私が失敗者だと言っていた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
my father said i was a failure
INTO JAPANESE
父は私が失敗したと言った
BACK INTO ENGLISH
my father said i failed
INTO JAPANESE
父は私が失敗したと言った
BACK INTO ENGLISH
my father said i failed
Well done, yes, well done!