YOU SAID:
My wife took my kids.
INTO JAPANESE
妻が子供を連れて行った。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My wife took a child.
INTO JAPANESE
妻が子供を連れて行きました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My wife took my child.
INTO JAPANESE
妻が子供を連れて行った。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My wife took a child.
INTO JAPANESE
妻が子供を連れて行きました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My wife took my child.
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