YOU SAID:
she told me she was sixteen
INTO JAPANESE
彼女は私に言った彼女は16歳だった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
She told me she was 16 years old
INTO JAPANESE
彼女は16歳であると私に言った
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I told myself that she was 16 years old
INTO JAPANESE
私は彼女が16歳だったと自分に言いました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I told myself that she was 16 years old
You should move to Japan!