YOU SAID:
She told me to come but I was already there.
INTO JAPANESE
彼女は来るように言ったが、私はすでにそこにあった。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
She asked him to come, but I was already there.
INTO JAPANESE
彼女に来て、彼に尋ねたが、私はすでにそこにあった。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Asked him to come to her, but I was already there.
INTO JAPANESE
彼に来て、彼女に尋ねたが、私はすでにそこにあった。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Asked her to come to him, but I was already there.
INTO JAPANESE
彼女に来て、彼に尋ねたが、私はすでにそこにあった。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Asked him to come to her, but I was already there.
INTO JAPANESE
彼に来て、彼女に尋ねたが、私はすでにそこにあった。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Asked her to come to him, but I was already there.
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