How to say it was not long before i caught up with him. in Japanese
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やがてやがて(yagate) (ok) before long/soon/almost/nearly/finally/in the end/eventually私私(watashi) (pn,adj-no) i/meはは(ha) (int) indicating a subject/yes/indeed/well/ha!/what?/huh?/sigh彼彼(kare) (ok) that , or something understood without naming it directly)/that person/over there/hey/eh?/thatにに(ni) (prt) indicates such things as location of person or thing, location of short-term action, etc.追no dictionary result, likely a conjigated verbno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verbいい(i) (prt) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.ついたno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verbno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verb。。(。) Japanese period "."
