生せい前ぜん

Meanings

Usage patterns

• 〈人ひと〉は生せい前ぜん、〈事こと〉と言いっていたwhen (person) was alive, they used to say ...

  祖そ父ふは生せい前ぜん、いつも家か族ぞくが一いち番ばん大たい切せつだと言いっていた。

  While he was alive, my grandfather always used to say that family was most important.

• 生せい前ぜんの〈人ひと〉(person) when they were alive

  生せい前ぜんの彼かの女じょの写しゃ真しんがアルバムに残のこっている。

  Photos of her from when she was alive are still in the album.