{"id":245,"date":"2010-12-02T20:26:47","date_gmt":"2010-12-02T20:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=245"},"modified":"2010-12-02T20:26:47","modified_gmt":"2010-12-02T20:26:47","slug":"telling-tales-in-spanish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/telling-tales-in-spanish\/","title":{"rendered":"Telling tales in Spanish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everybody likes telling stories so here are some useful expressions to use when telling a story in Spanish.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-245-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/09\/Telling-stories-audio.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/09\/Telling-stories-audio.mp3\">https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/09\/Telling-stories-audio.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><em>\u00bfYa te he contado lo que pas\u00f3 &#8230;?<\/em> \u2013 Have I told you what happened&#8230;?<br \/>\n<em>No me voy a olvidar de &#8230;<\/em> \u2013 I\u2019ll never forget &#8230;<br \/>\n<em>No vas a creer lo que pas\u00f3.<\/em> \u2013 You won\u2019t believe what happened.<br \/>\n<em>Deber\u00edas haber visto &#8230;<\/em> \u2013 You should have seen &#8230;<br \/>\n<em>Mejor dicho, &#8230;<\/em> \u2013 I mean, &#8230;<br \/>\n<em>Cualquier d\u00eda &#8230;<\/em> \u2013 One of these days &#8230;<br \/>\n<em>Eso ocurri\u00f3 en 1999<\/em>. \u2013 That happened in 1999.<br \/>\n<em>Yo estaba en &#8230;<\/em> \u2013 I was in &#8230;<br \/>\n<em>Estaba yendo hacia <\/em>&#8230; \u2013 I was going to &#8230;<br \/>\n<em>Estaba volviendo de<\/em> &#8230; \u2013 I was coming back from &#8230;<br \/>\n<em>Me hab\u00edan pedido que<\/em> &#8230; \u2013 I was asked to &#8230;<br \/>\n<em>Me di cuenta<\/em> &#8230; \u2013 I realized &#8230;<br \/>\n<em>Me estaba dando cuenta<\/em> &#8230; \u2013 I was starting to notice &#8230;<br \/>\n<em>Entonces yo dije<\/em> &#8230; \u2013 So I said &#8230;<br \/>\n<em>Entonces el tipo dijo<\/em> &#8230; \u2013 So the guy said &#8230;<br \/>\n<em>En ese momento<\/em> &#8230; \u2013 At that moment &#8230;<br \/>\n<em>Y de pronto<\/em> &#8230; \u2013 And then suddenly &#8230;<br \/>\n<em>De repente<\/em> &#8230; \u2013 Just out of nowhere &#8230;<br \/>\n<em>En aquella \u00e9poca yo<\/em> &#8230; \u2013 At that time I &#8230;<br \/>\n<em>\u00bfPuedes creerlo?<\/em> \u2013 Can you believe that?<br \/>\n<em>Me qued\u00e9 pasmado<\/em>. \u2013 I was shocked.<br \/>\n<em>\u00bfTe imaginas c\u00f3mo me sent\u00ed?<\/em> \u2013 Can you imagine how I felt?<br \/>\n<em>\u00bfC\u00f3mo podr\u00eda haber sabido que&#8230;?<\/em> \u2013 How could I have known that &#8230;?<br \/>\n<em>No, esp\u00e9rate, que todav\u00eda no ha terminado.<\/em> \u2013 No, wait, it\u2019s not over yet.<br \/>\n<em>Y para colmo de males<\/em> &#8230; \u2013 And to add insult to injury &#8230;<br \/>\n<em>A prop\u00f3sito<\/em> &#8230; \u2013 By the way &#8230;<br \/>\n<em>Aprend\u00ed la lecci\u00f3n<\/em>. \u2013 I\u2019ve learned my lesson.<\/p>\n<p><em>Esto es todo por hoy, nos vemos prontito.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everybody likes telling stories so here are some useful expressions to use when telling a story in Spanish. \u00bfYa te he contado lo que pas\u00f3 &#8230;? \u2013 Have I told you what happened&#8230;? 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