May 29, 2001 17:47
22 yrs ago
English term

once there was a horse

Non-PRO English to Spanish Other
i have to write a story for my spanish class about a horse. Please help me!!

Proposed translations

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Había una vez un caballo...

All children tales in Spanish begin with: Había una vez...

Hope this helps! :-)
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Language knowledge

Peer comment(s):

Carolina R
50 mins
Oso (X) : Muy bien
4 hrs
Patricia Lutteral
10 hrs
Bertha S. Deffenbaugh : IT DOES NOT SAY:"ONCE UPON A TIME"...
12 hrs
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46 mins

Una vez hubo un caballo

Xicla....
Peer comment(s):

Bertha S. Deffenbaugh : NOT THE BEST WORD ORDER
12 hrs
Raimundo : No es natural en español
15 hrs
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59 mins

hubo una vez un caballo

hubo=there was
una vez=once
un=a
caballo=horse

Good luck on your story!!

Bye
Peer comment(s):

Raimundo : Correcto, pero así no suele empezar un cuento
15 hrs
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1 hr

Una vez hubo un caballo (word by word)

But take care also is usually translated in tales this way: "Había una vez un caballo..."
Peer comment(s):

Raimundo : Correcto. Pero las historias empiezan de otro modo
14 hrs
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7 hrs

Érase una vez un caballo

If you want to start your story as in "Once upon a time" then this is the way to begin.
Good luck with the rest of the story.
Sarah.
Peer comment(s):

Raimundo : Así empiezan los cuentos
8 hrs
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9 hrs

HABIA UNA VEZ UN CABALLO

I do agree with Serena!
Please, don´t use "hubo una vez...." because it sounds very strange.

In Spanish when we want to tell stories we ALWAYS say "Había una vez....(un caballo....)

Good luck!
Reference:

Own experience

Peer comment(s):

Bertha S. Deffenbaugh : THAT WOULD BE"ONCE UPON A TIME" AND IT IS NOT
3 hrs
Raimundo : Había, mejor que hubo; y érase una vez lo mejor de todo
6 hrs
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