Phrase · 🎬 Telling a story vividly
Resulta que el vuelo estaba cancelado y nadie nos había avisado.
It turns out the flight was cancelled and nobody had told us.
C1setting up the twistAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Resulta1verb(resulta que) it turns outresultar · present · 3rd sing.queconjunctionthateldeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitevuelonounflightmasc. · sing.estabaverbwasestar · imperfect · 3rd sing.cancelado2verbcancelledcancelar · participle · masc. · sing.yconjunctionandnadiepronounnobodynospronounus, to us, ourselvesnosotros · 1st pl.había3verbhad (auxiliary)haber · imperfect · 3rd sing.avisadoverbtold, warnedavisar · participle · masc. · sing..
- estaba → cancelado: estar + participle
- cancelado → vuelo: m. sg.
- había → avisado: pluperfect
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Resulta que… = it turns out that: sets up the twist of the story.
- 2estar + participle = the resulting state; cancelado agrees with vuelo. Passive voice and resultative estar →
- 3Pluperfect: the warning should have come earlier. Narrative past system: pluperfect, past progressive, iba a →