How to Explain What Happened in Spanish

Hey everybody, Kiru Paul here. Today I'm going to show you four ways to say the thing that happened. So you can refer to things that happened. You know, your storytelling is going to get better in Spanish. The first one on our list is the most common one you're going to hear. Lo que pasó. And that verb at the end that comes from pasar, which means to pass. What this literally says is that which passed or the thing that passed. And I'm translating lo que a couple different ways. If you're not familiar with lo que, you really have to watch my videos on it after this. It's such a crucial part of Spanish. But just take this as a set phrase. Lo que pasó. Let's put it in a sentence. Quiero hablar contigo sobre lo que pasó ayer. I want to talk with you about what happened yesterday. Now you can actually begin the sentence with lo que pasó and it's normally going to look something like this. Lo que pasó fue que... and then you plug something in. What happened was that, you know, it's a great way to give your excuse or explanation for something. Lo que pasó fue que no sonó mi despertador. What happened was that my alarm clock didn't go off. Lo que pasó fue que llegaron tarde. What happened was they arrived late. Now another way to say what happened is lo que sucedió. And this is using the verb suceder, which means to happen. And it's longer and it's a bit more, you know, complex. A little complicated to say. Maybe you like it, you know. Plug it in just like you would the other one. Quiero hablar contigo sobre lo que sucedió ayer. I want to speak with you about what happened yesterday. See? All four examples I'll be showing you today you can just plug in. Okay? We'll give you another one. Lo que sucedió no fue tu culpa. You know, what happened, that which happened, the thing that happened, was not your fault. The next one on our list is a little bit different. It's not going to use lo que plus a conjugated verb. Here it is. Lo ocurrido. And this comes from the verb ocurrir. And this is the past participle. So what we're using, we're taking our past participle of the verb, in this case ocurrir, and we're turning it into a noun phrase by using it behind lo. So what it literally means is like the thing that happened. Okay? Well here, the thing that occurred. You see occurred in there. And we can plug it in like we did the other ones. Quiero hablar contigo sobre lo ocurrido. It's pretty good. It's got a nice rolling R. If you like practicing your rolling R's, you'd be like lo ocurrido. Pretty good. And the last one our list is very similar to that. It's going to use a verb we showed you before, suceder. Okay? But we're gonna use it with lo in the past participle. So it's going to be lo sucedido. Lo sucedido. Quiero hablar contigo sobre lo sucedido. Alright, you ready to practice? I haven't asked you to do anything. It's, you know, it's very interactive, or it should be interactive, these lessons. I'd like you to translate this. The boss wants an explanation about what happened this morning. And you can use any of those four. And you can use all of those four because I'm gonna cover them all anyway. A little bit of coffee here. Somebody's gonna comment I have a dirty cup, but I threw hot chocolate in there today. It's like a whole new treat. Lots of caffeine and chocolate. It's good stuff. Alright, you ready to go through these? The first part is going to be the same in all of them. And you might have translated some words a little bit differently. El jefe quiere una explicación sobre lo que sucedió esta mañana. El jefe quiere una explicación sobre lo que pasó esta mañana. That's my favorite. El jefe quiere una explicación sobre lo ocurrido esta mañana. El jefe quiere una explicación sobre lo sucedido esta mañana. Well, that's all I have for this particular video. I hope you have a fantastic holiday season. And if you're looking for some type of a New Year's resolution, perhaps it's to, you know, really get your Spanish down and reach that next level wherever you're at. You might want to think about joining my private learning group, the Kuru Spanish Crew. Over there you're going to find the entire Spanish Master Course, which is the newer version of the Cero, the conversational course that you've seen here. This is the entire thing over there. I also have a section for intermediate-advanced, have listening comprehension drills, live events every single week. That's the place to go if you really want to take your Spanish to the next level. Alright, you'll find a link to it in the description section of this video and pasted at the top of the comments. Well, that's all I have. So, until next time. Hasta luego.