Our time was good, we had each other when we needed each other

Question

Don't know what word I should use for time here, or if it translates at all.

Hemos pasado tiempos buenos, teníamos nosotros mismos cuándo nos necesitabamos.

Is that all wrong?> Gracias,

Answer 1

Hemos pasado tiempos buenos, teníamos nosotros mismos cuándo nos necesitabamos.

To me, "tiempos buenos" sounds like good historical periods of time or good weathers, and the rest I find weird. I would say "Lo hemos pasado bien juntos, y nos teníamos el uno al otro cuando nos necesitábamos".

"Teníamos nosotros mismos" sounds as if you have something called "nosotros mismos"... or a bike. You have someone, he has you... that's reciprocal: "Nos tenemos el uno al otro".

If it were a man and woman, would it be "Nos tenemos el uno a la otra"? Or is that a set phrase that means "each other" and both are always in the masculine regardless of whether one is female or not? - webdunce, May 7, 2011

Also, had I tried to say it myself, I would have said (for the first part) "Los tiempos que teníamos juntos son buenos..." How does that come across? - webdunce, May 7, 2011

*eran buenos - webdunce, May 7, 2011

"El uno al otro" for all combinations except womant to woman, which would be "la una a la otra" - lazarus1907, May 7, 2011

"Los tiempos que..." is already a bad start. In English is fine, but not in Spanish. - lazarus1907, May 7, 2011

Thanks, Lazarus. - webdunce, May 7, 2011

Answer 2

So you couldn't say "Aquellos tiempos buenos" or "los días buenos". or "los días buenos que han pasado".? Only "Lo hemos pasado bien juntos" or something like that? Gracias.

You can refer to "los buenos tiempos" - eso era en los buenos tiempos, meaning "in the good ol' days" - Gekkosan, May 7, 2011

Answer 3

Lo hemos pasado bien juntos

Just curious, why lo there? Gracias.

Is because of pasarselo bien? Does La hemos pasado bien juntos work then?

It is an idiomatic expression, if you wish. That "lo" is not that different from "it" in "it was fun". - lazarus1907, May 7, 2011

You always use "lo", regardless. That makes things actually easier, because you don't have to consider gender or number, just "lo". - lazarus1907, May 7, 2011

"Pasárselo bien" is just a variation of "Pasarlo bien", but more intimate. - lazarus1907, May 7, 2011