antes de que yo naciera

before I was born

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before I was born Used to talk about something that happened earlier than the speaker’s birth. In Spanish, this phrase takes the subjunctive (naciera).

SP: Mis padres se mudaron aquí antes de que yo naciera.

EN: My parents moved here before I was born.

Mis abuelos murieron antes de que yo naciera.

My grandparents died before I was born.

Iván y mamá rompieron antes de que yo naciera.

Iván and Mom broke up before I was born.

— Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988)

Resulta que tenía un hermano, pero murió antes de que yo naciera.

It turns out I had a brother, but he died before I was born.

Mi padre murió antes de que yo naciera.

My father died before I was born.

— Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

Mis padres se casaron antes de que yo naciera.

My parents got married before I was born.

Bueno, mi padre murió antes de que yo naciera.

Well, my father died before I was born.

— Crazy Rich Asians (2018)