Examples of using "Eräänä" in a sentence and their english translations:
I met her on a certain winter day.
There was a time, one evening, when I stood on top of that hill.
One day I found a book there.
One day I found a box there.
The other day, I met him in Kyoto.
One morning he saw a pretty girl.
Did you get the flowers I sent the other day?
On a certain monday afternoon, a single horse carriage stopped in front of the hotel where I was staying.
One day in October, when Sadako awoke, she found her mother crying.
One day his father gave him a pretty little scaling knife.
Again the younger brother became a wanderer, and he arrived one day at the house of the elder brother.
One evening, just as the sun set amid radiant clouds, there came a large flock of beautiful birds out of the bushes.
On one occasion Aristotle was asked how much educated men were superior to those uneducated: "As much," said he, "as the living are to the dead."
"Why is Tom in such a bad mood? "I heard that he wrecked the new car he just bought. We should probably leave him alone for now."