Translation of "だったそうです" in English

ご病気だったそうですね。

- I hear you have been sick.
- I hear you've been sick.
- I hear that you've been sick.

彼は丈夫だったそうです。

He is said to have been strong.

叔父の死因は癌だったそうです。

I hear my uncle died of cancer.

もとは相当の身分の人だったそうです。

He is said to have been a man of respectable position.

医者によると５分５分の命だったそうです

The doctor gave me a 50/50 shot of living.

まるで軽警備の刑務所のよう だったそうです

He said it looked like a minimum security prison.

父が上京した時には今の私と同じ年齢だったそうです。

I hear my father was as old as I am now when he came up to Tokyo.

もちろん冗談と思って彼は「あっそ」と流していましたけどかなり嫌だったそうです。ってゆうか冗談でもそんなこと言うな！

Of course he thought it was a joke and let it slide with a "hm?" but he was seriously annoyed. I mean, just don't say things like that even as a joke!