YOU SAID:
There once was a girl named Natalie.
INTO JAPANESE
ナタリーという名前の女の子がかつてありました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
There used to be a girl named Natalie.
INTO JAPANESE
ナタリーという名前の女の子がいました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
There was a girl named Natalie.
INTO JAPANESE
ナタリーという名前の女の子がいました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
There was a girl named Natalie.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.