Lyrics Translation Help

Question

I've edited this post so it's a more realistic question. I'm trying to understand this song "El Proximo Verano" by Marwan. The lyrics I'm having trouble with is "La conocí el próximo verano..." I translate this as "I met/knew her next summer" which doesn't make sense. Any thoughts?

Welcome to the forum, please accept your first vote :) - Kiwi-Girl, Dec 10, 2011

I've put a couple of comments below :) - Kiwi-Girl, Dec 10, 2011

Answer 1

Welcome to the forum Cal_ifornia.

Hmmm that's pretty long To help you learn we usually ask that you post your attempt first and then we help you correct what you have.

Would you like to have a try? Even if you broke it down and did one verse at a time.

Ha, I realized after the fact that I shouldn't have just copy/pasted the whole song and just asked for help at problem parts. - Cal_ifornia, Dec 10, 2011

My main problem is with the very first line...to me it sounds like "I knew her next summer" or "i met her next summer" niether which make sense - Cal_ifornia, Dec 10, 2011

Yes that is tricky, I'm still learning too but I wonder if it's used as in próximo/close - so more like I met her in a recent summer? but that's just a guess je je :) - Kiwi-Girl, Dec 10, 2011

regarding the knew/met - you would use conocía (imperfect) for knowing someone over a period of time, whereas conocí (preterite) is more commonly used to mean 'to meet', as a one off completed action - - Kiwi-Girl, Dec 10, 2011

boxes made me look twice too but apparently it is a Spanish word referring to the 'pits' in car racing or a stall for horses :) - Kiwi-Girl, Dec 10, 2011

so helpful! thanks a lot! - Cal_ifornia, Dec 10, 2011

de nada - let us know how you go with your translation :) - Kiwi-Girl, Dec 10, 2011