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Creo que esto es correcto. Por favor corríjame si estoy equivocado.
Conocí a Juan in Mexico. I met Juan in Mexico. Conocía a Juan in Mexico. I knew Juan in Mexico. USE preterite for met in the past and imperfect (conocía) for knew in the past Estoy teniendo demasiado divertido!
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Yes, that's right. If you change the tense, you change the meaning of the verb.
I would like to introduce a slight nuance though: "Conocí a Juan in Mexico" clearly says "I met" him and where. This is a one-time event, since you cannot be introduced to someone several times and we know the specific place where that event took place. Now, if you say "conocía a Juan", you're saying "I used to know Juan"; that's alright and it's a natural construction. However, the sentence "conocía a Juan en México", introduces a peculiar situation: you used to know Juan in a specific place (Mexico), but after moving to another country you don't know him anymore. That's a bit strange. Quote:
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Gracias Angelica
I met Juan in Mexico before he was famous. I knew Juan in Mexico before he was famous. Conocí a Juan en México antes de que fuera famoso. Conocía a Juan en México antes de que fuera famoso. ....de que fuera famoso. Subjectivo - Me encanta. ¡Me estoy divirtiendo mucho! I speak English, have a college education and consider myself smarter than the average bear (from Yogi Bear cartoons) but I now know far more Spanish grammar then I ever knew in English.
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