Por y Para
Nacho y Macarena
Por Usages
- motion or general location
- transportation (traveling through some place)
- approximate time or duration
- paying for something
- manners or means (by)
- exchange for
- unit of measure
- passive voice
- frequency
- on behalf of
- idiomatic expression
- apology/emotion
Para Usages
- destination
- deadline or specific time
- purpose
- recipient
- opinion
- point of view
- para + inf. = in order ti (verb)
- transportation (traveling to some place)
- future
- goal/expectation
Examples of Por
Caminamos por el estadio
Why?- To go through somewhere
Why?- Paying for something
Why?- Duration
Why?- To go through somewhere
Why?- Paying for something
Why?- Duration
Examples of Para
Es un vaso para agua
Why?- Purpose
La tarea es para mañana
Why?- Future/ Point in time
El regalo es para él
Why?- Recipient