{"id":636,"date":"2015-09-28T20:20:28","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T20:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/spanish1oli\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=636"},"modified":"2015-10-25T01:55:21","modified_gmt":"2015-10-25T01:55:21","slug":"estructuras-gramaticales-por-versus-para-una-introduccion-1","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/umes-spanish\/chapter\/estructuras-gramaticales-por-versus-para-una-introduccion-1\/","title":{"raw":"Por versus para: una introducci\u00f3n","rendered":"Por versus para: una introducci\u00f3n"},"content":{"raw":"Throughout the lessons in this course, you have often seen the words <em><span class=\"foreign\">por<\/span><\/em> and <em><span class=\"foreign\">para<\/span><\/em>. Both of these words can have the meaning \"for,\" as well as many other meanings. <em><span class=\"foreign\">Por<\/span><\/em> and <em><span class=\"foreign\">para<\/span> <\/em>are prepositions, words that establish a relationship between other words in a sentence. In general, <em><span class=\"foreign\">por<\/span><\/em> and <em><span class=\"foreign\">para<\/span><\/em> serve to relate words in terms of:\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>time (for example, how long you do something for)<\/li>\r\n\t<li>direction (as in, where you are going)<\/li>\r\n\t<li>the mode or way you do something (for instance,\u00a0what mode of transport you use)<\/li>\r\n\t<li>positions (for example, places you travel through or toward)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nWhile both of these words can mean \"for,\" they are used in different contexts. The differences in how and when these two words are used can often be very confusing for non-native speakers of Spanish, but don\u2019t worry, with time and practice, you will begin to gain a feel for when to use <em><span class=\"foreign\">por<\/span> <\/em>and when to use <em><span class=\"foreign\">para<\/span><\/em>.\r\n<h2><\/h2>\r\n<h2>Por<\/h2>\r\nLet\u2019s begin with <em><span class=\"foreign\">por<\/span><\/em>. One very common usage of <em><span class=\"foreign\">por<\/span><\/em> is to relate the length of time of any type of activity. For instance, with <em><span class=\"foreign\">por<\/span><\/em> you may communicate how many hours you work in a day or how long you have lived in a certain city. Look and listen to the following examples that will illustrate how <em><span class=\"foreign\">por<\/span><\/em> establishes time relationships.\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"I practice the piano for five hours a day.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S117.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Yo practico el piano por cinco horas diarias.<\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<td>\n\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"100\"]<img title=\"practico piano\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/umes-spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2922\/2015\/09\/S1L8p027.jpg\" alt=\"woman playing piano\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/> Foto: Brian Richardson CC BY 2.0[\/caption]\r\n\r\n<div class=\"caption\"><\/div><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"My mom works for forty hours.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S118.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Mi mam\u00e1 trabaja por cuarenta horas.<\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"Gabriela and Marielena are going to be in Honduras for four months.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S119.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Gabriela y Marielena van a estar en Honduras por cuatro meses.<\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"Miguel and Paco study for a long time.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S120.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Miguel y Paco estudian por mucho tiempo.<\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<em><span class=\"foreign\">Por<\/span><\/em> is also used to indicate time in another sense. It communicates during what part of the day you do something: morning, afternoon, or night. You can think of these expressions as the equivalent of \"in the morning (or afternoon),\" or \"at night.\"\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"Vicente always exercises in the morning.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S121.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Vicente siempre hace ejercicio por la ma\u00f1ana.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"We never eat at night.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S122.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Nosotros nunca comemos por la noche.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"I like to study in the afternoon.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S123.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Me gusta estudiar por la tarde.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nIn addition to the above two uses related to time, <em><span class=\"foreign\">por<\/span><\/em> is used to mean \"through\" or \"by\/along.\" If you walk through a certain neighborhood or park on your way to work, or if you pass through a city on your way to somewhere else, you will use <em><span class=\"foreign\">por<\/span><\/em>. Consider the following examples in order to gain a better sense of this usage.\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"Vanessa doesn\u2019t like to run through the park.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S124.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> A Vanesa no le gusta correr por el parque.<\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"Juan and Pedro walk along the shore.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S125.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Juan y Pedro caminan por la orilla del mar.<\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<td>\n\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"100\"]<img title=\"caminan por la orilla\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/umes-spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2922\/2015\/09\/S1L8p028.jpg\" alt=\"two men walking along the shore\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" \/> Foto: Olisser Sanchez CC BY-NC 2.0[\/caption]\r\n\r\n<div class=\"caption\"><\/div><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"We went through Sevilla and Toledo on the way to Madrid.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S126.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Nosotros pasamos por Sevilla y Toledo de camino a Madrid.<\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"Violeta always goes by a coffee shop after work.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S127.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Violeta siempre pasa por un caf\u00e9 despu\u00e9s de trabajar.<\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\nAnother very common usage of <em><span class=\"foreign\">por<\/span><\/em> is to indicate an economic exchange. This exchange may be how much you get paid per hour or how much you pay for something. So, if you are talking about an interchange of money, you will use <em><span class=\"foreign\">por<\/span><\/em>.\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"Javier makes fifteen dollars an hour.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S128.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Javier gana quince d\u00f3lares por hora.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"I buy a dozen oranges for three dollars in the supermarket and for two in the fruit store.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S129.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Compro una docena de naranjas por tres d\u00f3lares en el supermercado y por dos en la fruter\u00eda.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"We don\u2019t like to pay a lot for our clothes.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S130.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> No nos gusta pagar demasiado por nuestra ropa.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"The Corte Ingl\u00e9s sells scarves for 30 euros.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S131.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> El Corte Ingl\u00e9s vende bufandas por 30 euros.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<em><span class=\"foreign\">Por<\/span><\/em> is also used to mean \"by way of,\" when you are talking about travel in terms of mode of transportation. If you want to tell someone that you travel by bus, train, plane, or car, you will use <em><span class=\"foreign\">por<\/span><\/em>.\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"Pablito is afraid to travel by plane.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S132.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Pablito tiene miedo de viajar por avi\u00f3n.<\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"My parents prefer to travel by car.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S133.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Mis padres prefieren viajar por carro.<\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"It\u2019s nice to travel by train because you can see the countryside.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S134.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Es lindo viajar por tren porque puedes ver el paisaje.<\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<td>\n\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"100\"]<img title=\"viajar por tren\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/umes-spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2922\/2015\/09\/S1L8p029.jpg\" alt=\"woman traveling by train\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/> Foto: Gabriel Arango CC BY-NC-ND 2.0[\/caption]\r\n\r\n<div class=\"caption\"><\/div><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<h2>Para<\/h2>\r\nNow that you have seen some of the uses of <em><span class=\"foreign\">por<\/span><\/em>, we will consider the uses of <em><span class=\"foreign\">para<\/span><\/em>. One use that you have seen very frequently in the examples in this course is to communicate the idea of \"in order to.\" Look and listen to the following examples to see this usage of <em><span class=\"foreign\">para<\/span><\/em>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S135.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Nosotros trabajamos para ganar dinero.<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S136.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Quiero viajar a Latinoam\u00e9rica para mejorar mi espa\u00f1ol.<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S137.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> \u00bfUstedes estudian tanto para sacar buenas notas o para aprender m\u00e1s?<\/a>\r\n\r\nAnother common use of <em><span class=\"foreign\">para<\/span><\/em> is to indicate the recipient of an action. For example, if you are saying that someone does something for you (or for your benefit), or that something<span class=\"s1\">\u2014<\/span>an object or thing<span class=\"s1\">\u2014<\/span>is for you, then, you use <em><span class=\"foreign\">para<\/span><\/em>. So, for instance, if your boyfriend or girlfriend does your laundry for you, or if you ask someone if the gift he\/she has in his\/her hand is for your dad, you will express these statements with <em><span class=\"foreign\">para<\/span><\/em>. Read and listen to the following examples.\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"This gift is for Marcos.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S138.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Este regalo es para Marcos.<\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<td><img title=\"regalo para Marcos\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/umes-spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2922\/2015\/09\/S1L8p030.jpg\" alt=\"man giving little boy a gift\" \/><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"Sometimes I cook for my boyfriend.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S140.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> A veces cocino para mi novio.<\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\nThe last use of <em><span class=\"foreign\">para<\/span><\/em> that you will learn in this lesson is to communicate a destination. <em><span class=\"foreign\">Para<\/span><\/em> is used to indicate that you are moving or going toward a place, which may be your office, your home, or another country. In this context, you will often see <em><span class=\"foreign\">para<\/span><\/em> with the verbs <em><span class=\"foreign\">ir<\/span> <\/em>and <em><span class=\"foreign\">salir<\/span><\/em>.\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"We\u2019re going to Galicia.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S141.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Vamos para Galicia.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"At what time do you leave for the university?\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S142.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> \u00bfA qu\u00e9 hora sales para la universidad?<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"They are coming here.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S143.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Ellos vienen para aqu\u00ed.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThere is no real \"trick\" to learning or knowing the differences between <em><span class=\"foreign\">por<\/span><\/em> and <em><span class=\"foreign\">para<\/span><\/em>, other than memorizing the uses you have just learned. As you hear more and more Spanish, you will gain better instincts as to how and when to use each one of these words. For the moment, the following chart will provide you with a brief summary of what each word is used to express.\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>usos de por<\/th>\r\n<th>usos de para<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>length of time\/duration<\/td>\r\n<td>in order to<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>time of day (at night, in the morning, etc.)<\/td>\r\n<td>beneficiary<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>along\/through a place<\/td>\r\n<td>destination<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>price\/economic change<\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>mode of transportation<\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<h3><\/h3>","rendered":"<p>Throughout the lessons in this course, you have often seen the words <em><span class=\"foreign\">por<\/span><\/em> and <em><span class=\"foreign\">para<\/span><\/em>. Both of these words can have the meaning &#8220;for,&#8221; as well as many other meanings. <em><span class=\"foreign\">Por<\/span><\/em> and <em><span class=\"foreign\">para<\/span> <\/em>are prepositions, words that establish a relationship between other words in a sentence. In general, <em><span class=\"foreign\">por<\/span><\/em> and <em><span class=\"foreign\">para<\/span><\/em> serve to relate words in terms of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>time (for example, how long you do something for)<\/li>\n<li>direction (as in, where you are going)<\/li>\n<li>the mode or way you do something (for instance,\u00a0what mode of transport you use)<\/li>\n<li>positions (for example, places you travel through or toward)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While both of these words can mean &#8220;for,&#8221; they are used in different contexts. The differences in how and when these two words are used can often be very confusing for non-native speakers of Spanish, but don\u2019t worry, with time and practice, you will begin to gain a feel for when to use <em><span class=\"foreign\">por<\/span> <\/em>and when to use <em><span class=\"foreign\">para<\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Por<\/h2>\n<p>Let\u2019s begin with <em><span class=\"foreign\">por<\/span><\/em>. One very common usage of <em><span class=\"foreign\">por<\/span><\/em> is to relate the length of time of any type of activity. For instance, with <em><span class=\"foreign\">por<\/span><\/em> you may communicate how many hours you work in a day or how long you have lived in a certain city. Look and listen to the following examples that will illustrate how <em><span class=\"foreign\">por<\/span><\/em> establishes time relationships.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"I practice the piano for five hours a day.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S117.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Yo practico el piano por cinco horas diarias.<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<div style=\"width: 110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"practico piano\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/umes-spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2922\/2015\/09\/S1L8p027.jpg\" alt=\"woman playing piano\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Foto: Brian Richardson CC BY 2.0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"My mom works for forty hours.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S118.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Mi mam\u00e1 trabaja por cuarenta horas.<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"Gabriela and Marielena are going to be in Honduras for four months.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S119.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Gabriela y Marielena van a estar en Honduras por cuatro meses.<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"Miguel and Paco study for a long time.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S120.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Miguel y Paco estudian por mucho tiempo.<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em><span class=\"foreign\">Por<\/span><\/em> is also used to indicate time in another sense. It communicates during what part of the day you do something: morning, afternoon, or night. You can think of these expressions as the equivalent of &#8220;in the morning (or afternoon),&#8221; or &#8220;at night.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"Vicente always exercises in the morning.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S121.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Vicente siempre hace ejercicio por la ma\u00f1ana.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"We never eat at night.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S122.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Nosotros nunca comemos por la noche.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"I like to study in the afternoon.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S123.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Me gusta estudiar por la tarde.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition to the above two uses related to time, <em><span class=\"foreign\">por<\/span><\/em> is used to mean &#8220;through&#8221; or &#8220;by\/along.&#8221; If you walk through a certain neighborhood or park on your way to work, or if you pass through a city on your way to somewhere else, you will use <em><span class=\"foreign\">por<\/span><\/em>. Consider the following examples in order to gain a better sense of this usage.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"Vanessa doesn\u2019t like to run through the park.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S124.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> A Vanesa no le gusta correr por el parque.<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"Juan and Pedro walk along the shore.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S125.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Juan y Pedro caminan por la orilla del mar.<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<div style=\"width: 110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"caminan por la orilla\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/umes-spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2922\/2015\/09\/S1L8p028.jpg\" alt=\"two men walking along the shore\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Foto: Olisser Sanchez CC BY-NC 2.0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"We went through Sevilla and Toledo on the way to Madrid.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S126.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Nosotros pasamos por Sevilla y Toledo de camino a Madrid.<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"Violeta always goes by a coffee shop after work.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S127.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Violeta siempre pasa por un caf\u00e9 despu\u00e9s de trabajar.<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Another very common usage of <em><span class=\"foreign\">por<\/span><\/em> is to indicate an economic exchange. This exchange may be how much you get paid per hour or how much you pay for something. So, if you are talking about an interchange of money, you will use <em><span class=\"foreign\">por<\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"Javier makes fifteen dollars an hour.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S128.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Javier gana quince d\u00f3lares por hora.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"I buy a dozen oranges for three dollars in the supermarket and for two in the fruit store.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S129.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Compro una docena de naranjas por tres d\u00f3lares en el supermercado y por dos en la fruter\u00eda.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"We don\u2019t like to pay a lot for our clothes.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S130.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> No nos gusta pagar demasiado por nuestra ropa.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"The Corte Ingl\u00e9s sells scarves for 30 euros.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S131.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> El Corte Ingl\u00e9s vende bufandas por 30 euros.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span class=\"foreign\">Por<\/span><\/em> is also used to mean &#8220;by way of,&#8221; when you are talking about travel in terms of mode of transportation. If you want to tell someone that you travel by bus, train, plane, or car, you will use <em><span class=\"foreign\">por<\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"Pablito is afraid to travel by plane.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S132.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Pablito tiene miedo de viajar por avi\u00f3n.<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"My parents prefer to travel by car.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S133.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Mis padres prefieren viajar por carro.<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"It\u2019s nice to travel by train because you can see the countryside.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S134.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Es lindo viajar por tren porque puedes ver el paisaje.<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<div style=\"width: 110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"viajar por tren\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/umes-spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2922\/2015\/09\/S1L8p029.jpg\" alt=\"woman traveling by train\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Foto: Gabriel Arango CC BY-NC-ND 2.0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Para<\/h2>\n<p>Now that you have seen some of the uses of <em><span class=\"foreign\">por<\/span><\/em>, we will consider the uses of <em><span class=\"foreign\">para<\/span><\/em>. One use that you have seen very frequently in the examples in this course is to communicate the idea of &#8220;in order to.&#8221; Look and listen to the following examples to see this usage of <em><span class=\"foreign\">para<\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S135.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Nosotros trabajamos para ganar dinero.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S136.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Quiero viajar a Latinoam\u00e9rica para mejorar mi espa\u00f1ol.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S137.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> \u00bfUstedes estudian tanto para sacar buenas notas o para aprender m\u00e1s?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another common use of <em><span class=\"foreign\">para<\/span><\/em> is to indicate the recipient of an action. For example, if you are saying that someone does something for you (or for your benefit), or that something<span class=\"s1\">\u2014<\/span>an object or thing<span class=\"s1\">\u2014<\/span>is for you, then, you use <em><span class=\"foreign\">para<\/span><\/em>. So, for instance, if your boyfriend or girlfriend does your laundry for you, or if you ask someone if the gift he\/she has in his\/her hand is for your dad, you will express these statements with <em><span class=\"foreign\">para<\/span><\/em>. Read and listen to the following examples.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"This gift is for Marcos.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S138.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Este regalo es para Marcos.<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"regalo para Marcos\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/umes-spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2922\/2015\/09\/S1L8p030.jpg\" alt=\"man giving little boy a gift\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"Sometimes I cook for my boyfriend.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S140.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> A veces cocino para mi novio.<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The last use of <em><span class=\"foreign\">para<\/span><\/em> that you will learn in this lesson is to communicate a destination. <em><span class=\"foreign\">Para<\/span><\/em> is used to indicate that you are moving or going toward a place, which may be your office, your home, or another country. In this context, you will often see <em><span class=\"foreign\">para<\/span><\/em> with the verbs <em><span class=\"foreign\">ir<\/span> <\/em>and <em><span class=\"foreign\">salir<\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"We\u2019re going to Galicia.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S141.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Vamos para Galicia.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"At what time do you leave for the university?\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S142.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> \u00bfA qu\u00e9 hora sales para la universidad?<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"They are coming here.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l8_leccion8\/webcontent\/S1L8S143.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Ellos vienen para aqu\u00ed.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is no real &#8220;trick&#8221; to learning or knowing the differences between <em><span class=\"foreign\">por<\/span><\/em> and <em><span class=\"foreign\">para<\/span><\/em>, other than memorizing the uses you have just learned. As you hear more and more Spanish, you will gain better instincts as to how and when to use each one of these words. 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