60 Por V Para Common Differences

Question 1

𝐏𝐎𝐑
 𝐭𝐨, 
  𝐛𝐲,
 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡,
 𝐢𝐧,
 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟,
 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠,
 𝐩𝐞𝐫

Answer 1

𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐀 
 𝐭𝐨, 
𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨,
 𝐛𝐲 (𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞),
 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟, 
𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨,
 𝐟𝐨𝐫   (𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞)

Question 2

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟓 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬

Answer 2

𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐫 & 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚

Question 3

𝟏. 𝐀𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝/𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 = 𝐏𝐎𝐑

Answer 3

𝐯𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐀

Question 4

I run in the park in the morning.

Answer 4

Yo corro por el parque en las mañanas.

Question 5

In this example, por is used because “I run in (or through)” the park.

Answer 5

Anytime you are talking about travelling through a place, use por.

Question 6

𝐏𝐨𝐫 is also used if you are travelling through one place to get to another:

Answer 6

Voy a Mexico por Tijuana.

I am going to Mexico via/by way of Tijuana.

Question 7

𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚 on the other hand, is always used when talking about the destination:

Answer 7

Salimos para Colombia ahora.

We are leaving for Colombia today.

Question 8

After college I go to Spain and I will travel throughout the country

Answer 8

Después de la universidad voy para Espana y voy a viajar por todo el pais

Question 9

One part of the sentence (voy para España) denotes my final destination.

Answer 9

The remainder (voy a viajar por todo el país) describes how I will travel within Spain once you arrive.

Question 10

𝐃𝐔𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐎𝐑

Answer 10

𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐀

Question 11

Por la mañana = In the morning = Duration of time

Answer 11

Para manaña = for tomorrow = Deadline

Question 12

When you talk about how long something lasts (duration), use por.

Answer 12

It doesn’t actually matter that there be a specific duration as long as you are talking about how long something lasts:

Question 13

They only slept for four hours.

Answer 13

Solamente durmieron por cuatro horas.

Question 14

She always sleeps in the afternoon.

Answer 14

Ella siempre duerme por las tardes. (She always sleeps in the afternoon.) ( Because she sleeps every afternoon it becomes plural “las tardes”)

Question 15

Para is always used when there is a deadline:

Answer 15

Tengo que terminar el exámen para las once.

I need to finish the exam by 11 o’clock.

Question 16

We need the order for tomorrow, in the morning

Answer 16

Necesitamos el pedido para mañana, por la mañana,

Question 17

𝟑. 𝐁𝐲 𝐖𝐡𝐨𝐦 𝐯𝐬 𝐏𝐎𝐑

Answer 17

𝐅𝐨𝐫 : 𝐖𝐡𝐨𝐦 / 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 / (𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞): 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐀

Question 18

“Por” is used to describe who did something,

Answer 18

while “para” expresses who (or what) it was done for

Question 19

The gift is for the birthday girl.

Answer 19

El regalo es para la cumplañera.

Question 20

The party was organized by her parents.

Answer 20

La fiesta fue organizada por sus padres. (By whom? by her parents)

Question 21

I wrote a letter to Carlos.

Answer 21

Escribí una carta para Carlos. ( a card for Carlos)

Question 22

𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

Answer 22

𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐬!

Question 23

𝐏𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 “𝐟𝐨𝐫” 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡.

Answer 23

𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐩𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐛𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐦) 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞’𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞:

Question 24

(I taught the class for (in place of) my friend. She was sick.)

Answer 24

Enseñé la clase por mi amiga. Estuvo enferma.

Question 25

𝟒. 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐎𝐟 𝐯𝐬 𝐏𝐎𝐑

Answer 25

𝗜𝗻 𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗼 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐀

Question 26

Because of the rain I can’t leave my house 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨 work.

in order to go to work

Answer 26

𝐏𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐚 𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐯𝐢𝐚 no puedo salir de mi casa 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐢𝐫 al trabajo.

Question 27

In order to get there on time you need to catch the 8 o clock bus in the morning.

Answer 27

Para llegar a tiempo necesitas tomar el bus a las 8 de la mañana.

Question 28

𝟓. 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐯𝐬 (𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲) 𝐏𝐎𝐑

Answer 28

𝗢𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐀

Question 29

You always use “por” when you are talking about an exchange

Answer 29

Gracias por la invitación.

Question 30

I work for money and to learn new things.

Answer 30

Yo trabajo por dinero y para aprender cosas nuevas.

Question 31

I’ll pay for the food, and you buy the beer for the party.

Answer 31

Yo pago por la comida, y tu compras las cervezas para la fiesta.

Question 32

Have you really paid that much for that phone?

Answer 32

¿De verdad has pagado tanto por ese teléfono?

Question 33

She gave me her T-shirt for my shirt.

Answer 33

Me dio su camiseta por mi camisa.