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| Para | ||
|---|---|---|
| Use | Example | |
| express movement or direction to a goal | Salgo para la Cuidad de México el viernes | I am leaving for Mexico City next Friday |
| indicate a specific time limit or a fixed point in time | Ese mural ya estará terminado para navidad | That mural will already be finished by Christmas |
| to express a purpose, goal, or destination | Esta tarjeta postal es para ti | This postcard is for you |
| to express an implied comparison of inequality | México está bastante industrializado para us país de Tercer Mundo | Mexico is fairly industrialized for a Third World country |
| to indicate the person or persons holding an opinion or making a judgement | Para muchas personas, los murales de Diego Rivera reflehan las esencia de la cultura mexicana. Para mí, expresan un fuerte mensaje social | For many people, Diego Rivera's murals reflect the essence of Mexican culture. For me, they express a strong social message |
| Por | ||
|---|---|---|
| Use | Example | |
| express movement along or through a place | Es agradable caminar por el Parque de Chapultepec | It is pleasent to walk through Chapultepec Park |
| to indicate duration of time | La cultura Teotihuacán dominó Mesoamérica por casi ocho siglos | Teotihuacán culture dominated Middle (central) America for alomost eight centuries |
| to indicate the cause, reason, or motive of an action | Muchos turistas visitan el Museo de Antropología por curiosidad | Many tourists visit the Museum of Anthropology out of curiosity. |
| to exprss on behalf of, for the sake of, or in favor of | Debemos hacer muchos sacrificios por el bienestar del país | We must make many sacrifices for the well-being of the country. |
| to express the excahnge or substitution of one thing for another | ¿Cuantos pesos mexicanos dan por un dólar | How many Mexican pesos do they give for a dollar |
| to indicate a means of transportation or communication | Llamaré a Carlos por telephono para decirle que viajaremos por tren, no por autobus | I will call Carlos to tell him that we will be traveling by train, not by bus. |
| to indicate rate, frequency, or unit or measure | México tiene un médico por cada seiscientos habitantes | Mexico has one doctor per six hundred people |
| in the following common phrases | por ahora | for the time being |
| por cierto* | of course | |
| por consiguiente | consequently | |
| por eso | that's why | |
| por fin | finally | |
| por la mañana/tarde/noche | in the morning/afternoon/night | |
| por lo menos | at least | |
| por lo tanto | therefore | |
| por más (mucho) que | however much | |
| por otra parte | on the other hand | |
| por poco | almost | |
| por supuesto* | of course | |
| por último | finally | |
