difficult quiz item, differentiating purpose from originating causeI just missed this question:
¿Viajan ustedes ________ placer? Are you travelling for pleasure?
I chose "para" because I read "for pleasure" as indicating purpose. The endorsed answer is "por"; apparently I'm supposed to read "for pleasure" as an originating cause.
Looking at the examples here, the most relevant would seem to be:
Va a estudiar medicina por seguir la tradición familiar.
She is studying medicine because it's family tradition.
It seems to me, you could also use para here, with a different meaning:
Va a estudiar medicina para seguir la tradición familiar.
She is studying medicine to follow the family tradition.
Here it's pretty easy to tell them apart because they differ in English. With
Are you travelling for pleasure?
... I guess I don't even know what "originating cause" means in this example. It's because you wanted to obtain pleasure, right? That seems to me like a purpose.
If the originating cause were a noun ("amor", "los niños"), or a pre-existing state/action ("ser el primo"), then it's pretty easy to see it's an originating cause as opposed to a purpose. But for a verb that seems to relate to future action, I don't know how I would know.
Any guidance?
Hola Inma,
Can you tell me why "qué me gusta más" was not an option in this exercise please? Is it not acceptable?
Incidentally I enjoyed this exercise ... if only for learning the distinction between baile and danza.
Saludos. John
Disregard my Why preguntar question. Sorry.
Esta pizza se ve deliciosa
Cómo ves esta hamburguesa
I have realised that verse can be used to say how someone thinks of something. Is this correct? I can’t find such meaning in dictionary but I’ve been seeing this se ve a lot.
for the last part of the notes, it says deber conjugated in indefinitivo does not mean the same thing. Am I right to say that this structure is only for present tense of saying something should have been done? how do we say such meaning in past tense? something should had been done?
I just missed this question:
¿Viajan ustedes ________ placer? Are you travelling for pleasure?
I chose "para" because I read "for pleasure" as indicating purpose. The endorsed answer is "por"; apparently I'm supposed to read "for pleasure" as an originating cause.
Looking at the examples here, the most relevant would seem to be:
Va a estudiar medicina por seguir la tradición familiar.
She is studying medicine because it's family tradition.
It seems to me, you could also use para here, with a different meaning:
Va a estudiar medicina para seguir la tradición familiar.
She is studying medicine to follow the family tradition.
Here it's pretty easy to tell them apart because they differ in English. With
Are you travelling for pleasure?
... I guess I don't even know what "originating cause" means in this example. It's because you wanted to obtain pleasure, right? That seems to me like a purpose.
If the originating cause were a noun ("amor", "los niños"), or a pre-existing state/action ("ser el primo"), then it's pretty easy to see it's an originating cause as opposed to a purpose. But for a verb that seems to relate to future action, I don't know how I would know.
Any guidance?
Why is this wrong: Mi abuela le entretiene mucho hacer punto?
Cristina es la más curiosa de mis amigas.Cristina is the nosiest of my friends.
Please explain on what basis cuándo is correct here and not cuando. This looks to me like a perfectly straightforward statement of fact. No one is asking a question. In fact, this sentence is an answer to a question such as, "When will you see him again?"
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