por v. para 4"Lo hago por ti" implies
"I do it for your sake, because of you and for you, altogether".
"Lo hago para ti"
suggests nothing about the true motivation,
which may well lay outside the addressee;
it only designates ti 'you' as the destination of the "doing".
I have found this in:
"Delbecque - Towards a cognitive account of the use of the prepositions por and para in Spanish 1996".
This, I hope, might explain why
"sacrificios por sus hijos"
is prefered to
"sacrificios para sus hijos".
In both cases hijos are the recipients, but the attitude toward the recipients seem to matter.
Google search gives 88,500 hits to "sacrificios por sus hijos"
and 39 to "sacrificios para sus hijos",
suggesting that "para" is a very poor (ungramatical?) choice here.
Does querer que trigger the subjunctive if it's something you're wishing for yourself?
"Lo hago por ti" implies
"I do it for your sake, because of you and for you, altogether".
"Lo hago para ti"
suggests nothing about the true motivation,
which may well lay outside the addressee;
it only designates ti 'you' as the destination of the "doing".
I have found this in:
"Delbecque - Towards a cognitive account of the use of the prepositions por and para in Spanish 1996".
This, I hope, might explain why
"sacrificios por sus hijos"
is prefered to
"sacrificios para sus hijos".
In both cases hijos are the recipients, but the attitude toward the recipients seem to matter.
Google search gives 88,500 hits to "sacrificios por sus hijos"
and 39 to "sacrificios para sus hijos",
suggesting that "para" is a very poor (ungramatical?) choice here.
why is it incorrect to say con ropas de athleisure? clothes is plural
the correct answer is ropa de athleisure.
Why are there pronouns attached to the verbs in the first three examples but not in the remaining examples?
The first and third examples are reflexive (which explains those), but what about the second one ("comerlos")? Thanks.
The sentence "Now I want to repeat it!" is translated as ¡Ahora quiero repetir!
Why doesn't Spanish need an object pronoun here?
Gracias
there is a sentence in the notes where it says
'Hablo con ella cuando llega a casa. = I will speak with her when she gets home.'
Since this is a non general statement of using cuando, but a future specified situation, shouldn't we use subjuntive? there is a note on this. are is this the same thing but different point of view?
Hablo con ella cuando llegue a casa.
I've done this so many times it is getting boring. Is there a skip button?
Is there a way to eliminate vosotros from lessons and quizzes? It's not something I've ever studied or used.
Why is it igual and not iguales if it’s referring to 7 or 12 people?
My amiga de Oaxaca pointed out that in Spain they tend to use "lo" in this expression but in Mexico it's "la." Just sayin'!
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