POR & PARA - Mystery Solved

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[bhami]

As a native English speaker who has studied Spanish, Russian, and German, my general comment is that preposition usage in Indo-European languages is always idiomatic, and so you'll just need to study dozens of specific examples, such as in this excellent video. There's almost never an exact one-to-one mapping of a preposition in one language onto a single preposition in another language.

[ChristineSkaggs-kc]

You've explained this for me in exactly the way I needed. I'm trying to learn from native speakers and they can never explain WHY you use por instead of para in some circumstances. You simplify it just the way I need. Thank you so much!!

[bradlafferty]

Man, I love this channel! Thank you for a great lesson.

[mwiebe]

“Sometimes we don’t always talk about happy things in Spanish, folks.” 😂😂😂 You made me laugh out loud. Certainly lots of examples of “not happy things” in Spanish language music! Lots of songs filled with angst, tears, regret, reclamaciones. “Llorar y llorar, llorar y llorar” (from El Rey, a mariachi classic.)

[cwisaac]

Not too long! I appreciate this type of video the most. A mini class, instead of let's make it super short to meet a new trend or metric. And it's this format that has me reconsidering joining your Crew! :)

[KeySpanish]

Looking forward to our lesson on Tuesday with the Qroo Spanish Crew!

[austingotwalt]

12:30 I used to make the same mistake for Yo sé + infinitive. I would always say Yo sé como + infinitive. Example I had to remember thatyou can just say “Yo sé nadar” for”I know how to swim”

[Brandon-osqr]

One of the most useful videos I've watched on my Spanish learning journey

[rockshot]

Mr. Paul, Por and para are very confusing, I often just guess, or it is something I have heard. THANKS. Very good explanations, since you are not a native speaker, YOU understand where WE don't understand. I bet you get confused for being a Chicano. Beautiful accent.

[caro]

¡Qué explicación tan claro! Muchas gracias.

[liliareyes]

Hi
It would be very helpful if you can share some PDF exercises so that we can practice on our own to reinforce the lessons.

Thank you for your videos. You make it easier to understand

[jamesfreese]

Great as always y helpful-gracias-waiting for the next video!!!

[ReelReports]

Wow. Just found your channel. Great teacher.

[Kamal_Actkins]

I love your example "because of" instead of por. I have watched many videos and no one mentioned that.

[majelwhite]

Thanks, Paul, for this video!
"Was gonna" get around to asking you to address this issue as it's a tough cookie for us non- native speakers. So, many thanks! Well done ( bien hecho)!.

[JeanineLaMonica_fem]

Gracias, porque I always had a problem with these two palabras!

[BraydonHudson-vf]

The bombshell video we have all been waiting for! Muchísimo gracias Paul🎉

[sorchamurphy]

Eres un genio. Una clase excelente! Gracias Paul 🙏🙏🙏

[rickyhansen]

Thanks for this lesson. Any lesson you give I learn something. Rick