Kilo Lingo

Spanish · Chapter 4 · Lesson 10 · Common mistake

por or para?

Both become for in English, which is why English speakers guess. The full lesson comes in chapter 13; this is the shape of it.

The rule

para points FORWARD: a destination, a recipient, a purpose, a deadline. por points BACK or THROUGH: a cause, a route, an exchange, a duration. Roughly, para is where it is going and por is why it happened.

Pick the right one

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Pick the right one: por or para.

  1. Esto es ti.

  2. Gracias todo.

  3. Lo hago ti.

  4. Vamos la casa.

  5. Es mañana.

  6. No puedo hacerlo el tiempo.

This gets a lesson of its own in chapter 13, where it is covered properly. This drill is the shape of it.

Read ahead: the full lesson