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Old May 20, 2009, 05:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Tomisimo View Post
No tienes que ir a verla. = You don't have to go see her. (it's not necessary)
No tienes porqué ir a verla. = You have no reason/no right to go see her. / There's no reason for you to go see her.

Porqué is a noun meaning reason, right, purpose, cause etc.
No tienes porqué ir a verla.= If this translates as; You have no right to go see her., would it be right to consider it as prohibition, as well as from reason.
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