Práctica con "para" (Part Three)

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Originally Posted by laepelba

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3) Saldré para la iglesia en cuatro horas. Perfect sentence. "Hacia" is an irrelevant matter of style.

4) Saldremos para la playa el lunes. Same as #3.

6) ¿Quieres ir conmigo? Me dices para a las cinco. Still, there is a chance that it could be correct... what is your idea in English?
"Avisas" is style again, but it won't impede understanding.

7) Mi programa favorito, CSI, es para los jueves.
"Mi programa favorito, CSI, lo dan/lo pasan/pasa los jueves"

8) Tú eres inteligente para ser un mocito. Un niño/un chico/tan joven would make more understandable the sentence in Latin America.

9) Anoche, me desvelo para mí.
"Anoche me desvelé, para mi costumbre." (When you go to sleep at 11pm and your usual bedtime is 9pm, for example.)
"Anoche me dormí a las 11. Eso, para mí, es desvelo."

10) Hoy, hace calor para (ser) febrero. (Is it better with or without the "ser"? Is there a slight difference in meaning?)
Correct sentence. There is no difference in meaning. Only what you want to emphasize.


#7) The sample sentence was: "La cita es para el jueves." (The appointment is on Thursday.)
One time appointment. If you had that appointment every Thursday, you would say "tengo cita (todos) los jueves". That is why "para" doesn't apply for CSI.

#9) The sample sentence was: "Para una tortuga, es muy rápida." (For a turtle, he is very fast.)
Turtle example is well replicated for the clever boy sentence.

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[laepelba]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

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Malila! Sorry I didn't respond to this sooner. (I know you're not looking for an apology.) I have had a TOTALLY crazy week ... and knew that it would take some thinking and analyzing to work through all of this.

Anyway - your comments are extremely helpful!! Thank you! That is exactly what I was looking for.

For #6, I wanted to say: "Do you want to come with me? Tell me by 5:00." Is that okay with "para"?

For #9, that also helps a lot. I love your rewrite: "Anoche me dormí a las 11. Eso, para mí, es desvelo." Breaking it down like that helps a lot. Proves (again) what Hernan has been telling me ... to think in short phrases/sentences and try to say those ideas in Spanish.

Your concluding comments on #7 and #9 are great, too. THANKS!!

I'm hoping to have a "Part 4" on "para" later this weekend ... which should be the final one before moving on to "por".

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Originally Posted by laepelba

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For #6, I wanted to say: "Do you want to come with me? Tell me by 5:00." Is that okay with "para"?

I think it will work with "para", yes. A bit odd, but correct.

Originally Posted by laepelba

For #9, that also helps a lot. I love your rewrite: "Anoche me dormí a las 11. Eso, para mí, es desvelo." Breaking it down like that helps a lot. Proves (again) what Hernan has been telling me ... to think in short phrases/sentences and try to say those ideas in Spanish.

Making short sentences is a good start. Sometimes one lacks the tools to bound longer thoughts.

Originally Posted by laepelba

I'm hoping to have a "Part 4" on "para" later this weekend ... which should be the final one before moving on to "por".

Go ahead and good luck!