Mandar a por vs mandar por

cmon	December 03, 2008 02:35 PM

Mandar a por vs mandar por

Found both sentences on WordReference.com
La mandé por el pan. I sent her out for bread.
Nos mandaron a por unos huevos. They sent us out for eggs.

Don't understand the difference.

Jessica

December 03, 2008 02:36 PM

well I think the a is the difference.....:P I don't know either.

CrOtALiTo

December 03, 2008 02:46 PM

The two phrases mean the same, for example when you sent someone for something, example Te mande a lavar el carro, I sent you washed the car, and when you say Nos mandaron a la escuela, this phrase was a command then someone sent you for something, example Ella nos mando a la escuela, She sent us to the school.

Jessica

December 03, 2008 03:01 PM

well then, there IS no difference. I knew that, because just one letter, the personal a can't make a big difference. But I wasn't sure. so cmon, there is no difference, really.

Tomisimo

December 03, 2008 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cmon (Post 20932)

La mandé por el pan. I sent her out for bread.
Nos mandaron a por unos huevos. They sent us out for eggs.

I'm most familiar with Mexican Spanish, and honestly I don't think I've ever heard the version with a. I would normally say mandar por, not mandar a por.

It would be great to get a native speaker's opinion on this.

CrOtALiTo

December 03, 2008 04:02 PM

It was your own view point, I respect that.

Rusty

December 03, 2008 04:35 PM

I think it's a regional thing, and that only Spaniards say the extra preposition.
The first sentence came from Pocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary, published in the UK. The second sentence came from Diccionario Espasa Concise: Español-Inglés English-Spanish, published in Madrid, Spain.

cmon	December 03, 2008 06:01 PM

In the beginning........

Sosia (native language-spanish of Spain) had corrected a practice sentence of mine by adding an a after mandar.
Su novio despreciable la mandó (a) por cerveza y cigarillos.
Just a regional thang.

sosia

December 04, 2008 12:29 AM

I have already answered this in the other thread :D
Yes, we usually use it with a. Without "a" it's OK and understood.
Reason: I don't know. :D
The next explanation its only "free-thinking" :D
"mandar a por cigarros"
"Mandar a hacer un recado"
"Mandar a hacer una tarea"
Perhaps saying "a" you say you have already given the task to one person.
"Mandar por cigarrillos" it's more a wish (something to be done.) than something you have already ordered.
Must be something regional.

Saludos :D

Elaina

December 04, 2008 12:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sosia (Post 20974)

I have already answered this in the other thread :D
Yes, we usually use it with a. Without "a" it's OK and understood.
Reason: I don't know. :D
The next explanation its only "free-thinking" :D
"mandar a por cigarros" :bad::bad:
"Mandar a hacer un recado"
"Mandar a hacer una tarea"
Perhaps saying "a" you say you have already given the task to one person.
"Mandar por cigarrillos" it's more a wish (something to be done.) than something you have already ordered.
Must be something regional.

Saludos :D

Somehow ... mandar a por cigarros.......just doesn't sound right and it doesn't make sense to me.

:twocents:

Tomisimo

December 04, 2008 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elaina (Post 21009)

Somehow ... mandar a por cigarros.......just doesn't sound right and it doesn't make sense to me.

:twocents:

It doesn't sound right to me either, but it's normal in Spain. Gotta love those regional differences. :)

CrOtALiTo

December 05, 2008 03:43 PM

The sentece correct is MANDAR POR CIGARROS, OR MANDAR POR UNOS CIGARROS.

Tomisimo

December 05, 2008 04:42 PM

En México lo corrrecto es "mandar por", pero como se ha explicado, en España se puede decir "madar por" o "mandar a por". Los dos son correctos.

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