Pa'

eulandria

July 01, 2007 08:44 PM

Pa'

I've seen "pa" used in front of a lot of words. What does this mean???:rolleyes:

Elaina

July 02, 2007 12:11 AM

Hola Eulandria:

Pa'........what I have seen in the past is that it is a short version of "para". For example, "voy para la tienda" would come out as "voy pa' la tienda" OR este auto lo compré para Eulandria ... would be ... este auto lo compré pa' Eulandria.

Sustitute para for pa and see if it makes more sense to you.

Does this help?

Ela:eek:

eulandria

July 03, 2007 09:20 PM

muchas gracias

Thank you very much! It does make more sense. I am a beginner, and little things like that through me off.

Tomisimo

July 07, 2007 02:18 PM

The question has already been answered, but I'll just add a side note. It seems to me that when shortening para to pa', it usually happens before words that start with a consonante, and infrequently before words that begin with a vowel. It might just be my imagination though. ¿Any native speakers care to comment?

sosia

July 09, 2007 09:59 AM

for me, pa' as para is like "ya" or "u" as "you", it's a "street" contraction so you can't expect any grammatical rule.

Your oppinion ("infrequently before words that begin with a vowel.") I think it's simply more difficult to find words that begin with a vowel.
"voy pa' Asunción" it's perfectly (in a vulgar way, not standard spanish) valid

Tomisimo

July 11, 2007 09:42 AM

Thanks for commenting on that Sosia, I always appreciate what you have to say.

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