Re: [romanceconlang] ser/estar & por/para

Anton Sherwood <bronto@hidden.email> wrote:

Adam Walker wrote:
> What about the por/para distinction.  How wide spread is that?

Very, I'd imagine.  What are some examples where you'd translate both
<por> and <para> with the same word, either to English or to other Romance?

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Gracias por la informacion.

Thanks for the information.

 

Este regalo es para Juan.

This gift is for Juan.

 

And even worse situations like:

Juan compro' el regalo para Maria.

or

Juan compro' el regalo para Maria.

 

In which both por and para must be translated "for" but have a very different sense of for-ness.

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> . . . por and para already drive me to distraction in Spanish . . .

Because <por> is a false friend?

Sp      por      para
Fr      par      pour
En      by      for

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But "by" is not the most common translation for "por".  The most common translation for both words is "for".

 

Adam

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