It seems like the difference between por and para is the difference between a point and a line. Destinations, recipients, deadlines are points in time and space. Durations, motivations, modes of travel and explanations are "lines" in that they have a beginning, middle and end.
Wow--this is such a great way of thinking about it! I'll keep this in mind as I continue to learn Spanish. Thank you for your comment, @@jordanenyard9554 !
Holy crap... I was binge-watching some iLoveBasketballTV videos, and then was like, "I should probably study for my Spanish test tomorrow." I look up "Por vs Para" and play this video, and was so surprised!! Coach Rock has a Spanish channel!! Never would've thought. Keep up the good work man!
Thank you so much for the video on por and para. I am 81 and learning Spanish....have been for 8 or more years....still learning every day...how long does it take to learn Spanish?? Every day...as long as you have lol...such a beautiful language!
As a French speaker, this is confusing for me to remember. You know why? I've discovered that our French "par" is the Spanish version of "por", but our French version of "pour" seems to be the equivalent of the Spanish "para". Obviously in French I never have to second-guess myself between "par" and "pour" , but when speaking Spanish, I often second-guess myself, then think in French, then switch back to Spanish, madre mia!
I’ve been doing some thinking recently and I pieced together in my head that for anytime para doesn’t directly translate to “for” it’s more like a “in order to”. Por ejemplo cuando tú dices “estoy entrenando para bajar el peso” it’s literally just “I’m training in order to lose weight”. Just a theory I thought of. The main thing really tho is that it doesn’t mean one thing and it was never supposed to lol it’s main function is being a connector I’ve realized recently. Pero thank you so much for your videos I just discovered your channel a few weeks ago and I’ve been implementing your methods since (im latino born in the states and never learned Spanish lol). So I just spent a week in DR, it was my second time, and I was way more comfortable and had more confidence to speak and make errors than my first visit. Appreciate what you do!
Hey Rocky thanks for putting this online and for putting in the work! As a student of many years I’m still stumbling through this and your video is helpful. Learning a new language sure is humbling… Much respect 👊🏼
So I've been using pimsleur for 2 months now, all I can say is wow, never knew an app would be so good, after 1 more month im gonna start learning on italki or baselang to really make sure im getting. Costa rica here I am in 2 months to get my wife 🤣🤣
They both roughly translate to "sorry"/"forgive me"/"excuse me" (depending on context). Perdón is just a phrase. If anything it's a noun (el perdón). The phrase I think is just a shortening of "pedir perdón" (to ask for forgiveness/to apologize) (Pido) perdón, señor. Disculpe comes from "disculpar". Disculpe is in the "usted command" and more formal. It roughly means sorry/forgive me/excuse me. Disculpa would be the "tú command". Discúlpeme (or just disculpe is fine) usted señor. Discúlpame tú chico.
@@Ισαβέλα-ψ7τ Perdon para mi seria mas neutral, ya que cada edad lo usaria, incluso los jovenes. Disculpe para mi solo se usaria con gente mayor o maestros, etc. Claro, los jovenes podrIan decirse "disculpame amigo" de uno y al otro, Pero para mi perdon seria mas neutral. Disculpe (que se conjuga con usted) es si lo mas formal entre todas opciones.
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It's true that when it comes to the difference between these two prepositions, a lot of students complain on its confusion. However, after watching your video, it doesn't seem tricky at all to distinguish. Big thanks Rico, keep up the good work!
I was very excited when you said that with practice, you’ll know if something’s not correct, because it sounds wrong. That happened to me in a Spanish class that a coworker and I took. We were working in groups and were supposed to insert the correct article before the nouns listed on a worksheet. One of the words was “llaves.” No one in our group knew whether it was masculine or feminine, but to me, las llaves sounded correct. Los llaves sounded weird. Maybe my years of taking classes but never taking on the identity of a native speaker and therefore not becoming fluent is turning around! I think it will go much faster now! You speak to my heart with your mindset training!! Thank you!
Ricky thanks so much for you amazing videos!! I have been struggling so bad with Spanish for a year. I do Duolingo and I have a easy Spanish textbook I follow but you help really make things make sense. My wife’s family is from Puerto Rico and we’re goi g in July to see them again and I’m trying so so hard to learn the language to talk to her relatives. I’m looking to purchase the package you offer online to help me more. I need all the help I can get lol thanks again Rocky 💪🇵🇷
I retired to Mexico several years ago, and am still in the process of learning Spanish. “Por” And “para” have confused me from the start. Thanks for clarifying.
Wow! I really wish that I would have found your channel years ago. This is really helpful! Today is Christmas Eve 2021 and I am flying back home to California from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 (¡Amo Puerto Rico! 😁), and just from THIS lesson, I think it would have made me much more comfortable with my Spanish. Although California has many Spanish speakers, 99% of the time, I communicate with them in English. In fact, I speak Spanish more in Puerto Rico than I do in California, and that's still very little. (If someone asks, "¿Hablas español?" I sometimes may reply, "Sí, hablo español, pero no perfectamente (or "con fluidez"). Todavía lo estoy aprendiendo.") Only recently has my colleague from Venezuela decided to text me in Spanish for me to improve upon and get comfortable with conversational Spanish. This was my first video of yours that I watched and you already have a new subscriber, bro! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Thank you for this lesson -- it's like the "15 minute pep talk of a lifetime," lol! To know the difference between Por and Para. Merry Christmas to you and your family! Take care, Jonathan Sacramento, CA
thanks for this. if you do more slang and music lyrics that would be interesting as well. maybe line by line lyrics of popular songs if they arent overly complicated or too advanced/slangish
I saw somewhere you can think of para like for and “in order to”. Like one of the examples was I am calling “in order to” talk to you. I am training in order to lose weight
Thank you so much for watching our videos! It's my pleasure to be able to help you with this beautiful language. If you want to master Spanish and start speaking fluently then go here - speakspanishfaster.com/youtube
En el minuto 4:00 (goals) el uso del "para" está correcto, solo que la forma correcta de la oración sería: Estoy entrenando para bajar DE peso y no EL peso. Muy bien todo, ¡saludos!
Omg!! Muchos gracias!!! Mi esposa es mexicana y mis suegros no hablamos inglés! And I have been asking my wife so much how do I know when to use por or para because in English it’s the same there is no other word so I get lost using por y para
thank you for this! I am confused in how to use _por_ and this helped me a lot. In my native language, Winaray, one of the languages in the Philippines we also use _para_ so I have no issues with using it. But _por_ we only use it for dimensions like dos por dos (2 x 2) so I make mistakes.
One I would add is using por in phrases like “Por acá”, “Por ahí”, “ Por Allá” For example, “¿Hay algunos restaurantes por acá? “Are there any restaurants around here?”
Dude you put so much hard work into these videos I really appreciate the help
Working on another one as we speak. Thanks so much for watching :)
Real rap. This is a crucial resource.
This guy speaks for me
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En conclusíon:-
Para:- destination, goals, recipients,deadline.
Por:- duration, motivation, mode of travel or communication and exchange.
Hey comrade, conclusión has an accent on the “o” and not the “i”. Communism will win!
@@alancantu2557 What
It seems like the difference between por and para is the difference between a point and a line. Destinations, recipients, deadlines are points in time and space. Durations, motivations, modes of travel and explanations are "lines" in that they have a beginning, middle and end.
Wow--this is such a great way of thinking about it! I'll keep this in mind as I continue to learn Spanish. Thank you for your comment, @@jordanenyard9554 !
@@jordanenyard9554 love this!
Holy crap... I was binge-watching some iLoveBasketballTV videos, and then was like, "I should probably study for my Spanish test tomorrow." I look up "Por vs Para" and play this video, and was so surprised!! Coach Rock has a Spanish channel!! Never would've thought. Keep up the good work man!
Thank you my friend. The Grind never stops :)
Yooooo same i swear on goaaad
@@SpeakSpanishFaster really mixin it up out here great work I gotta test on this tomorrow and then practice so ima watch some basketball 2
Just found your channel last night & I'm HOOKED... this por vs para has haunted me for DECADES. THANK YOU FOR THIS! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
Dude, god bless you. You are by far the most influential Spanish teacher on TH-cam. Thank you
Kevin wow, thank you so much! That means a lot my friend :)
Thank you so much for the video on por and para. I am 81 and learning Spanish....have been for 8 or more years....still learning every day...how long does it take to learn Spanish?? Every day...as long as you have lol...such a beautiful language!
Nooo way I was like “this guys face is so familiar” and then BOOOM. This is coach rock from ILoveBasketball. Crazy stuff man 🤣
As a French speaker, this is confusing for me to remember. You know why? I've discovered that our French "par" is the Spanish version of "por", but our French version of "pour" seems to be the equivalent of the Spanish "para". Obviously in French I never have to second-guess myself between "par" and "pour" , but when speaking Spanish, I often second-guess myself, then think in French, then switch back to Spanish, madre mia!
I’ve been doing some thinking recently and I pieced together in my head that for anytime para doesn’t directly translate to “for” it’s more like a “in order to”. Por ejemplo cuando tú dices “estoy entrenando para bajar el peso” it’s literally just “I’m training in order to lose weight”. Just a theory I thought of. The main thing really tho is that it doesn’t mean one thing and it was never supposed to lol it’s main function is being a connector I’ve realized recently. Pero thank you so much for your videos I just discovered your channel a few weeks ago and I’ve been implementing your methods since (im latino born in the states and never learned Spanish lol). So I just spent a week in DR, it was my second time, and I was way more comfortable and had more confidence to speak and make errors than my first visit. Appreciate what you do!
I used to watch your basketball training videos all the time, now I'm studying for my Spanish final and you pop up, I was so caught off guard LOL!
You are an awesome teacher!! ¡¡Gracias!!
😂Yoooo I didn’t know Coach Rocky has a Spanish channel. Thx for helping with school and my game bro it means a lot to us
HAHA!! He really out here doing the most, so we can get the most. shiyetttt..
Coach has no idea how much he helping us out 🤣
Bro's helping us hoop and learn Spanish 😂
Hey Rocky thanks for putting this online and for putting in the work! As a student of many years I’m still stumbling through this and your video is helpful. Learning a new language sure is humbling…
Much respect 👊🏼
Started learning spanish last week. Estoy aprendiento espana. Muchas gracias POR la ayuda :)
This is amazing. You're helping me understand all the things my Spanish teacher is trying to teach me.
As a French and Creole speaker, I love your teaching. easy and clear! Thanks!
Thank you so much :)
Coach... coach rock? THE legendary basketball trainer? What else do you teach omg
Just trying to change the world my friend :)
So I've been using pimsleur for 2 months now, all I can say is wow, never knew an app would be so good, after 1 more month im gonna start learning on italki or baselang to really make sure im getting. Costa rica here I am in 2 months to get my wife 🤣🤣
Could you do a video explaining “perdón vs. disculpe” ?
Btw, your vids are great!
Thanks so much. Sure I will cover this. Probably will be quick haha
They both roughly translate to "sorry"/"forgive me"/"excuse me" (depending on context).
Perdón is just a phrase. If anything it's a noun (el perdón). The phrase I think is just a shortening of "pedir perdón" (to ask for forgiveness/to apologize)
(Pido) perdón, señor.
Disculpe comes from "disculpar".
Disculpe is in the "usted command" and more formal. It roughly means sorry/forgive me/excuse me. Disculpa would be the "tú command".
Discúlpeme (or just disculpe is fine) usted señor.
Discúlpame tú chico.
@@jpierce8148 es “perdón “ informal? porque le dijo que “disculpe “ es formal.. ¿o tal vez no lo entiendo?
@@Ισαβέλα-ψ7τ Perdon para mi seria mas neutral, ya que cada edad lo usaria, incluso los jovenes. Disculpe para mi solo se usaria con gente mayor o maestros, etc. Claro, los jovenes podrIan decirse "disculpame amigo" de uno y al otro, Pero para mi perdon seria mas neutral. Disculpe (que se conjuga con usted) es si lo mas formal entre todas opciones.
@@jpierce8148 ah, ya veo. muchas gracias (:
Amazing! Muchas gracias señor, de verdad
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I think this the best you tube video teaching the differences between para and por.Thank you
Thank you very much Sir I learn a lot from you more vedio please
It's true that when it comes to the difference between these two prepositions, a lot of students complain on its confusion. However, after watching your video, it doesn't seem tricky at all to distinguish. Big thanks Rico, keep up the good work!
Speak Spanish Faster, amazing video
Muchas gracias POR este video. Francamente, me ayudó mucho.🙏🏾🙌🏾
Great tutor a really superb explanation.
Gracias por compartir este video con nosotros.
Ive been struggling with por/para for yearsssss thank u!!
So happy I could help you :)
Este video es para mi! Muchísimas Gracias !
gracias a ti para este video me ayuda mucha
Your explanations are so very clear. Gracias!!!!
this is the best video i have seen on this subject. cheers
The best explanation for Por vs Para I have seen on TH-cam. Good job matey!!
Thanks my friend :)!
This was great....and I'm going to have watch it a number of times. 👍
This is by far the best video I've seen regarding por v. para. Muchas gracias!
Gracias Ocatilla te aprecio amigo!
este video era súper útil, explicaste todo muy bien!
I think of para as meaning "in order to" when it is used as it was in the weight loss sentence.
I am training *in order to* lose weight.
Thanks you so much, you make things so much easier to learn 🤓 great teaching.
Dude thank you for this. Going to save and revisit frequently
Glad it was helpful Thomas!
Thanks for helping me pass my test just now🔥🤛your a life saver gracias.
Yo 1. Solid braids and shape up. 2. THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING PARA AND PA' at the same time I FINALLY GET IT. It explains so many songs
Lol I appreciate the nice comments my friend!
Perrita!! Mejores videos!! Muchísimas gracias!
:)!!
Your explanations are very good. I have been confused about which to use. You have clarified this well.
This should easily get a million views!
Gracias!
Thanks for this vid bro really nice and clear teaching
Thanks so much for watching! So happy i could help you :)
Congrats on 100K subscribers! Well earned!
Para also means “in order to”. Por ejemplo:
“I’m training “in order to” lose weight” - estoy entrenando para bajar el peso
That’s what I was thinking too. It’s easier to remember that way
He cover that in the goals section. I do understand using in order to makes easier to remember tho.
Bajar de* peso
Thanks for this lesson, it's very simple, but to the point. You are a great teacher.
Thanks for this. I’ve been speaking Spanish for a long time now and I still use them interchangeably on accident
Glad it helped you!
Love all this - but the two different para que's remain hazy for me presently. THANKS!
i agree i don't understand when I'd use para qué instead of por qué
I was very excited when you said that with practice, you’ll know if something’s not correct, because it sounds wrong. That happened to me in a Spanish class that a coworker and I took. We were working in groups and were supposed to insert the correct article before the nouns listed on a worksheet. One of the words was “llaves.” No one in our group knew whether it was masculine or feminine, but to me, las llaves sounded correct. Los llaves sounded weird. Maybe my years of taking classes but never taking on the identity of a native speaker and therefore not becoming fluent is turning around! I think it will go much faster now! You speak to my heart with your mindset training!! Thank you!
Yes!! Thank you for this! It has helped so much!
You are so welcome!
Thanks for these videos
Éres gran Rocky!! gracias mi carnal
Very helpful, thanks! I'll still mix these up, but maybe less often now.
This is awesome. You teach with such simplicity!
Ricky thanks so much for you amazing videos!! I have been struggling so bad with Spanish for a year. I do Duolingo and I have a easy Spanish textbook I follow but you help really make things make sense. My wife’s family is from Puerto Rico and we’re goi g in July to see them again and I’m trying so so hard to learn the language to talk to her relatives. I’m looking to purchase the package you offer online to help me more. I need all the help I can get lol thanks again Rocky 💪🇵🇷
Thank you! Very helpful and easy to follow 😊
Much love and gratitude for all your efforts Rocky. You're a star!
I retired to Mexico several years ago, and am still in the process of learning Spanish. “Por” And “para” have confused me from the start. Thanks for clarifying.
Gracias! Finalmente, entiendo! Jaja ^_^ Pero, voy a ver el video otras veces ser seguro.
One of the best explanations. Thanks loads!
Thank you my good sir!!! You explained por vs para very clear and very well! Seriously thank you
Thank you so much for watching!
Love your videos by the way... super helpful
Thanks Sean! Truly appreciated my friend!
I really enjoyed this video. I went to your site to locate the lost in translation training but I get an error saying the page can’t be found…..
Wow! I really wish that I would have found your channel years ago. This is really helpful!
Today is Christmas Eve 2021 and I am flying back home to California from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 (¡Amo Puerto Rico! 😁), and just from THIS lesson, I think it would have made me much more comfortable with my Spanish. Although California has many Spanish speakers, 99% of the time, I communicate with them in English. In fact, I speak Spanish more in Puerto Rico than I do in California, and that's still very little. (If someone asks, "¿Hablas español?" I sometimes may reply, "Sí, hablo español, pero no perfectamente (or "con fluidez"). Todavía lo estoy aprendiendo.") Only recently has my colleague from Venezuela decided to text me in Spanish for me to improve upon and get comfortable with conversational Spanish.
This was my first video of yours that I watched and you already have a new subscriber, bro! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Thank you for this lesson -- it's like the "15 minute pep talk of a lifetime," lol! To know the difference between Por and Para. Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Take care,
Jonathan
Sacramento, CA
yo soy advance estudiante de la español lengua también yo estoy confundido entre por vs para pero gracias por la video señor.
Thanks for this! I have to take the STAMP Test in a few weeks, and I really needed some review on this topic.
Muchísimas gracias
thanks for this. if you do more slang and music lyrics that would be interesting as well.
maybe line by line lyrics of popular songs if they arent overly complicated or too advanced/slangish
hi i love u 4 this hope i pass my spanish test
Let me know how you do!
@@SpeakSpanishFaster i got a b- 😁
I saw somewhere you can think of para like for and “in order to”. Like one of the examples was I am calling “in order to” talk to you. I am training in order to lose weight
Thank you so much for watching our videos! It's my pleasure to be able to help you with this beautiful language. If you want to master Spanish and start speaking fluently then go here - speakspanishfaster.com/youtube
Excellent. Thanks!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching
Excellent video.
En el minuto 4:00 (goals) el uso del "para" está correcto, solo que la forma correcta de la oración sería:
Estoy entrenando para bajar DE peso y no EL peso.
Muy bien todo, ¡saludos!
Omg!! Muchos gracias!!! Mi esposa es mexicana y mis suegros no hablamos inglés! And I have been asking my wife so much how do I know when to use por or para because in English it’s the same there is no other word so I get lost using por y para
Our pleasure! Thanks so much for watching. I'm happy you enjoyed.
Muchas gracias! ¡Es mucho más fácil ahora para mí gracias a ti!
thank you for this! I am confused in how to use _por_ and this helped me a lot.
In my native language, Winaray, one of the languages in the Philippines we also use _para_ so I have no issues with using it. But _por_ we only use it for dimensions like dos por dos (2 x 2) so I make mistakes.
Great intro. Simple to the point. Thanks!
Thank you for these rules; it really helps.
Thanks so much for watching, I'm so happy they help!
Just subscribed. Great lesson. Love it! Very easy to understand. Thanks!
Thanks for the sub!
I got a sixty percent because of you great video! 10% higher than usual!
Gracias por ayudarme 🙏🏾
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Loved this … - thank you …excellent teaching
Glad you enjoyed it Judi! More coming soon!
Gracias amigo!!!
De nada!
I really appreciate the care you put into these videos. I promise to watch all of them and take notes!
Thanks so much :)
@@SpeakSpanishFastermuchas gracias
Claro. Muchas gracias.
Great video, thank you so much
great video, thank you
Great lesson, so clearly explained. You are a great teacher.
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Thank You!
Increíble lectura
You are a great teacher. Thx
Soy de El Salvador y he aprendido mucho con tigo la verdad tienes un excelente contenido en tus videos te de seo muchas bendiciones bro!
Muchas gracias bro!
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One I would add is using por in phrases like “Por acá”, “Por ahí”, “ Por Allá” For example, “¿Hay algunos restaurantes por acá? “Are there any restaurants around here?”
Thank you for making this