Using a to replace para
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Jose went to play football. - José fue a jugar al fútbol.
I was taught that if there was an infinitive after than you use para. Jose left IN ORDER to play football. José fue PARA jugar football.
I got the sentence up top from this site so I'm assuming it's either more accurate, or they are interchangable. Can you explain this please?
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updated Nov 21, 2012
posted by kyle_hurley
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"José fue a jugar al fútbol." This indicates the actions of going and to play.
By using "para" we indicate the reason for going. And an even stronger reasoning and more formal such as "in order to" would be "José fue para que jugara al futbol."
updated Nov 21, 2012
posted by 005faa61
