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"A table for two, please."
Translation:Una mesa para dos, por favor.
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Via means to "travelling through" or "go by" or "by means of"...for example (1) he flew to mexico via miami. (2) i got the message via email, or (3) i paid school fee via student loan
Por means made by somone one and para means like this gift is for you in spanish it would be esta carro es para ti
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SpanishDict says:
Por is used to talk about movement, modes and means of travel and communication, exchanges, duration, and motivation, among other things.
Para is used to talk about destinations, recipients, deadlines, and goals.
can you give a couple of example sentences of Por and Para in proper use? This helps a lot but I am really struggling with this concept :(
If something is for someone you use para. E.g para mi, para tu, para Michael. If it's a destination you also use para. Un taxi para Madrid. When it comes to time if it's a set time it's also para. Para esta noche (for tonight). However if it's for a duration of time it's por. Por dos horas (for two hours). Por dos noches (for two nights). These are the mainly important ones to know for now i think :)
Thank you. My father is Hispanic and a fluent speaker and usually I just know when to use them, solely from hearing it all the time while speaking, but never really knew how to distinguish them by definition :)
In every example, "dos personas" has been used interchangably with dos in translating "a table for two" from Spanish to English, why not the other way around?
I feel so stupid for writing un instead of una, which cost me the whole thing.
How do you know which one to use. I get the masculine - feminine thing. I just don't get when to use un or una.
If you get the masculine/feminine thing, you get how to use un/una.
You use a dictionary, if they say "feminine" in the dictionary, you use una (a/an) or la (the).
If they say "masculine", you use un (a/an) or el (the).
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What does getting one example wrong cost you? I'm not being sarcastic. I've seen people irate for a mistake--as if DL sends you back to Day 1. (It doesn't.) Other than not knowing it perfectly, does it cost your game/score/process in any way please? Thank you SO MUCH! I've been wondering about this for about 6 months!
Can i write una mesa para dos personas instead of una mesa para dos por favour
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Some articles on para vs. por:
https://www.spanishdict.com/guide/por-vs-para
https://www.spanishdict.com/guide/quick-tips-for-understanding-por-and-para
https://www.thoughtco.com/taking-confusion-out-of-por-para-3078140
FULL DISCLOSURE: Native English speaker - US, Southern Appalachian dialect. Other uses of English may vary. Advice about Spanish should be taken with a grain of salt.
"Una mesa para dos, por favor." Why is that not the translation for "A table for two, please." I wrote this but it was marked wrong. What's the correct answer then?
"A table for two, please. It's the correct and accepted answer.
So, double check the instructions they gave to you (sometimes they change, and we aren't aware).
Including "personas" in the sentence is wrong though it wouldn't affect the semantics, would it?
Relax! We are 2% ibto a one year long adventure. Take what Duo gives you. The "wrong" answers are not the end of the world. Most of the confusions will go away further into the journey. Om.
Looks like multiple people, including myself, have had both "por" and "para" as options. Does anyone know the alproptiate times to use one or the other?
The options are normal. It's dictionary, it gives the translation for "for". It doesn't mean that every words given in a dictionary could be used in any sentences.
Por means "for" when it's "by", "via" or a duration.
Para means "for" when it's a goal/an use (for 2 persons).
"Una" and "un" are the same as our "a" or "an" in English (as in "an apple" or "a table" or "a car", for example). But because Spanish nouns have gender (they're either feminine or masculine), "una" is used with a feminine noun and "un" with masculine (as in "una manzana" or "una mesa" or "un coche", for example). They can also be used to mean "one".
"Masa" means "mass", so it's not considered a typo, but the software thinks you confused it with another word.
https://www.spanishdict.com/translate/masa
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Lol, there's no British spelling of the Spanish word "favor." You have to get used to spelling it without U.
It's a difficult distinction that I struggle with as well. "Para" is typically used to indicate a gift/benefit, or something of use. In this case, a table would be given/provided, for two people to use. "Por" has a few more meanings (through/via, such as a time period or transit), but typically means "on behalf of", or cause. "Hablo por ellos" - I speak on behalf of them. "La tienda está cerrada por enfermedad." - The store is closed for the reason of/due to illness.
I forgot what "for" was (whoops), and I scrolled over "for" the first thing that came up was "por", so I put "por" (with the rest of the sentence and it said "you are incorrect" I'm confused...
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I used, Una mesa para dos personas por favor. And it was correct. I'm thinking the personas is redundant, since no one's pets will request a table!
I did everything right. I just put a capital "M" in mesa instead of a lowercase "m".
Wow, I had no idea what it meant on its own, this is really useful information!
On the very first question I had a table Iwrote un mesa and was told that Mesa is feminine so it was supposed to be una. How am I supposed to know Mesa is feminine???. I never get an explanation for how you're supposed to know if something is feminine or masculine it says check out the the in front of it but a table doesn't have the in front of it. And I never get an explanation for why it's not poor instead of para I don't know why we don't get grammar explanations in this this is what will keep me from studying Spanish anymore is the non info
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In general, words that end with a are feminine. And words that end with all the other vowels are masculine. There are many exceptions to this, like "la mano" and "el problema," but it's very helpful when you have to guess the gender of an unknown word. Here's a link that explains por vs para: https://www.spanishdict.com/guide/por-vs-para
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Wish I could post a picture of the answer as its the Sam as what I said... Minus one heart grrrr
I am confuses between "una" and "un" because both are use for "a". Anyone please help me out.. por favor.
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Por was not a choice. So the app needs to add it as a word so the sentencs can be translated.
The heading of personas is a clarification and is correct. A table for two people vs a table for two. Both answers are correct
um my sentence is exactly the same as the one that I was supposed to do.
If por wasn't an option then why put the hint first when tapping on the word.
I am confused because sometimes it wants "para dos personas", and sometimes it wants "para dos".
Why is the answer is"Una mesa para dos, por favor." not "Una mesa para dos personas, por favor." ??
It says dos personas.. I wrote and it said it was wrong...you guys need to review it
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why is it a mistake if I translate it as para dos personas? That's how it was said before!
Una mesa para dos personas, por favor o una mesa para dos niños, por favor. Cuales el problema? Por que una mesa para dos es correcto?
Prior lesson questions translated, "Una mesa para dos personas, por favor" as "A table for two, please." Why was that not an accepted answer when asked to transale the English phrase to Spanish?
Literally the question before this translated "Una mesa para dos personas, por favor" as "A table for two, please." Why was that not accepted for this question?
"Una mesa para dos (personas), por favor". Why is it wrong if "personas" is added? I know that it's not necessary, but it seems correct either way.
Duo is wrong. "Una mesa para dos personas, por favor" is correct, with or without "personas".
Forgot the please... My bad manners are really biting me in my backside here!
