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A recent request on the FLTEACH listserv for activities which help learners understand the usage of 'por' and 'para' received the following suggestion.

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It's the best por y para memorization trick I have ever learned!! I have to credit my high school Spanish teacher because I am fairly sure she created them herself.

PARA (sung to the tune of 'The Beverly Hillbillies')

"Destined person, place and time,
In order to, In order to become,
On the verge of, considering,
Purpose or use
Best use para...para that is!"


POR (sung to the tune of 'We Three Kings')

"Pray for, pay for, thank for-use por
For the sake of, in exchange for
Motive, cause, in place of, duration
By, in, through, for...use por"

Walters, S. Re: Ideas for understanding the usage of por/para. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (6 Nov. 2005).
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