Lesson 51

More Ways Spanish Uses Por

Language Transfer Complete Spanish is by Mihalis Eleftheriou. Listen to the original audio first; use these notes for revision.

More uses of por:

Exchange: Cambiaría este por ese = I'd change this one for that one.
Common expressions: Gracias por llamar (thanks for calling), Gracias por llamarme (thanks for calling me).

Estoy para ti = I'm there for you (purpose/support). Estoy por ti = I'm here because of you (cause). Es por ti que hemos venido = It's because of you that we've come.

Cambiar = to change. Creer = to believe. Crear = to create (from creación). Forma = way/form. Discutir = to argue/discuss.

Cansado de = tired of: Estoy cansada de trabajar = I'm tired of working. Estaba cansada de trabajar = I was tired of working (imperfect).

New vocabulary

Spanish	English
cambiar	to change
creer	to believe
crear	to create
forma	way / form
discutir	to argue / discuss

Sentences practiced

Spanish	English
Estoy para ti.	I'm there for you.
Estoy por usted.	I'm here because of you. (formal)
Estoy por ti.	I'm here because of you. (informal)
Es por ti que hemos venido.	It's because of you that we've come.
Cambiaría estos por esos.	I'd change these for those. (masc)
Cambiaría estas por esas.	I'd change these for those. (fem)
¿Cambiarías estas por esas?	Would you change these for those?
¿No cambiarías estas por esas?	Wouldn't you change these for those?
Gracias por llamar.	Thanks for calling.
Gracias por llamarme.	Thanks for calling me.
Estoy cansada de trabajar.	I'm tired of working.
Estaba cansada de trabajar.	I was tired of working.
Estábamos cansados de trabajar.	We were tired of working.
Es una forma de hacerlo.	It's a way of doing it.
No creo.	I don't believe.
Creo.	I believe.
No creo en discutir.	I don't believe in arguing.
No creo en discutir de esta forma.	I don't believe in arguing this way.