Why do we use a instead of para in the following sentence - Eu vou a tua casa?
Why do we use para in the following sentence - Eu vou para a casa?
We typically use ir a when we are going there for a shorter or immediate purpose, and ir para when it’s a longer duration of we want to emphasize some sort of finality or permanence.
For example, “I go to the school” could be vou á escola if I’m just dropping my kid off there, or it could be vou para a escola if I intend to stay there all day to study.
Sometimes on the flashcards we have no indication of purpose or duration. In those instances, I tend to mark my reply as “correct” even when I have arbitrarily chosen the “wrong” one.
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Brilliant explanation Mate.
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@kareemdjerdjouri, we would assume that “Eu vou a tua casa” refers to a short visit (i.e. without a sleepover) and “Eu vou para casa” refers to going back home to actually stay there for the rest of the day or at least for a good amount of time. Like @Tomas said, there’s usually a different duration implied with each of these prepositions, although this is always subjective and also depends on context.
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