Sentence pattern · Band 3
为了: in order to
为了 A，B
为了 answers what for, and it stands at the head of the line: for health, for a new phone, for better Chinese, and then the action that serves the goal. English lets for a healthy body drift in anywhere; Mandarin marches the purpose in first, like a banner carried ahead of the runner.
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为了 plus its goal opens the sentence, before the person; English lets the for phrase tag along at the end.
为了 takes a bare goal, a noun or verb, not a full mini sentence with its own person.
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What does 为了：目的 mean?
为了 answers what for, and it stands at the head of the line: for health, for a new phone, for better Chinese, and then the action that serves the goal. English lets for a healthy body drift in anywhere; Mandarin marches the purpose in first, like a banner carried ahead of the runner.
How do you build it?
为了 A，B
What is the most common mistake?
我健康为了跑步。 → 为了健康，我跑步。
为了 plus its goal opens the sentence, before the person; English lets the for phrase tag along at the end.
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