¿Por Qué Es Eso?

One of of those confusing word pairs you'll encounter fairly early on in your studies is por and para, two very common prepositions that are often translated as "for." Somewhat less confusing, and the subject of our newest lesson, are two related phrases, para qué and por qué. Both are used in questions, and they usually mean "why." But where you need to use por qué, para qué may not do.