Para una ausencia justificada, debo adjuntar un justificante.

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Breakdown of Para una ausencia justificada, debo adjuntar un justificante.

• deber: to have to
• la ausencia justificada: the excused absence
• adjuntar un justificante: to attach a supporting document

Questions & Answers about Para una ausencia justificada, debo adjuntar un justificante.

Why does the sentence start with para here?

Here para means for in the sense of in the case of or when dealing with.

So Para una ausencia justificada means something like:

• For a justified absence
• In the case of a justified absence

It sets the context for the rest of the sentence.

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What does ausencia justificada mean grammatically?

It is a noun phrase:

• ausencia = absence
• justificada = justified

In Spanish, adjectives usually come after the noun, so:

• una ausencia justificada = a justified absence

Also, justificada is feminine singular because ausencia is feminine singular.

Compare:

• un documento firmado = a signed document
• una ausencia justificada = a justified absence

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Why is it una ausencia and not just ausencia?