Chinese (Mandarin)

Spanish

English

Hindi

Arabic (Modern Standard)

Portuguese

Bengali

Russian

Japanese

Punjabi

German

Javanese

Malay

Telugu

Vietnamese

Korean

French

Marathi

Tamil

Urdu

Turkish

Italian

Chinese, Yue / Cantonese

Thai

Gujarati

Chinese, Jin

Chinese, Min Nan

Dari

Farsi

Polish

Pashto

Kannada

Chinese, Xiang

Malayalam

Sundanese

Hausa

Odia

Burmese

Chinese, Hakka

Ukrainian

Bihari, Bhojpuri

Tagalog

Yoruba

Bihari, Maithili

Uzbek

Sindhi

Amharic

Fula

Romanian

Oromo

Igbo

Azerbaijani

Chinese, Gan

Dutch

Kurdish, Central

Kurdish, Northern

Kurdish, Southern

Malagasy

Lahnda, Saraiki

Nepali

Sinhalese

Chittagonian

Zhuang

Khmer

Turkmen

Assamese

Madurese

Somali

Marwari

Bihari, Magahi

Haryanvi

Hungarian

Chhattisgarhi

Greek

Chewa

Dakhini

Akan, Twi

Akan, Fante

Kazakh

Chinese, Min Bei

Sylheti

Zulu

Czech

Kinyarwanda

Marwari, Dhundhari

Haitian Creole

Chinese, Min Dong

Ilocano

Quechua

Kirundi

Swedish

Hmong

Shona

Uyghur

Hiligaynon

Mossi

Xhosa

Belarusian

Balochi

Spanish (Latin America)

### Formal purpose clauses

When you want to state the objective or purpose of an action in a formal or institutional context—such as in business, law, or administration—you can use the connectors **a fin de que** (so that) and **con el objetivo de que** (with the objective that). 

Because these phrases express a goal or an intended outcome that has not yet been realized, they always trigger the subjunctive mood in the clause that follows them.

{{item:791129}}

{{item:791131}}

### Streamlining and optimizing

You will frequently see these elevated connectors paired with formal vocabulary related to improving processes, such as **agilizar** (to speed up / to streamline) and **optimizar** (to optimize). 

{{item:791135}}

{{item:791140}}

### Promoting and strengthening

These formal purpose clauses are also very common when discussing corporate goals or team development. Verbs like **fomentar** (to promote / to encourage) and **fortalecer** (to strengthen) fit perfectly into these structures.

{{item:791144}}

{{item:791147}}

Formal purpose clauses (a fin de que)

adjective

adverb

auxiliary verb

conjunction

determiner

expression

interjection

noun

numeral

prep

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Subject pronouns and the verb to be (yo soy)

Noun gender and definite articles (el, la)

Basic sentences and negation (no)

Indefinite articles (un, una)

Formal and informal you (tú vs. usted)

Plural pronouns and the verb to be (somos, son)

Making nouns plural (-s, -es)

Plural articles (los, las, unos, unas)

Noun gender exceptions

Adjective agreement

Invariable adjectives

State and location (estar)

Ser vs. estar

There is / there are (hay)

Hay vs. estar

To have (tener)

Possession (de)

Possessive adjectives (mi, tu, su)

Regular -ar verbs

Yes/No questions

What and who (qué, quién)

Regular -er verbs

Regular -ir verbs

Asking where (dónde, adónde)

How, when, and why (cómo, cuándo, por qué)

How much and how many (cuánto)

Days of the week

Going to a place (ir a)

Preposition contractions (al, del)

In and by (en)

With me and with you (conmigo, contigo)

Prepositional pronouns (mí, ti)

Conjunctions (y, o, pero)

Giving reasons (porque)

Stem-changing verbs (e to ie)

Stem-changing verbs (o to ue)

Stem-changing verbs (e to i)

Irregular yo forms (hago, salgo)

To know (saber vs. conocer)

Weather expressions (hace, está)

Desires and plans (querer)

Ability and requests (poder)

Obligations (tener que)

Expressing likes (me gusta)

Plural likes (me gustan)

Verbs like gustar (encantar, doler)

Very vs. a lot (muy, mucho)

Numbers 0 to 15 (cero, uno, dos…)

Numbers 16 to 31 (dieciséis, veinte…)

Numbers 30 to 1000 (treinta, cien, mil)

Months of the year (enero, febrero, marzo)

Seasons and dates (el dos de mayo)

Telling time (es la..., son las...)

Ordinal numbers 1st to 10th (primero, segundo, tercero)

Reflexive pronouns and verbs (me, te, se, nos)

Direct object pronouns (lo, la, los, las)

The near future (ir a)

The present continuous (estar + -ando, -iendo)

Near demonstrative adjectives (este, esta, estos, estas)

Medium demonstrative adjectives (ese, esa, esos, esas)

Comparatives of inequality (más / menos ... que)

Comparatives of equality (tan ... como)

Indefinite and negative pronouns (algo, nada, alguien, nadie)

Affirmative commands

Far demonstratives (aquel, aquella)

Possessive pronouns (el mío, el tuyo)

Shortened indefinite adjectives (algún, ningún)

Adverbs of quantity (demasiado, bastante)

Adverbs of frequency (a menudo, a veces)

Adverb formation (-mente)

Exclamations (¡Qué...!)

Irregular comparatives (mejor, peor, mayor, menor)

Relative superlatives (el más... de)

Adjective intensification (-ísimo)

Indirect object pronouns

Pronoun placement with infinitives

Double object pronouns (me lo, te la)

The 'se lo' rule (se lo, se la)

Impersonal statements (se)

Impersonal obligation (hay que)

Personal obligation (deber)

Starting actions (empezar a)

Finishing and quitting actions (terminar de, dejar de)

Repeating actions (volver a)

Continuing actions (seguir + gerundio)

Question	Answer
to implement	implementar
the procedure	el procedimiento
It is necessary to implement this procedure so that everything works well.	Es necesario implementar este procedimiento a fin de que todo funcione bien.
transparency	la transparencia
They are going to implement the law with the objective that transparency improves.	Van a implementar la ley con el objetivo de que mejore la transparencia.
to speed up / to streamline	agilizar
We designed the procedure with the objective that it streamlines the work.	Diseñamos el procedimiento con el objetivo de que agilice el trabajo.
efficiency	la eficiencia
We changed the system so that the process is streamlined and efficiency increases.	Cambiamos el sistema a fin de que se agilice el proceso y aumente la eficiencia.
to optimize	optimizar
We want to optimize production, that's why we bought that machine.	Queremos optimizar la producción, por eso compramos esa máquina.
to train (professionally, for a job)	capacitar
productivity	la productividad
We are going to train the manager so that he optimizes time and productivity goes up.	Vamos a capacitar al gerente a fin de que optimice el tiempo y suba la productividad.
We explain the new procedure to them with the objective that they can use it.	El nuevo procedimiento se lo explicamos con el objetivo de que puedan usarlo.
to promote / to encourage	fomentar
We give that benefit so that it encourages productivity.	Ese beneficio lo damos a fin de que fomente la productividad.
The company promotes communication with the objective that more transparency exists.	La empresa fomenta la comunicación con el objetivo de que exista más transparencia.
to strengthen	fortalecer
The director wants to strengthen the team, therefore he asks for more efficiency.	El director quiere fortalecer el equipo, por eso pide más eficiencia.
We reviewed the report so that the team can strengthen the strategy.	Revisamos el informe a fin de que el equipo pueda fortalecer la estrategia.
It is important to train the employees with the objective that they work better.	Es importante capacitar a los empleados con el objetivo de que trabajen mejor.