Learn Spanish (Latin America): Tú sigues avanzando para lograr el título. - You keep moving forward to achieve the degree.

This is the grammar structure for this lesson: the verb seguir (to continue) plus a gerund (an '-ing' word, like avanzando). Together, seguir + gerund means 'to keep doing' or 'to continue doing' something. Here, sigues is the 'you' form, so it means 'you keep moving forward'.

I thought título meant 'title'. Does it also mean 'degree'?

Yes! While el título can mean the title of a book or movie, in an academic context, it refers to a university degree or diploma. So lograr el título means to get or achieve the degree.

Why do we use para instead of por before lograr?

We use para here because it expresses a goal, purpose, or destination. In English, it translates to 'in order to'. Whenever you want to say you are doing something in order to achieve a specific goal, you use para followed by an infinitive verb.

Why is lograr in its infinitive form instead of conjugated?