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Para simplificar tu espacio, debes donar todo lo que acumules.
Meaning
To simplify your space, you must donate everything that you accumulate.
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Breakdown of Para simplificar tu espacio, debes donar todo lo que acumules.
tu
your
para
for
que
that / than
el espacio
the space
Questions & Answers about Para simplificar tu espacio, debes donar todo lo que acumules.
Why is acumules in the subjunctive here instead of the indicative acumulas?
We use the subjunctive (acumules) after todo lo que (everything that) because it refers to a future or undefined group of things. You aren't talking about specific items you have already accumulated, but rather whatever you might accumulate from now on. If you were stating a fact about things you already have, you would use the indicative: todo lo que acumulas (everything that you currently accumulate).
Why do we need lo in todo lo que? Can I just say todo que?
Why use Para simplificar instead of Por simplificar?
Para is used here because it expresses a goal or purpose. When followed by an infinitive, para translates to in order to. Para simplificar means in order to simplify. Por would express a cause or reason (because of), which doesn't make sense in this context.
Could I use tienes que donar instead of debes donar?