Breakdown of Queremos optimizar la producción, por eso compramos esa máquina.
comprar
to buy
eso
that (neuter)
esa
that (feminine)
querer
to want
por
for / by / through / in/during (part of the day)
la máquina
machine
la producción
production
optimizar
to optimize
Questions & Answers about Queremos optimizar la producción, por eso compramos esa máquina.
How could we rewrite this sentence using the formal purpose clauses from this lesson?
This sentence currently uses por eso to show cause and effect. To use a purpose clause like con el objetivo de que, you need to flip the sentence order. Because the subject (we) is the same for both the buying and the optimizing, we drop the que and use the infinitive: Compramos esa máquina con el objetivo de optimizar la producción. If you wanted the machine to be the subject of the second half, you would use the subjunctive: Compramos esa máquina con el objetivo de que optimice la producción.
Wait, doesn't compramos usually mean 'we buy' in the present tense?
Yes, but it also means 'we bought' in the preterite (simple past). For regular verbs ending in -ar and -ir, the nosotros (we) conjugations are identical in both the present and the past tenses. You have to rely entirely on context to know if the action is happening now or already happened. In this sentence, the English translation confirms it is the past tense.
Why is the sentence structured with por eso instead of a purpose clause?
Por eso (that is why / for that reason) introduces a consequence, not a purpose. The speaker chose to state their desire first (queremos optimizar la producción), and then state the resulting action. A purpose clause like a fin de que works in the reverse order: you state the action first, followed by the goal driving it.
Is optimizar commonly used in daily conversation, or is it strictly formal business vocabulary?
It is used exactly like 'to optimize' in English, meaning you will hear it frequently in business, technical, or academic contexts. In everyday casual speech, a native speaker might simply say queremos mejorar la producción (we want to improve production).
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