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Gracias por la invitación.

Gracias por la invitación.
Thanks for the invitation.
From Lesson 131:Celebrations (¡feliz cumpleaños!, la Navidad)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Gracias por la invitación.

Why do we use por instead of para here?
In Spanish, when you thank someone for something, you always use gracias por. Think of por as showing an exchange: you are giving your thanks in exchange for the invitation.
How can I remember that invitación is a feminine noun?
You can easily tell because it ends in -ción. In Spanish, almost all nouns that end in -ción or -sión are feminine, which is why it uses the feminine article la.
Why is there a written accent mark on the last syllable in invitación?
Words that end in -n, -s, or a vowel normally put the spoken stress on the second-to-last syllable. However, the spoken stress in invitación falls on the very last syllable. The written accent mark on the ó tells us to break the normal rule and stress that final vowel.
What happens to the accent mark if I make invitación plural?
It disappears! The plural is invitaciones. Because the plural word ends in -s and the spoken stress naturally falls on the second-to-last syllable (in-vi-ta-CIO-nes), the written accent mark is no longer needed to show you where to put the stress.

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