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There might have been a similarly question already asked but recently when I was on Duolingo, there was this sentence
Go to the market to buy broccoli with your daughter.
This was translated as
Vaya al mercado a comprar brócoli con su hija.
But I though para is used for purpose so shouldn't it be
Vaya al mercado para comprar brócoli con su hija.
Please, give me examples of when to use the 2
The verbs "ir" and "venir" are usually used with "a"-adjuncts to indicate purpose. I'd even say that "a"-adjuncts are more usual in colloquial language than "para"-adjuncts with those two verbs.
Fui al mercado a comprar brócoli / Fui al mercado para comprar brócoli. (I went to the market to buy broccoli.)
Vine a la iglesia a rezar / Vine a la iglesia para rezar. (I came to the church to pray.)
We can even place the purpose adjunct before the one indicating place, in which case "para" will not work:
Fui a comprar brócoli al mercado.
Vine a rezar a la iglesia.
