Manera de...

[johne]

A man I am teaching English to came to me yesterday and asked about "In order to.." (after I determined this is what he meant and not "in orden to").
He felt that it meant "manera de.." . I said he needed to use "way" ie: do it this way, there is only one way, etc. I then went on to explain "in order to". ie; in order to do it this way I NEED to paint it first. In order to finish this job I NEED 3 more hours.

He says he got it. Took me about 20 minutes.
1) Am I understanding "Manera de.. correctly
2) Did I explain it correctly to him (in half Spanish and half English)

JE

 

[PICHARDO]

In Dominican Spanish the meaning of "In order to" almost always translates as "De forma de" or "En forma de" and sometimes also " De manera de(a)" i.e: "En forma de hacerlo de esta manera primero debo de pintarlo" = "In order to do it this way I NEED to paint it first", "De manera a terminar este trabajo necesito 3 horas extras" = "In order to finish this job I NEED 3 more hours"...

 

[Chip]

I hear "para poder" or simply "para" as well that seems to mean the same thing. For example:

In order to get to the San Jose you have to take that road...
Para llegar a San Jose hay que coger esa calle..

In order to open a bank account a deposit is need.
Para poder abrir una cuenta, hay que hacer un deposito.