ために can be used in two ways
I mostly see present tense used with ために and got interested what if I put other tenses?
日本語の先生になるために、毎日日本語を勉強します。
I study Japanese every day in order to become a Japanese teacher.
日本語の先生になれなかったために、とてもがっかりしました。
Because I could not become a Japanese teacher, I was very disappointed.
And then I kinda realized that there are two usages of ために
- In order to
- Because (stating the cause)