Meowbrown

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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)