{"id":15965,"date":"2016-01-31T18:41:57","date_gmt":"2016-01-31T09:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/?p=15965"},"modified":"2022-02-06T00:30:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T15:30:20","slug":"although-despite-nonostante-italian-concessive-clauses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/although-despite-nonostante-italian-concessive-clauses\/","title":{"rendered":"Although, despite&#8230;Nonostante. Italian concessive clauses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-italian-conjunctions-nonostante-sebbene-anche-se-benche-ect-introduce-a-concessive-clause\">The Italian conjunctions <em>nonostante, sebbene, anche se, bench\u00e9&#8230;ect.<\/em> introduce a concessive clause<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ciao a tutti. Come va?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a basic introduction to the Italian concessive clauses, a group of sentences introduced by specific words. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the outcome of a situation is unexpected, &#8220;despite&#8221; a&nbsp;condition, we can talk about a <em>proposizione concessiva. <\/em>In other words:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\n<h3><strong>Nonostante<\/strong> sia molto ricco, Fabio abita in una casa piccola.<\/h3>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Despite<\/strong> being very rich, Fabio&nbsp;lives in a small house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can express it in Italian with a few different words,&nbsp;a conjunction, a preposition or a phrase. We are now going to see the most common expression you can use in the spoken language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that the conjunctions &#8220;concessive&#8221; followed by a verb, usually trigger the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/2015\/12\/congiuntivo-presente-italian-present-subjunctive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">congiuntivo<\/a><\/em>. The examples here are in Italian, try to understand them and ask questions in the comments if you&nbsp;have doubts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\n<h3><strong>sebbene<\/strong> &#8211; although &#8211;&nbsp;Sebbene&nbsp;fosse stanca, Lucia ha lavorato anche domenica.<\/h3>\n<\/li><li>\n<h3><strong>bench\u00e9<\/strong> &#8211; although&nbsp;&#8211; Bench\u00e9 abbia poco&nbsp;tempo, mia sorella riesce sempre a &nbsp;vedere i suoi amici.<\/h3>\n<\/li><li>\n<h3><strong>nonostante<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; &nbsp;in spite of &#8211; Nonostante il freddo, oggi \u00e8 una bella giornata.<\/h3>\n<\/li><li>\n<h3><strong>malgrado<\/strong> &#8211; despite &#8211; Malgrado non parlino inglese, gli italiani si sanno spiegare.<\/h3>\n<\/li><li>\n<h3><strong>anche se<\/strong> &#8211; even if &#8211; Anche se sono a dieta da un mese, non riesco a dimagrire.<\/h3>\n<\/li><li>\n<h3><strong>per quanto<\/strong> &#8211; as much as &#8211; Per quanto mi impegni, non sar\u00f2 mai un&nbsp;bravo pittore.<\/h3>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Another very&nbsp;common structure is <em>pur + gerundio (or participio)<\/em>&nbsp;as &#8220;although&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\n<h3><strong>Pur avendo<\/strong> gi\u00e0 cinque figli, Federico e Luciana ne hanno voluto un altro.<\/h3>\n<\/li><li>\n<h3><strong>Pur essendo<\/strong> allergica, Enrica adora i gatti.<\/h3>\n<\/li><li>\n<h3><strong>Pur studiando<\/strong> notte e giorno, non ho passato l&#8217;esame all&#8217;universit\u00e0.<\/h3>\n<\/li><li>\n<h3><strong>Pur capendo<\/strong> il francese, lo parlo molto male.<\/h3>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\n<h3><strong>Pur interrogati<\/strong> per ore dalla polizia, i ladri non hanno confessato.<\/h3>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Other words we can use to emphasize the contrast between the situation and the outcome are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;&#8221;not even&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/2015\/08\/le-congiunzioni-italian-coordinating-conjunctions-a-complete-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>nemmeno<\/strong> <\/a><\/span>&#8211; Non &nbsp;riuscirei a correre la maratona nemmeno allenandomi.<\/h3>\n<\/li><li>\n<h3><strong>neanche <\/strong>&#8211; Non finirei di dipingere la casa, <strong>neanche <\/strong>se mi aiutassi.<\/h3>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; or &#8220;<em>tuttavia&#8221;<\/em> (however).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li> <h3>Mi sono messo a dieta, <strong>tuttavia <\/strong>non ho perso un chilo<\/h3> <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to know more, please complete the quiz and book a Zoom trial class. 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Question                        <\/h5>\n\n                        \n                                                <div class=\"wpProQuiz_question\" style=\"margin: 10px 0 0 0;\">\n                            <div class=\"wpProQuiz_question_text\">\n                                <h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Quiz di lingua italiana.<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Le frasi &#8220;concessive&#8221;.<\/em><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Scrivi la parola giusta<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                        <ul class=\"wpProQuiz_questionList\" data-question_id=\"783\"\n                                data-type=\"cloze_answer\">\n                                \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"0\">\n\n                                        &nbsp;\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>(sebbene, nonostante, pur) <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"10\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(Nonostante)<\/span><\/span> il freddo, mi mangerei un gelato.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>(nonostante, malgrado, nemmeno) Non prenderei quella macchina <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"7\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(nemmeno)<\/span><\/span>\u00a0gratis.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>(Pur essendo, Pur avendo, Pur facendo) <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"10\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(Pur avendo)<\/span><\/span>\u00a0camminato per dieci chilomentri, non sono stanco.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>(anche, neanche, nonostante) Non verr\u00f2 al concerto <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"5\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(anche)<\/span><\/span> se\u00a0ho comprato il biglietto.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>(malgrado, bench\u00e9, per quanto) <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"8\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(Malgrado)<\/span><\/span>\u00a0la stanchezza, abboiamo finito la maratona di New York.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>                                    <\/li>\n                                                                <\/ul>\n                        <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"wpProQuiz_response\" style=\"display: none;\">\n                                <div style=\"display: none;\" class=\"wpProQuiz_correct\">\n                                                                            <span class=\"wpProQuiz_respone_span\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCorrect\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br>\n                                    <p><hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><span style=\"color: #009e0d; 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1475<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Italian conjunctions nonostante, sebbene, anche se, bench\u00e9&#8230;ect. introduce a concessive clause Ciao a tutti. 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