למרות ש־

Concession Despite a Fact

Level 4

למרות ש means although or despite the fact that before a clause. It contrasts an obstacle or expectation with what happened.

How It Works

Concession

The first fact could have supported another expectation, but the other event still holds: היא באה למרות שהיא הייתה עייפה. The sentence presents both tiredness and coming as relevant facts.

Noun or Clause

Use למרות הגשם for a noun phrase, despite the rain. Use למרות שירד גשם for a clause, although it rained. The clause connector attaches to its first word and keeps its own subject or predicate.

Related Connectors

אף על פי ש expresses the same broad concession relation and is common in careful writing. גם אם presents an even-if condition, which need not already be true. Choose the connector from the speaker’s intended relation rather than translating every English despite or even expression alike.

Examples (4)

  1. יצאנו לטייל למרות שירד גשם.

    We went for a walk although it rained.

    The rain did not prevent the outing.

  2. היא באה למרות שהיא הייתה עייפה.

    She came although she was tired.

    The expected obstacle is stated as a clause.

  3. הצלחתי למרות שהתרגיל היה קשה.

    I succeeded although the exercise was difficult.

    The difficulty contrasts with the result.

  4. למרות שאני עסוק, יש לי זמן לדבר.

    Although I am busy, I have time to talk.

    The concession clause can come first.

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למרות ש־Level 4Concession Despite a Fact

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Connect an expected obstacle to a result that occurs despite it.