What are CONCESSIVE conjunctions?

The concessive conjunctions are those that allow us to introduce a sentence that expresses a concession, that is, an obstacle, difficulty or objection that prevents the action that you have proposed in the first premise from being carried out.

In this lesson from a PROFESSOR, we are going to explain in detail what are concessive conjunctions and examples, as well as tricks so you know how you can analyze and identify them whenever you come across them in a text. Will you join us to discover it?

Index

1. What are concessive conjunctions?
2. Examples of concessive conjunctions
3. Explained examples of sentences with concessive conjunctions
4. Examples of sentences that contain concessive conjunctions

The concessive conjunctions are a kind of subordinating conjunctions that serve to express a concession. Explained more simply, these conjunctions are used to introduce an inconvenience that makes it difficult to carry out an action and perhaps can even make it impossible.

For example: Let's go to the movies despite It's raining cats and dogs.

As you can see, the fact that it rains will pose a problem so we can get to the movies, but if we work hard and get a good umbrella, we can get it.

Another way of calling concessive conjunctions is through the term "concession conjunctions" and you may find it written this way in some textbooks.

Concessive conjunctions are not the only type of subordinating conjunctions, but there are also final conjunctions, consecutive conjunctions, temporary conjunctions and causal conjunctions, among others.

In unProfesor we leave you a list with the different types of conjunctions.

Now that you know what concessive conjunctions are, we are going to show you one list with the most common, so that you can quickly identify them in the texts:

• despite)
• although
• by more than)
• although)
• although
• as much as)
• Nevertheless
• even so
• however (what)
• yes ok
• even if
• worse than
• however
• So
• with everything

As you can see, most concessive conjunctions are conjunctive locutions, that is, they are made up of two or more words. However, at the syntactic level, these expressions act as a unit and perform a single function: as a concessive link.

In order to understand a concept of linguistics it is important that you are able to see it in its context, since in this way you will be able to compare it with common sentences that you have come across in your day to day or in the texts that you have had to analyze. we leave you with some Explained examples of sentences containing the concessive conjunction "although":

The system did not allow us to participate although we met all the bases.

• Top sentence: The system did not allow us to participate.
• Subordinate sentence: although we met all the bases.

Explanation: the conjunction "although" introduces the concessive subordinate clause "we complied with all the bases". This sentence indicates an obstacle (complying with the bases) that was not an impediment to the action of the main sentence: not allowing us to participate.

Although you call him, he will not want to answer you.

• Main sentence: he will not want to answer you.
• Subordinate clause: even if you call him

Explanation: the conjunction "although" introduces the concessive subordinate clause you call him. This sentence tells us what is the obstacle (call) that does not prevent the action from being carried out (not wanting to answer).

I tasted some of the soup although It was very hot.

• Top sentence: I tried some of the soup.
• Subordinate clause: although it was very hot

Explanation: The subordinate clause "was very hot" is introduced by the concessive conjunction "although", the which tells us that it is an obstacle that did not prevent the performance of the main action (try the soup).

The boy ate all the vegetables although don't like them

• Top sentence: The boy ate all the vegetables.
• Subordinate clause: even if you don't like them

Explanation: the concessive conjunction "although" introduces the subordinate clause "he doesn't like them", which is an obstacle that does not prevent the performance of the main action: eating the vegetables.

Although did not win, the competitor was proud that he gave his best effort.

• Top sentence: The competitor was proud of giving his best effort.
• Subordinate clause: although he did not win

Explanation: the conjunction "although" introduces the concessive subordinate clause "the competitor was proud of having given his best." This sentence tells us what is the obstacle (not winning) that does not prevent the action from being carried out (being proud)

Now we are going to show you some extra examples of sentences containing concessive conjunctions, so that you can familiarize yourself with this topic. We have indicated these concessions to you in bold font To make it easier for you to identify them:

• Although be part of the tradition in this country, I will never wear this type of clothing.
• They went camping despite of Bad weather.
• Even if traveled to Denmark, it will not be possible for me to enjoy my stay.
• Yes ok The player is already great, his talent is maintained.
• Although the writer's prose work is superlative, his poems border on mediocrity.
• Although he was living in the philippines for a long time, he never tried the traditional food of this place.
• She will not participate in the contest So she knows that she is going to win it.
• Although Sergio does not have much savings, he will change his car.
• They will go on vacation to Japan, despite the ticket is very expensive.
• Even if They give me that dress, I will never wear it.
• Yes ok the food was bland, the chef was very good.
• Although the delay, we were able to arrive on time for the recital.
• This hotel is the best in the city, although It only has three stars.
• The band members said they would not go on tour again, by more than offer them a million dollar contract.
• Although the sky seems clear, I recommend that you take an umbrella.
• I wouldn't live on the beach despite I like to go there on vacation.

We hope this lesson has helped you understand what are concessive conjunctions and how they work within a sentence. If you are interested in learning more about this topic or another for your syntactic analysis, do not hesitate to consult our grammar and linguistics section.

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• Garcia, L. F., Bosque, I., & Demonte, V. (1999). Concessive and adversative constructions. Descriptive grammar of Spanish, Madrid: Espasa Calpe, 3, 3805-3878.