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Phrase · 🧠 Complex argumentation

Ainda que se admita a premissa, a conclusão não se sustenta.

Even if one grants the premise, the conclusion does not hold.

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Why every word is where it is

Ainda1adverbevenque1conjunctionifse2pronoun(one)admita1verbgrantsadmitir · subjunctive · present · 3rd sing.adeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definitepremissanounpremisefem. · sing.,adeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definiteconclusãonounconclusionfem. · sing.nãoadverbnot, nosepronounitselfsustentaverbholds upsustentar · present · 3rd sing..
  • Ainda → admita: ainda que + subjunctive
  • se → admita: passive se: se admita
  • não → se: não attracts se

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    «ainda que» (even if / although) always takes the subjunctive. Concession & condition connectives →
  2. 2
    Passive/impersonal «se»: se admita a premissa = the premise be granted. The many 'se's →