Phrase · 🧠 Complex argumentation
Isso não significa, contudo, que devamos desistir.
This does not mean, however, that we should give up.
C2limiting a conclusionformalAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Issopronounthatmasc. · sing.nãoadverbnot, nosignificaverbmeanssignificar · present · 3rd sing.,contudo1conjunctionhowever,queconjunctionthatdevamos2verbwe shoulddever · subjunctive · present · 1st pl.desistirverbgive upinfinitive.
- não → devamos: não significa que + subjunctive
- contudo → significa: parenthetical connector
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1«contudo» (however) between commas, mid-sentence: typical of formal writing.
- 2Negated «significar que» takes the subjunctive: devamos.