GrammarB2· Argumentieren

Konnektoren: einräumen, gegenüberstellen, folgern

Connectors for an argument: conceding, contrasting, concluding

Kartoffel · your teacher

Hi! Let's look at this one together — step by step, no rush.

From what you know

Obwohl es teuer ist, lohnt es sich.Zwar ist es teuer, aber es lohnt sich.

6 parts · about 6 min

1What & when

In one line

After wohingegen, verb last. After dennoch, folglich or zwar in position 1, verb next.

Before

Die Fahrt dauert länger. Aber der Verkehr fließt ruhiger.

Watch the sentence change …

Zwar in position 1 pulls the verb dauert in front of the . aber leaves the second clause as it is.

„Zwar dauert die Fahrt länger, aber der Verkehr fließt ruhiger.“ — Admittedly the journey takes longer, but traffic flows more calmly.

Kartoffel

First, what is it?

At B1 you joined ideas with weil, obwohl, deshalb and trotzdem. A B2 argument does more. It concedes a point: zwar … aber. It sets two sides against each other: wohingegen, während. It holds its position in spite of a point against it: dennoch. And it draws a conclusion: infolgedessen, folglich. Every belongs to a family. Each family puts the (the one with the person ending) in its own place.

Kartoffel

And when do you need it? More often than you'd think:

ArgumentierenYou need it whenever you argue, not just give an opinion: on a panel, in a meeting, in a formal statement or in the B2 exam. – –

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