Update Opposition - even if.md

🔰 Grammar/Certainty.md

@@ -41,23 +41,22 @@
 	<p class="right">+ わけがない</p>
 </div>
 
-Means that there is no way, "impossible".
+Means that there is no way, "impossible". The nuance is that the way of doing is unknown, thus impossible for the subject. But someone else might know.
+It can also mean that the will to do is not present, especially with する.
 
 > [!info] Example
-> {全部|ぜんぶ}食べられる==わけがない==よ！
-> It is impossible to eat it all!
+> もうこんな時間。帰り==わけがない==。
+> It's already this late. I have no way to go back home (I don't know how).
 
 ### ようがない・ようもない
 
-🛠 Todo: understand the nuance between わけがない and ようがない.
-🛠 Todo: understand the nuance between ようがない and ようもない.
-
 ~{様|よう}がない means that there is no way, "impossible".
 Works by removing ~ます from a verb and adding ようがない・ようもない.
+The nuance it that it is impossible in general. With する, it can mean the same as わけがない, i.e. "I don't know how to".
 
-> [!info] Example
-> もうこんな時間。帰り==ようがない==。
-> It's already this late. I have no way to go back home.
+> [!info] Example 
+> {全部|ぜんぶ}食べられる==ようがない==よ！
+> It is impossible to eat it all!
 
 ### まさか
 

🔰 Grammar/Connectors - in order to.md

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ See [[Connectors#のに#In order to]].
 	<p class="right">+ ため(に)</p>
 </div>
 
-Means "in order to". Mostly used in writing.
+Means "in order to". Mostly used in writing, rarely used with negative.
 
 > [!info] Examples
 > {面接|めんせつ}の==ために==ヒゲを{剃|そ}らなきゃ。
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Can also mean "as for", "regarding".
 
 ## ように
 
-Means "in order to". Implies that an effort is made or a goal to obtain.
+Means "in order to". Implies that an effort is made or a goal to obtain. There is generally will implied.
 Used with verbs.
 
 > [!info] Examples

🔰 Grammar/Connectors.md

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Used with nouns and verbs.
 	<p class="right">+ のに</p>
 </div>
 
-The first meaning is "although", "even tough".
+The first meaning is "although", "even tough". Cannot be an hypothesis, must be a confirmed fact. This, it works with past tense.
 
 > [!info] Example
 > 食べたばかり==なのに==、まだお{腹|なか}が{空|す}いた。

🔰 Grammar/Considering - for - as.md

@@ -2,33 +2,26 @@
 
 ## としては
 
-🛠 Todo: nuance.
-
 Means "as", "in the role of". The と particle implies a result.
-More used for objective judgments.
 Used with nouns.
 
 > [!info] Example
-> {厳|きび}しいのに{先生|せんせい}==としては==あまり{良|よ}くない。
-> Because he is strict, he's not a very good teacher.
+> 彼はカメラマン==としては==いい{仕事|しごと}をする。
+> As a cameraman, he does a good job.
 
 ## にしては
 
-🛠 Todo: nuance.
-
 Means "considering", "for". The に particle implies a simultaneous existence.
-More used to give personal opinions.
+The difference with としては resides in the fact that this is used to make a contrast between the general image associated with something and what we're describing.
 Used with verbs and nouns.
 
-> [!info] Example
-> 田中さんは{父|ちち}==にしては=={最低|さいてい}です。
-> As a father, Tanaka-san is the worst.
+> [!info] Example 
+> このカバンは安い==にしては==悪くない。
+> This bag might be cheap, it is not bad.
 
 ## としても
 
-🛠 Todo: nuance.
-
-Means "assuming", "even if".
+Means "assuming", "even if". It has the same meaning as [[TeF (4) - even if#Even if ても・でも]], but bolder.
 
 > [!info] Example
 > 私==としても==出来ます。
@@ -36,13 +29,11 @@ Means "assuming", "even if".
 
 ## にしても
 
-🛠 Todo: nuance.
-
-Means "even if", "even though".
+Means "even if", "even though". It has the same meaning as [[🔰 Particles (1)#も]], but bolder. In some rare written cases, it has the same meaning as としても.
 
 > [!info] Example
-> それ==にしても==、{気|き}を{付|つ}けてくください。
-> Still, please be careful.
+> フランス{語|ご}==にしても=={英語|えいご}==にしても=={彼|かれ}はとても{上手|じょうず}です。
+> He is very good at both French and English.
 
 ## "As": Gradual change
 

🔰 Grammar/Opposition - even if.md

@@ -4,10 +4,28 @@
 
 See [[TeF (4) - even if]].
 
-## のに
+## 「と・に」しても
 
-Means "although", "even tough".
-See [[Connectors#のに#Even tough]].
+See [[Considering - for - as#としても]].
+See [[Considering - for - as#にしても]].
+
+## たって
+
+<div class="usage">
+<div class="left">
+	<p><span class="box">V (た)</span></p>
+	<p><span class="box">い-Adj <strike>い</strike> くた</span></p>
+	<p><span class="box">な-Adj + だ</span></p>
+	<p><span class="box">N + だ</span></p>
+</div>
+	<p class="right">+ って</p>
+</div>
+
+Means "even if", "even though". It has the same meaning as [[#て-form even if]].
+
+> [!info] Example
+> {今|いま}で行==ったって==、{間|ま}に{合|あ}わない。
+> Even if you go now, you won't make it in time.
 
 ## それでも
 
@@ -17,6 +35,11 @@ Means "but still", "even so", "anyway".
 > 雨が{降|ふ}っていた、==それでも==出かけていた。
 > It was raining, but I still went out.
 
+## のに
+
+Means "although", "even tough". Cannot be an hypothesis, must be a confirmed fact. This, it works with past tense.
+See [[Connectors#のに#Even tough]].
+
 ## くせに
 
 <div class="usage">
@@ -29,11 +52,32 @@ Means "but still", "even so", "anyway".
 	<p class="right">+ くせに</p>
 </div>
 
-Means "despite", "even tough". Has a negative connotation.
+Means "despite", "even tough". Has a negative connotation when a situation is not what was expected. Regularly used to talk about characteristics. Like のに, cannot be an hypothesis.
 
 > [!info] Example
 > {掃除|そうじ}すると言った==くせに==、まだ{汚|きたな}いよ。
 > You said you would clean it up, but it's still dirty.
+> 
+> {子供|こども}の==くせに==、{数学|すうがく}が{得意|とくい}です。
+> Despite a child, he is good at math.
+
+## ながらも
+
+Means "even while", "despite". It is used to express that while something is one state, something else. Cannot be used for an hypothesis: it is something that is happening right now.
+See also [[Time#ながら]].
+
+> [!info] Example
+> {病気|びょうき}==ながらも==、パーティーに行くつもりです。
+> Although I am sick, I'm planning to go to party.
+
+## Summing up
+
+* ==ても==,  ==「と・に」しても==, ==たって== and ==それでも== have the same meaning. 
+	*  ==「と・に」しても== have a bolder meaning.
+	*  ==それでも== breaks up the phrase.
+* ==のに== cannot be used for conditional situations.
+* ==くせに== talks about disappointment or characteristics.
+* ==ながらも== talks about something happening right now.
 
 ## たとえ～ても
 
@@ -53,24 +97,6 @@ Means "even if X is the case". Used to present possibilities.
 > ==たとえ=={疲|つか}れ==ても==、もうちょっと{起|お}きている。
 > Even if I'm tired, I'll stay up a little longer.
 
-## たって
-
-<div class="usage">
-<div class="left">
-	<p><span class="box">V (た)</span></p>
-	<p><span class="box">い-Adj <strike>い</strike> くた</span></p>
-	<p><span class="box">な-Adj + だ</span></p>
-	<p><span class="box">N + だ</span></p>
-</div>
-	<p class="right">+ って</p>
-</div>
-
-Means "even if", "even though".
-
-> [!info] Example
-> {今|いま}で行==ったって==、{間|ま}に{合|あ}わない。
-> Even if you go now, you won't make it in time.
-
 ## ても始まらない
 
 ても{始|はじ}まらない means "there's no point, even if you..."
@@ -98,21 +124,3 @@ It is used to talk about an unexpected result, that is contradictory to the prec
 > [!info] Example
 > {自転車|じてんしゃ}の{乗|の}り{方|かた}を{忘|わす}れるはありえないと{思|おも}っていた。==ところが==すっかり{忘|わす}れた。
 > I thought it was impossible to forget how to ride a bike. However, I completely forgot.
-
-## ながらも
-
-Means "even while", "despite". It is used to express that while something is one state, something else.
-See also [[Time#ながら]].
-
-> [!info] Example
-> {病気|びょうき}==ながらも==、パーティーに行くつもりです。
-> Although I am sick, I'm planning to go to party.
-
-## 「と・に」しても
-
-See [[Considering - for - as#としても]].
-See [[Considering - for - as#にしても]].
-
-## Summing up
-
-🛠 Todo.