# Connectors: even if, even though

## のに

Means "although", "even tough".
See [[Connectors#のに#Even tough]].

## それでも

Means "but still", "even so", "anyway".

> [!info] Example
> 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.

## くせに

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<div class="left">
	<p><span class="box">V</span></p>
	<p><span class="box">い-Adj</span></p>
	<p><span class="box">な-Adj + な</span></p>
	<p><span class="box">N + の</span></p>
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	<p class="right">+ くせに</p>
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Means "despite", "even tough". Has a negative connotation.

> [!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.

## にしても

Means "even if", "even though".
🛠 nuance?

> [!info] Example
> それ==にしても==、{気|き}を{付|つ}けてくください。
> Still, please be careful.

## さえ (nouns)

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Means "even".
Can be emphasized by used でさえ, and reemphasized with でさえも.
Used with a noun.

> [!info] Example
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## さえ (verbs)

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even; so much as; not even

https://jlptsensei.com/learn-japanese-grammar/%e3%81%95%e3%81%88-sae-%e3%81%a7%e3%81%95%e3%81%88%e3%82%82-meaning/
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## たとえ～ても

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	<p class="iright">たとえ + </p>
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	<p><span class="box">V (て)</span></p>
	<p><span class="box">い-Adj <strike>い</strike> くても</span></p>
	<p><span class="box">な-Adj + でも</span></p>
	<p><span class="box">N + でも</span></p>
</div>
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Means "even if X is the case". Used to present possibilities.

> [!info] Example
> ==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

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<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>
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	<p class="right">+ って</p>
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Means "even if", "even though".
🛠 nuance?

> [!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..."
Used with a verb in て form.

> [!info] Example
> もう{遅|おく}れているから、行==っても始まらない==。
> I'm already late, so it's no use going now.

## ところが

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<div class="">
	<p><span class="box">expectation</span></p>
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	<p class="r"> + ところが + </p>
<div class="">
	<p><span class="box">result</span></p>
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Means "however", "even though".
It is used to talk about an unexpected result, that is contradictory to the precedent statement.

> [!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.

## Summing up

🛠 To do.
See also [[TeF (4) - even if]].