Grammatical class
Adverb
pourtant
however, yet
Details
Syllables
pour-tant
Phonetics
puʁ.tɑ̃
Grammatical class
Adverb
Freq. (books)
149
Freq. (movies)
585
Freq. (news)
312
Sentences
Et pourtant, elle bouge !
And yet it moves!
Et pourtant, elle tourne !
But it does move!
Je t'avais pourtant dit de rester dans la voiture.
I did tell you to stay in the car.
Ce sont de jolis mots, pourtant loin de la vérité.
They're nice words, but far from the truth.
Il y a pourtant une solution.
There is a solution though.
Et pourtant, le contraire aussi est toujours vrai.
And yet, the contrary is always true as well.
C'est pourtant vrai.
It is none the less true.
Le soleil brillait, pourtant il faisait froid.
The sun was shining, yet it was cold.
Je suis pourtant physionomiste, d'ordinaire, mais je ne l'ai pas du tout reconnu.
I'm usually pretty good with faces, but I didn't recognize him at all.
Elle ne peut pas aligner deux mots en espagnol, et pourtant elle prétend avoir un niveau intermédiaire.
She can't put two words together in Spanish, yet she claims that she's at an intermediate level.
Pourtant, ce qui l’inquiétait le plus, c’était de ne pas se voir armé chevalier ; car il lui semblait qu’il ne pouvait légitimement s’engager dans aucune aventure sans avoir reçu l’ordre de chevalerie.
However, what worried him the most was not having been dubbed a knight; for it seemed to him that he could not legitimately engage in any adventure without having received the order of knighthood.
La monarchie française semblait indétrônable, pourtant elle a été renversée.
The French monarchy seemed invincible; however, it was overthrown.