Catalan C1: Conceding: encara que, per molt que, sigui com sigui · Words

encara que takes the indicative for a fact you accept and the subjunctive for something possible or that doesn’t matter: Encara que està cansat, continua. Encara que estigui cansat, continuarà. per molt que and malgrat que take the subjunctive (malgrat que also the indicative). Reduplication is idiomatic: diguis el que diguis, passi el que passi, sigui com sigui (one way or another).

• per molt que — however much
• passi el que passi — whatever happens
• malgrat — despite
• així i tot — even so
• si bé — although (formal)
• de totes maneres — anyway, in any case
• sigui com sigui — one way or another
• sense que — without (someone doing)

• Passi el que passi, seré aquí. — Whatever happens, I’ll be here.
• Per molt que l’hi explico, no ho entén. — However much I explain, he doesn’t understand.
• Malgrat tot, va ser un dia bonic. — Despite everything, it was a lovely day.
• Així i tot, tenies raó. — Even so, you were right.