Lesson 62.07C1

Nuanced Counter-Argumentation

सूक्ष्म प्रति-तर्क

Hindi formal argumentation makes the identical concede-then-pivot move you met earlier in this course — यह सच है कि...लेकिन ('it's true that...but') grants a real point before turning the argument around, exactly like French's certes...mais.

Grammar Comparison

व्याकरण तुलना

certes...mais: concede first, pivot second — Hindi's यह सच है कि...लेकिन follows the identical strategy

French

Certes, cette solution est coûteuse, mais elle reste la plus efficace. (Granted, this solution is costly, but it remains the most effective.)

Hindi

यह सच है कि यह समाधान महँगा है, लेकिन यह अब भी सबसे कारगर है।

certes ('granted/admittedly') opens by conceding a real point to the opposing side, which makes the mais ('but') that follows land as more persuasive and reasonable rather than dismissive. Hindi's यह सच है कि...लेकिन (which you already met in the formal-agreement lesson) does exactly this job. The rhetorical strategy itself needs no new explanation, only the French vocabulary; skipping straight to disagreement without the certes concession can come across as blunt in both languages, but French formal debate and dissertation writing prizes this concession even more consistently than everyday Hindi argument does.

Vocabulary

शब्दावली

certes...maissair-TUH...meh

Hindi: यह सच है कि...लेकिनyah sac hai ki...lekin
English: granted...but

il est vrai que...cependantee leh vreh kuh...suh-pahn-DAHN

Hindi: यह सच है कि...फिर भीyah sac hai ki...phir bhī
English: it's true that...however

on pourrait objecter queohn poo-REH ob-zhek-TAY kuh

Hindi: कोई यह आपत्ति उठा सकता है किkoī yah āpatti uṭhā saktā hai ki
English: one could object that

loin de moi l'idée de nier quelwan duh mwah lee-DAY duh nyay kuh

Hindi: मैं यह नकारने की कोशिश नहीं कर रहा/रही किmaiñ yah nakārne kī kośiś nahīñ kar rahā/rahī ki
English: far be it from me to deny that

il n'en demeure pas moins queeel nahn duh-MUHR pah mwan kuh

Hindi: फिर भी यह सच बना रहता है किphir bhī yah sac banā rahtā hai ki
English: that said, it remains true that

à l'inverseah lan-VERS

Hindi: इसके विपरीतiske viparīt
English: conversely

nuancernew-ahn-SAY

Hindi: बात को संतुलित करनाbāt ko santulit karnā
English: to nuance / qualify (a statement)

il convient de relativisereel kohn-vyan duh ruh-la-tee-vee-ZAY

Hindi: इसे संदर्भ में देखना चाहिएise sandarbh meñ dekhnā cāhie
English: it should be put into perspective

dans une certaine mesuredahn zewn ser-TEN muh-ZEWR

Hindi: एक हद तकek had tak
English: to a certain extent

cela ditsuh-LAH DEE

Hindi: यह कहने के बादyah kahne ke bād
English: that said

French	Pronunciation	Hindi	English
certes...mais	sair-TUH...meh	यह सच है कि...लेकिनyah sac hai ki...lekin	granted...but
il est vrai que...cependant	ee leh vreh kuh...suh-pahn-DAHN	यह सच है कि...फिर भीyah sac hai ki...phir bhī	it's true that...however
on pourrait objecter que	ohn poo-REH ob-zhek-TAY kuh	कोई यह आपत्ति उठा सकता है किkoī yah āpatti uṭhā saktā hai ki	one could object that
loin de moi l'idée de nier que	lwan duh mwah lee-DAY duh nyay kuh	मैं यह नकारने की कोशिश नहीं कर रहा/रही किmaiñ yah nakārne kī kośiś nahīñ kar rahā/rahī ki	far be it from me to deny that
il n'en demeure pas moins que	eel nahn duh-MUHR pah mwan kuh	फिर भी यह सच बना रहता है किphir bhī yah sac banā rahtā hai ki	that said, it remains true that
à l'inverse	ah lan-VERS	इसके विपरीतiske viparīt	conversely
nuancer	new-ahn-SAY	बात को संतुलित करनाbāt ko santulit karnā	to nuance / qualify (a statement)
il convient de relativiser	eel kohn-vyan duh ruh-la-tee-vee-ZAY	इसे संदर्भ में देखना चाहिएise sandarbh meñ dekhnā cāhie	it should be put into perspective
dans une certaine mesure	dahn zewn ser-TEN muh-ZEWR	एक हद तकek had tak	to a certain extent
cela dit	suh-LAH DEE	यह कहने के बादyah kahne ke bād	that said

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