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"I eat although I do not cook."
Translation:Εγώ τρώω αν και δεν μαγειρεύω.
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What is the etymology of this compound conjuction? Αν means to and και means and. It just reminds me to its spanish (my mother tongue) equivalent "aunque", that sounds almost the same but when you break the words down it's totally different. I find it quite funny.
Αν means "if" and και means "and" but is also used as an emphatic "too". So I'd say that Αν και is literally translated as "if too".
There are some differences:
(In general, one can either say "I eat although I do not cook" (no comma) -or- "Although I do not cook, I eat" (comma needed). With "however", a comma is always needed: "I eat, however I do not cook".)
As far as the suggestion in discussion is concerned, there's a sense of "concession" when using "although" ("In spite of the fact that I do not cook, I eat"), as opposed to "however", which means "but/nevertheless" and is used as a way of transition between the two ideas/facts that the phrases convey (namely, the two clauses).
Can I say "εγώ τρώω ωστόσο δεν μαγειρεύω"? In English "although" and "however" can often be synonyms (though the sentence wouldn't be constructed the same way). Is it the same for "αν και" and "ωστόσο"?
