虽然 A 但是B: Expressing "although" in Mando

This grammar is a pretty simple one to understand.   We will use this when we want to create a contrasting logic where two things exist in spite of the other.   This will be sentences like:

"Although the weather was nice, (but) he was still feeling cold."
"Although we have no money, (but) we're still happy."
"Even though you want to go running, (but) you shouldn't because its bad for your knees!"

In Mandarin, the sentences map like this:

• Although / even though --> 虽然suīrán

• but --> 但是dànshì / 可是kěshì

Here are those same sentences in Mandarin.

Suīrán tiānqì hěn hǎo, dànshì tā háishì juédé hěn lěng.  ——> Although the weather is good,  (but) he still feels very cold. 虽然天气很好，但是他还是觉得很冷。

Suīrán wǒmen méiyǒu qián, dànshì wǒmen hěn kāixīn.  ——>  Although we don't have money,  (but) we are very happy. 虽然我们没有钱，但是我们很开心。

Suīrán nǐ xiǎng qù pǎobù, dànshì yīnwèi xiànzài xiàyǔ le, suǒyǐ nǐ bù yīng gāi qù. ——> Although you want to run, (but) because it's raining now, you shouldn't go. 虽然你想去跑步，但是因为现在下雨了，所以你不应该去。

Since this grammar is really straight forward, I will save any further discussion for the Grammar Wiki entry; however, I want to point out a few rules:

• Whenever we use 虽然suīrán，但是dànshì MUST be present

• The order is the exact same as English 

• 但是dànshì & 可是kěshì are interchangeable in this structure

That is pretty much it. For more examples, check out this Grammar Wiki Page!