Arguing a point (من وجهة نظري، صحيح أن، خلاصة القول)

Your point of view

من وجهة نظري(min wijhati nazharî) (from my point of view) does the job of في رأيي in a debate or an essay. وجهة نظر is a point of view, and the pronoun changes: من وجهة نظره from his point of view.

Granting a point

صحيح أن(sahîhun anna) (it is true that) concedes a point so you can answer it, usually with لكن after it, or in writing إلا أن. It ends in أنّ, so a noun or a pronoun follows: صحيح أنها.

In reality

في الواقع(fi al-wâqi') (in reality) sets the facts against a claim. It is used like في الحقيقة.

Giving the grounds

expressionfollowed by
بسببa noun
نظرا ل(nazaran li)a noun: the formal given, in view of
نظرا لأن، بما أنa clause

لـ attaches to the noun, and with ال it becomes لل: نظرا للتلوث.

Two sides

من جهة(min jihatin) … من جهة أخرى(min jihatin ukhrâ) weighs one side against the other, exactly like من ناحية … ومن ناحية أخرى.

No doubt, and the sum of it

دون شك(dûna shakkin) means the same as بلا شك: دون is without. خلاصة القول(khulâsatu-l-qawl) (the gist of the matter) closes an argument, like باختصار.

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