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L'équipage dont l'effort est gigantesque continue malgré la fatigue.

L'équipage dont l'effort est gigantesque continue malgré la fatigue.
The crew whose effort is gigantic continues despite the fatigue.
From Lesson 204:Concession preposition (malgré)·French

Questions & Answers about L'équipage dont l'effort est gigantesque continue malgré la fatigue.

How does malgré work in this sentence, and why is there no de after it?
The preposition malgré means 'despite' or 'in spite of.' It is followed directly by a noun and its article, which in this case is la fatigue. Unlike some other phrases, you never add de after malgré.
Why do we use the relative pronoun dont here instead of qui or que?
In this sentence, dont translates to 'whose.' It is used to indicate possession or a relationship that would normally use the preposition de (of). Because we are talking about the effort of the crew (l'effort de l'équipage), we use dont to link them together.
Since a crew is a group of people, why does the verb continue end in an -e instead of the plural -ent?
Even though l'équipage (the crew) represents a group of multiple people, it is a collective noun and grammatically singular in French. Therefore, you must conjugate the verb in the third-person singular form, giving us continue.
Can I move the malgré la fatigue part to the beginning of the sentence?
Yes, absolutely! You can say Malgré la fatigue, l'équipage dont l'effort est gigantesque continue. Moving the concession phrase to the start is a very common and natural way to emphasize the obstacle they are facing.

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