Breakdown of Bien qu'il soit coupable, il rassure la presse grâce à son porte-parole.
être
to be
il
he
son
his/her/its (son, sa, ses)
la presse
the press
coupable
guilty
grâce à
thanks to
bien que
although
le porte-parole
the spokesperson
rassurer
to reassure
Questions & Answers about Bien qu'il soit coupable, il rassure la presse grâce à son porte-parole.
Why is grâce à used here instead of à cause de?
The preposition grâce à is used for a positive, helpful, or successful outcome, translating to "thanks to." Even though being guilty is a negative situation, having a spokesperson who calms the press down is a helpful advantage for the guilty person. If the spokesperson had accidentally made the situation worse, we would use à cause de (because of).
Why does the sentence use soit instead of est?
The conjunction bien que (although / even though) is a classic trigger that always requires the verb following it to be in the subjunctive mood. Here, soit is the subjunctive form of être (to be) for the pronoun il.
How does the compound word porte-parole translate to "spokesperson"?
Does son in son porte-parole mean the guilty person is male, or the spokesperson is male?
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