Breakdown of Le loyer est cher ; par ailleurs, le quartier est bruyant.
être
to be
cher
expensive
le quartier
the neighborhood
bruyant
noisy
le loyer
the rent
par ailleurs
furthermore, in other respects
Questions & Answers about Le loyer est cher ; par ailleurs, le quartier est bruyant.
This lesson is about d'une part... d'autre part, but here we see par ailleurs. Are they interchangeable?
They belong to the same family of argumentative markers, but they aren't strictly interchangeable. D'une part... d'autre part (on the one hand... on the other hand) explicitly sets up two parallel or contrasting points. Par ailleurs (furthermore / besides) simply adds a new, separate piece of information to support your overall point. Unlike d'autre part, it stands alone and doesn't require a "first part" to have been announced.
Does par ailleurs have the exact same nuance as en plus?
They both add information, but par ailleurs is a bit more formal and structured. While en plus just stacks another fact on top, par ailleurs (which literally means "by elsewhere") signals that you are bringing in a different aspect or category of the situation. Here, the first point is about money, and the second is about the environment.
Is loyer related to the verb for renting?
Why use a semicolon before par ailleurs instead of just starting a new sentence?
A semicolon (le point-virgule) is strongly preferred in French written argumentation to link two independent but logically connected thoughts. It frequently appears right before transition words like par ailleurs, cependant, or néanmoins. Also note the French punctuation rule used here: there is always a space before a semicolon as well as after it.
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