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Deși e frig, gheizerul tot erupe.

Deși e frig, gheizerul tot erupe.
Although it is cold, the geyser still erupts.
From Lesson 506:Emphatic concession (tot)·Romanian

Questions & Answers about Deși e frig, gheizerul tot erupe.

Why use tot instead of încă to translate "still" in this sentence?
While încă means "still" in a time-related sense (indicating an action is continuing), tot is used here as a concessive adverb. Paired with deși (although), it means "nevertheless" or "anyway," emphasizing that the cold weather doesn't prevent the eruption.
Do I always have to use tot in the main clause when a sentence starts with deși?
It is not strictly mandatory, but it is extremely natural and common in Romanian. Adding tot directly before the verb in the main clause acts as a correlative pair to deși, powerfully reinforcing the contrast between the two halves of the sentence.
Why do we use e (is) with frig here, and how is it different from saying a person is cold?
To describe the weather, Romanian uses the impersonal e frig (it is cold). However, if you want to say a person is feeling cold, you must use a dative construction like îmi este frig or mi-e frig (literally, "to me it is cold").
What gender is the word gheizer, and how does its definite article work here?
Gheizer is a neuter noun. Just like masculine nouns in the singular, it takes the definite article -ul at the end, creating gheizerul. If it were plural, it would take the neuter plural ending -e and the plural definite article -le, becoming gheizerele.

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