cependant

Meaning

Brings a restriction to what has just been granted, with no surprise.

Position and punctuation

at the start of the sentence · a comma after

Example

L'initiative est utile. Cependant, son financement reste à préciser.

The initiative is useful. However, its funding has yet to be specified.

In the DELF

the B2 essay · the C1 synthesis

The trap

It is the essay's NUANCE connector: it introduces the limit of an argument just granted. It can also sit between two commas, after the subject.