les

• Article

  1. plural of le: the
  2. plural of la: the

• Pron

allemandes

feminine plural of allemand

systèmes

plural of système

mais

• Conj

  but, although

• Intj
• Noun

cela

• Pron

  that

• Verb

ne

1. not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with only a few particular verbs: see usage notes)
2. not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below)
3. Used in a subordinate clause before a subjunctive verb (especially when the main verb expresses doubt or fear), to provide extra overtones of doubt or uncertainty (but not negating its verb); the so-called "pleonastic" or "expletive" ne.
4. In comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative

décourage

1. inflection of décourager:
2. inflection of décourager:

au contraire

on the contrary, quite the contrary, quite the opposite; au contraire