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かわりもしますよ what is the meaning of this も?
This type of も does not mean "also". In this case, it adds the nuance of "of course", "it's only natural" or "it's no wonder". It is used with something that ...
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volitional + nimo 作ろう＋にも?
This is an instance of the pattern VようにもBない
作ろう is what is often called the "volitional form" in English. The root verb is 作る [to make].
にも expresses "even though" and when joined to the volitional ...
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Using も in place of を
わたしの父は中国語も英語も話せます。
My father can speak both Chinese and English.
～も～も is how you say "both ... and ..." in Japanese. It works with all particles, as も does by itself, i.e. usually replaces は, が, を ...
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Particle「も」in the sentence 「夏休みももう終わりだ」。
夏休みももう終わりだ。
According to 明鏡国語辞典:
も 🈩副助
⓭ 軽い詠嘆を込めて物事をとりたてる。多く、人為を超えた物事の順当な推移についていう。
「夜もふけた」「暮れもおしつまった」「今や春もたけなわ」「ついに夏休み[戦争]も終わった」
So the も expresses 軽い詠嘆, light exclamation/admiration.
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Usage of も in そんなこともないけど
The も is used in the sense of...
も 🈩〘副助〙*
⓬ さりげなく取り立てて、文意をやわらげる。...
㋐《多く、文末表現に使って》一歩引く気持ちで、その判断をやわらげる。...
「その件なら知らなくもない」「そんな感じがしないでもない」
(from 明鏡国語辞典)
The も softens the statement. 「...
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をも: Is this sentence grammatically correct?
You can say:
日本で英語を教えたい。書道の勉強もしたい。
which literally means "I want to teach English in Japan. I want to do the study of calligraphy, too."
You could also say:
日本で英語を教えたい。書道も勉強したい。or 書道も[習]{なら}...
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The meaning of 殺しても殺したりねぇ
殺しても殺したりねぇ
殺したりねぇ is a collapsed, rough, usually masculine way of pronouncing 殺し[足]{た}りない, literally "don't kill enough". You use ～たりない like this:
食べたりない don't/didn't eat enough (-> I'm not full. ...
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function of the particle も in 「~も辞さない」
I think the も here is this:
1⃣ 係助詞 3-㋑動詞の連用形や動作性名詞に付き、打消しの語と呼応して、強い否定の意を表す。「思いもよらぬ話」「返事もしない」(デジタル大辞泉)
So the も indicates emphasis, used with a negative phrase.
I think this も is usually ...
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What's the grammatical breakdown of "知りもしないわ"?
食べる eat
食べない not eat
食べはしない not eat (but do drink)
食べもしない not even eat
食べすらしない not even so much as eat
and so on
わ as a sentence-ender is used differently in different dialects. With no context here ...
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Odd use of も has me stumped 「ソウルにいるのも今夜きりです」
I listed up several examples that I can use ‘も.’ in the sentence, but I cannot think up how I should incorporate the nuance of ‘も’ into English.
Even if I omit ‘も,’ from the following examples, you ...
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What is the difference between 〜るも and 〜ても
The dictionary form + も behaves quite different from te-form + も.
Firstly, it is relatively more bookish. I don't mean you can't use it for a casual topic, but you have to keep the sentence that ...
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Understanding the も in 見るも
見るも is better remembered as a fixed adverbial idiom "patently", "manifestly" but usually qualifies what is shocking at first glance.
This phrase cooccurs with following adjectives ...
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さえ: How to use it?
The first pair is easily understood if you take notice where さえ attaches to.
When you don't know what piece you should capture, I can only say ビショップさえ取ればいいよ; if you don't know what action you should ...
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Odd use of も has me stumped 「ソウルにいるのも今夜きりです」
This is what 庭三郎 calls the 「詠嘆のモ」, "the exclamation も".
その他に、「詠嘆のモ」と言われる用法があります。
巨人も弱くなったねえ。
この場合、他にも弱くなったチームがあって（例えば阪神）、それと同じよ
うに、というわけではありません。たんにそのＮについて、述語が表す内容が 起こったことを（軽く）...
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誰も used in a positive sentence
Since most of Japanese Question + も patterns ("any- (... not)") are, as you know, only allowed to be used with negative predicates, we usually make some workarounds to express the "every-" idea. ...
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What's the meaning of にもin その話は前にも聞いたよ。?
に in 前に can serve as a time marker (as in その時に) which would complete the "before" translation.
も and the ending よ give an additional sense of "already," perhaps multiple times ...
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What's the meaning of にもin その話は前にも聞いたよ。?
その話は前にも聞いたよ。
The も means "too; also; as well". 前にも means "(something happened) before, too (as well as now)". So you'd say 前にも when something that happened before is happening again now. Compare:
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Usage of も in そんなこともないけど
I will logically strenghen ǝʇɐןoɔoɥƆ's answer.
Ａだ。 It is 100% A.
Ａもだ。Ｂもだ。 It is 50% A.
Ａもだ。Ｂもだ。Ｃもだ。 It is 33% A.
Ａもだ。 It is less than 100% A.
So, the も softens the statement. "Ａもだ" sounds softer and ...
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Where is the topic in a Japanese sentence?
You are correct that 佐藤さん is the topic in these sentences, but your understanding that も can be used "when the topic remains the same" is incorrect.
The actual usage of も is the opposite - it ...
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What is an emphatic particle?
I think your confusion comes from the fact that there is more than one way to use particles for an emphatic effect.
Sentence final particles
Sentence final particles よ, ぞ, ぜ, わ and others are ...
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Difference between と・や and も for lists？
Short answer:
と = and (giving an exhaustive list where you're enumerating everything)
も = also (could be creating a new list or adding to an existing list)
や = things like...and... (clearly only ...
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Why does も move in sentences involving だれも etc
The も moves because 誰も is not a single word; it is two words. The も is the very same as in 私もそう思う.
The combination of a question phrase and も becomes 'any~~~'; for example, you could say
誰のせい？
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