mo も

Particle meaning: too, also, (not) either, as many/much/long as, no less than, both... and ..., as well as, neither... nor..., (not) even, even if, any...
mata is sometimes added after mo. This simply means ''too'' or ''also''.



1. After noun
相撲が好きです。
Watashi mo sumou ga suki desu.
I like sumo, too.
「とてもおなかがすきました。」「です。」
''Totemo onaka ga sukimashita.'' ''Watashi mo desu.''
''I am very hungry.'' ''So am I.''
「納豆は好きではありません。」「です。」
''Nattou wa suki dewa arimasen.'' ''Watashi mo desu.''
''I don't like fermented soybeans.'' ''Neither do I.''

2. After noun, with negative verb
漢字は読めません
Watashi mo kanji wa yomemasen.
I can't read kanji, either.
私は簡単な漢字分かりません
Watashi wa kantan-na kanji mo wakarimasen.
I don't know even simple kanji.

3. After each of two nouns
私はひらがなカタカナ覚えました。
Watashi wa hiragana mo katakana mo oboemashita.
I learned both hiragana and katakana.

4. After noun expressing length/quantity/cost
このジャケットは二万円しました。
Kono jaketto wa ni man en mo shimashita.
This jacket costs as much as twenty thousand yen.
昨日は三時間日本語を勉強しました。
Kinou wa san jikan mo nihongo o benkyou shimashita.
I studied Japanese as long as three hours yesterday.

5. After interrogative word (+ particle)
ここに来ませんでした。
Dare mo koko ni kimasen deshita.
Nobody came here.
明日はどこ行きません。
Ashita wa doko ni mo ikimasen.
I won't go anywhere tomorrow.

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