Use も to build and understand simple Japanese sentences. After a noun, も adds it to something already mentioned: the speaker is going too.
The idea
After a noun, も adds it to something already mentioned: the speaker is going too. When the object is included as well, も usually replaces を; water is also being drunk. With 誰 and a negative verb, 誰も means “nobody”; the negative verb is necessary.
| Phrase | Continuation |
|---|---|
| 私も | 行きます |
| 水も | 飲みます |
| 誰も | 来ません |
Examples
- 田中さんも学生です。Tanaka is also a student.
- 私も行きます。I am going too.
- 水も飲みます。I drink water too.
- 母も先生です。My mother is also a teacher.
- 私も知りません。I do not know either.
- 誰も来ません。Nobody is coming.
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Watch out
も commonly replaces は, が or を, but follows particles such as に and で: にも and でも are possible.
Try it yourself
私＿行きます。（も／を）
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After a noun, も adds it to something already mentioned: the speaker is going too.
水＿飲みます。（も／に）
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も
When the object is included as well, も usually replaces を; water is also being drunk.
誰＿来ません。（も／を）
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With 誰 and a negative verb, 誰も means “nobody”; the negative verb is necessary.
Practice round
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私＿行きます。（も／を）
水＿飲みます。（も／に）
誰＿来ません。（も／を）
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