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㊦ でも

Particle


The て form of です plus も 'even'.

Key Sentences

(ksa). 先生でも間違う・間違います。

Even a teacher makes mistakes.

(ksb). 私は難しい仕事でもする・します。

I will even do a difficult job.

(ksc). ここからでも富士山が見える・見えます。

Even from here you can see Mt. Fuji.


Formation

(i)Noun でも  
先生が (subject) → 先生でも Even a teacher
先生を (object) → 先生でも Even a teacher
(ii)Noun+Particle でも  
  先生とでも Even with a teacher
  東京からでも Even from Tokyo

Examples

(a). 子供でもそんなことは分かりますよ。

Even a child can understand that sort of thing.

(b). お会いしたいんですが、日曜日でも構いませんか。

I'd like to see you, but it is all right to see you even on Sunday?

(c). あの人は魚でもでも食べます。

He eats anything, whether it be fish or meat.


Notes

1. Interrogative word+でも yields the following meaning depending on which Interrogative word is used.


でも no matter who it is; anyone
でも no matter what it is; anything
いつでも no matter when; any time
どこでも no matter where it is; any place
どれでも no matter which it is

2. The particle でも should not be confused with the particle combination で+も as in (1) below where で is a particle of location (=で1), and in (2) where で is a particle of means (=で2).

(⇨ で1; で2)


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