もtoo; also; both
も is "too". It goes after the one thing you are adding, and says the same is true of that as well.
I am a student. My younger sister is a student too.
I went to Kyoto. I also went to Nara.
I like both dogs and cats.
How to form it
Noun + も
も takes the place of は, が and を.
With other particles
Noun + に/で/と/から + も
These normally stay, and も follows: にも, でも, とも, からも.
Both
A も B も
"Both A and B". With a negative, "neither A nor B".
Me too
Among friends, just 私も.
This one too, please.
It's hot again today, isn't it?
今日も is "today too". English says "again".
も goes on the word you are adding
English "too" comes at the end, so "I drink coffee too" can mean two things. Japanese puts も on the word that is extra, so they are two different sentences.
I drink coffee too.
Someone else drinks coffee, and so do you.
I drink coffee too.
You drink something else, and coffee as well.
も and other particles
は, が and を make way for も. Saying both is a common slip.
I bought bread. I bought milk too.
牛乳を has become 牛乳も.
Not said: 妹は
(My younger sister is a student too.)
に, で, と and から normally stay, with も after them.
I study at the library. I also study at home.
Both, and neither
Both Mr. Tanaka and Ms. Sato came.
I eat neither meat nor fish.
In a negative sentence English switches from "too" to "either". Japanese keeps も.
I'm not going tomorrow.
I'm not going either.
Not even
After the smallest or easiest thing, も with a negative is "not even".
My throat hurts so much that I can't even drink water.
I don't even know that person's name.
Close neighbours
とN5
"And". It names every item: these and nothing more. AもBも says the same thing about each one: "both".
Mr. Tanaka and Ms. Sato came.
何も~ないN5
After a question word, with a negative, も makes "nothing", "nobody", "nowhere".
There is nothing in the refrigerator.
三時間もN4
After an amount, も isn't "too". It says the amount is a lot.
We walked a full ten kilometers from the station to the coast.
でもN5
At the start of a sentence, でも is one word, "but". After a place it is で and も, "at … too".
This book is long. But it is very interesting.
Check yourself
1What does this mean?
弟は
Choose an answer to see why.
2Which one fits?
兄は
Choose an answer to see why.
3"I speak Japanese at home. I speak it at work too."
家で
Choose an answer to see why.
More sentences
My older brother can swim. I can swim too.
Yesterday, I watched a movie. I watched a drama too.
I went to both the bank and the post office.
I spoke with both the teacher and my classmate.
I took pictures both in the park and at the station.
This town is lively in both spring and summer.