〜ても／〜でも~te mo / ~de mo

How it works

1. 

   Rain usually affects plans to go out, but the person in the picture still goes: even if it rains, the decision stays the same.

2. 

   Both mean “even if …, ….” Whether you add ても or でも depends on the type of word before it.

3. 

   Put a verb into its て-form, then add も. In the picture, 行く becomes 行って before も is added.

4. 

   For an い-adjective, replace the final い with くても: 高い becomes 高くても.

5. 

   Add でも directly to a noun or a な-adjective stem. 雨でも and 静かでも both follow this pattern.

6. 

   The first part can describe something that has already happened or a hypothetical situation. Either way, the second part is unaffected.

7. 

   In 雨でも, 雨 is a noun, so でも is added directly. There is no need to make a て-form here.

8. 

   高くても買います emphasizes that you will buy it even if it is expensive—not because it is expensive.

Example sentences

• 雨あめameでdeもmo行きます。いきますikimasu

  I will go even if it rains.

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• これkoreはわwa高くたかくtakakuてte
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In a conversation

• A
  明日あすはわ忙しいですいそがしいですね。ね

  A: Tomorrow will be busy, won't it?

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• B
  忙しくいそがしくても、も集まりますあつまりますか。か

  B: Will we get together even if we're busy?

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Check yourself

1. Level 1 · Recognise

   Which sentence is correct?

   A予定が変わっても、連絡します。B予定が変わるても、連絡します。C予定が変わってら、連絡します。D予定が変わるとも、連絡します。

2. Level 1 · Recognise

   Listen and choose the meaning

   AEven if the schedule changes, I will contact you.BPlease contact me if the schedule changes.CAlthough the schedule changed, I didn't contact you.DI'm contacting you because the schedule changed.

3. Level 2 · Build

   Put the words in order

   Even if the schedule changes, I will contact you.

   きた予定が変わる連絡変わってしますにも
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4. Level 3 · Use

   What goes in the blank?

   暑 散歩に行きます。

   I'll go for a walk even if it's hot.

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More grammar in this theme

• 〜ても／〜でもeven if; still

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