〜も~mo

How it works

1. 

   Both rows show five glasses. How do the expressions differ? 「も」 emphasizes that the speaker finds the amount large.

2. 

   Place 「も」 after the number and its counter: 五杯も, 十個も. Do not insert it within the number.

3. 

   「も」 can also follow a time unit: 十時間も. The speaker emphasizes how long they slept.

4. 

   How much counts as a lot? That depends on the speaker’s judgment. 「も」 adds a tone of surprise to the quantity.

5. 

   In the example, 「十時間も」 emphasizes that the sleep was long enough, so still feeling tired comes as a surprise.

Example sentences

• 昨日きのうkinouはわwa水みずmizuをo五ごgo杯はいhaiもmo飲みました。のみました。nomimashita。

  Yesterday, I drank as many as five glasses of water.

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In a conversation

• A
  昨日きのうからひどい寒気さむけが五ご時間じかんも続いつづいています。

  A: I've been having severe chills for as long as five hours since yesterday.

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• B
  それはわ大変ですたいへんです

Check yourself

1. Level 1 · Recognise

   Which sentence is correct?

   A食べ過ぎてお腹が痛いので、トイレに五回がも行きました。B食べ過ぎてお腹が痛いので、トイレに五回もは行きました。C食べ過ぎてお腹が痛いので、トイレに五回も行きました。D食べ過ぎてお腹が痛いので、トイレに五回はも行きました。

2. Level 1 · Recognise

   Listen and choose the meaning

   AAfter the examination, I took a one-hour walk in the park.BI collapsed from overwork, so I stayed in bed at the hospital and rested for as long as three days.COn the day I left the hospital, I returned to work right away.DMy fever would not go down, so I was bedridden at home for as long as two days.

3. Level 2 · Build

   Put the words in order

   Since yesterday, severe chills have continued for as long as three hours.

   続いています。三時間もの三時間もひどい寒気が昨日から
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4. Level 3 · Use

   What goes in the blank?

   昨日は水を五杯____飲みました。

   I drank as many as five glasses of water yesterday.

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More grammar in this theme

• 〜もsurprisingly many or long

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