ЯПОНСКИЙ / КУРС
| Grammar I - 02.05 |
| Noun も | |
| Using this formation you can say "Item A is this, and item B is this, too." | |
| たけし さん は にほん じん です。 | Takeshi is a Japanese person. |
| takeshi san wa nihon jin desu. | |
| みちこ さん も にほん じん です。 | Michiko is Japanese, too. |
| michiko san mo nihon jin desu. | |
| Mo must directly follow the object to which it is referring. Mo is the equivalent to the English word "too." | |
| A は X です。 |
A is X (some property). |
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A wa X desu. |
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| B も X です。 | B is also X (some property). B too is X. |
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B mo X desu. |
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Mo refers to shared property only. We can not say about Pat, who has dual
citizenship : Japanese speakers would say: |