JLPT N5 · Particles
も (mo)
も (mo) — also / too
In short · も means "also / too". It replaces は or を to say the same thing applies to another item.
Pattern
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〈noun〉も… too -
A も B もboth A and B
What it does
も adds "too": わたしも いきます (I'll go too). It shows the same thing is true for this item as well.
It replaces は and を
Don't stack particles: say パンも たべます (eat bread too), not ×パンをも. も takes the place of は / を.
"Not … either"
With a negative, も means "not … either": コーヒーも のみません (I don't drink coffee either).
Examples
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わたしも がくせいです。
Watashi mo gakusei desu.
I'm a student too.
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パンも たべます。
Pan mo tabemasu.
I eat bread too.
も replaces を here.
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にくも さかなも たべません。
Niku mo sakana mo tabemasen.
I eat neither meat nor fish.
Common mistakes
- も replaces は and を — don't say ×をも or ×はも.
- With particles like に / で / へ, も comes after them: にほんへも いきました (went to Japan too).
More grammar points
- は は (wa) — the topic particle
- を を (o) — the object particle
- に に (ni) — time, destination, location
- で で (de) — place of action & means
- と と (to) — and / together with
- の の (no) — possessive & noun linker
- へ へ (e) — direction
- か か (ka) — the question marker
- から から・まで — from … to …
- より より (yori) — than (comparison)
- だけ ～だけ — “only ～”
- で ～で — place, means and cause
- が ～が — marks the subject
- か か — the question particle
- まで ～まで — “until / up to ～”
- も ～も — “also / too”
- なあ ～なあ — sentence-final feeling
- ね ～ね — “..., right? / isn’t it?”
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