JLPT N5 · Particles
も (mo)
～も — “also / too”
In short · A particle used to say that the same applies to something else as well. It replaces は, が or を.
Pattern
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名詞＋もnoun + も (私も学生です) -
名詞＋にも／でも／ともnoun + にも / でも / とも
Replacing は, が, を
Against 私は学生です, 私も学生です says “me too.” は, が and を are replaced by も and not used together.
Particles that stay
に, で and と remain and become にも, でも, とも (東京にも行きます).
も for emphasis
After a quantity, も stresses that it is a lot (五人も来ました = as many as five).
Examples
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私（わたし）も学生（がくせい）です。
Watashi mo gakusei desu.
I am a student too.
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私（わたし）も行（い）きます。
Watashi mo ikimasu.
I'll go too.
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これもおいしいです。
Kore mo oishii desu.
This is delicious too.
Common mistakes
- Do not stack particles like 私もは.
- も assumes a previous statement it matches.
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
- も も (mo) — also / too
- 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 ～”
- なあ ～なあ — sentence-final feeling
- ね ～ね — “..., right? / isn’t it?”
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