GRAMMAR DETAIL
～も～も
Includes two or more items within the same scope and expresses a state or judgment shared by all of them.
Examples
この村は夏も冬も景色が美しい。
The scenery in this village is beautiful in both summer and winter.
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この店では魚も野菜も新鮮です。
Both the fish and the vegetables are fresh at this store.
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父も母も料理が得意です。
Both my father and mother are good at cooking.
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Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure: Each included item takes
も, and the items share a predicate. - Basic usage:
父も母も料理が得意です。means that both the father and the mother are good at cooking.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- A negative predicate
魚も肉も食べませんmeans eating neither fish nor meat. The predicate after the list determines whether the statement is affirmative or negative.
- Combining with other particles
- A location's
にcan retain a followingも, as in東京にも大阪にも行った. Adding inclusion can still require a particle that expresses the noun's relationship to the verb.
- A location's