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Particle
| The て form of です plus も 'even'. |
(ksa). 先生でも間違う・間違います。
Even a teacher makes mistakes.
(ksb). 私は難しい仕事でもする・します。
I will even do a difficult job.
(ksc). ここからでも富士山が見える・見えます。
Even from here you can see Mt. Fuji.
| (i)Noun | でも | |
| 先生が (subject) → | 先生でも | Even a teacher |
| 先生を (object) → | 先生でも | Even a teacher |
| (ii)Noun+Particle | でも | |
| 先生とでも | Even with a teacher | |
| 東京からでも | Even from Tokyo |
(a). 子供でもそんなことは分かりますよ。
Even a child can understand that sort of thing.
(b). お会いしたいんですが、日曜日でも構いませんか。
I'd like to see you, but it is all right to see you even on Sunday?
(c). あの人は魚でも肉でも食べます。
He eats anything, whether it be fish or meat.
1. Interrogative word+でも yields the following meaning depending on which Interrogative word is used.
| 誰でも | no matter who it is; anyone |
| 何でも | no matter what it is; anything |
| いつでも | no matter when; any time |
| どこでも | no matter where it is; any place |
| どれでも | no matter which it is |
2. The particle でも should not be confused with the particle combination で+も as in (1) below where で is a particle of location (=で1), and in (2) where で is a particle of means (=で2).