数量 + も (suuryou + mo) — As many as! (the partner of は)
も after a number adds the surprise of "a full that many!" — the exact opposite of は.
Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)
Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)
Meaning
- You already met 数量 + も in Lesson 2; here just put it next to は.
- は sets the floor, while も carries the surprise that the number turned out bigger than expected.
- Same sentence, different particle: 三時間は かかります = "it takes at least three hours". 三時間も かかりました = "it took a full three hours!".
How to attach
It attaches the same way — straight after the amount.
Versus what you know
- Which to pick? Use は when it has not happened yet and you are estimating.
- Use も when it is done and the number felt big.
Examples (उदाहरणहरू)
昨日 ビールを 五本も 飲みました。
きのう ビールを ごほんも のみました。
Yesterday I drank as many as five bottles of beer.
会議は 三時間も かかりました。
かいぎは さんじかんも かかりました。
The meeting took a full three hours.
日本語の 本を 十冊も 買いました。
にほんごの ほんを じゅっさつも かいました。
I bought as many as ten Japanese books.
Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)
「昨日 ビールを 五本 飲みました」— which gives "a full five bottles!"?
💡 Hint: Which particle shows surprise?
五本も = as many as five bottles. 五本は would mean "at least five bottles".
Which says "walking to the station takes at least twenty minutes"?
💡 Hint: は sets the floor; も carries the surprise.
二十分は かかります = at least twenty minutes. 二十分も かかりました would be the surprise "it took a full twenty minutes!", and しか〜ない "only twenty minutes".
Which sentence carries the complaint that the meeting ran far longer than expected?
💡 Hint: も here is a feeling particle.
三時間も かかりました = "it took a full three hours!" — the surprise, almost a complaint, that it was more than expected. 三時間は かかります would only set a floor.
Your score: /3