数量 + も (suuryou + mo) — As much as! (emphasis on quantity)
も after a number adds the surprise of "that many!".
Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)
Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)
Meaning
- Putting も after a number or amount adds the emphasis "that much!" — the speaker finds the number larger than expected.
- 十時間 働きました is just a fact; 十時間も 働きました carries "a full ten hours!".
How to attach
も attaches right after the amount (を stays as it is): ビールを 五本 飲みました → ビールを 五本も 飲みました.
Also
For the opposite feeling — "only that little" — you use しか or は instead: 五分しか／三十分は.
Examples (उदाहरणहरू)
昨日は 十時間も 働きました。
きのうは じゅうじかんも はたらきました。
Yesterday I worked a full ten hours.
この 本を 三回も 読みました。
この ほんを さんかいも よみました。
I read this book as many as three times.
パーティーに 五十人も 来ました。
パーティーに ごじゅうにんも きました。
As many as fifty people came to the party.
Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)
Which sentence carries the feeling "I waited a full three hours — that was long!"?
💡 Hint: も after a number adds the emphasis "that much!".
三時間 待ちました is just a fact. Adding も shows the speaker found it long. しか gives the opposite — "only three hours".
Which one emphasises "three times — as many as that!"?
💡 Hint: も always goes right after the number or amount.
三回も = "three whole times!". 本も instead means "this book too" — the emphasis no longer lands on the number.
Which correctly says "as many as fifty people came"?
💡 Hint: も goes with a positive verb.
五十人も 来ました. しか would need a negative verb and would mean "only".
Your score: /3