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〜ても (-temo) — even if (one does)

'Even if... the result is the same.'

Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)

Verb Vて + も
て-form (て-रूप) 食べて tabete
+
Suffix (प्रत्यय) ても (-temo)
=
'Even if' form ('भए पनि' रूप) 食べても tabetemo

Select a verb (विवरण हेर्न क्रिया चयन गर्नुहोस्)

Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)

Meaning

"Even if I eat", "no matter how much I study" — to say the result does not change even if you do something, use the て-form + も.

How to attach

食べて ──> 食べても (even if I eat), 行って ──> 行っても, 勉強して ──> 勉強しても.

Versus what you know

  • The てもいいです of Lesson 15 (even if you do, it is fine) is built from this ても — there いいです followed, here any result can.
  • たら (if … then the result changes) and ても (even if … the result stays) — remember them as a pair.

Step-by-step breakdown (चरणबद्ध रूपान्तरण)

to eat 食べる (taberu)
食べても
  1. 1 Start: たべる (taberu)
  2. 2 First make the て-form: たべて (tabete) Group 2: る ➔ て
  3. 3 Add [+ ✅ も]: たべて + も = たべても
to go 行く (iku)
行っても
  1. 1 Start: いく (iku)
  2. 2 First make the て-form: いって (itte) exception: く ➔ って
  3. 3 Add [+ ✅ も]: いって + も = いっても
to drink 飲む (nomu)
飲んでも
  1. 1 Start: のむ (nomu)
  2. 2 First make the て-form: のんで (nonde) む ➔ んで
  3. 3 Add [+ ✅ も]: のんで + も = のんでも
to read 読む (yomu)
読んでも
  1. 1 Start: よむ (yomu)
  2. 2 First make the て-form: よんで (yonde) む ➔ んで
  3. 3 Add [+ ✅ も]: よんで + も = よんでも

Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)

Question: 1/3

'even if I eat' — correct form of 食べる?

💡 Hint: Add も to the て form 食べて.

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