Back

も after particles

#1
I was wondering what other particles も can be used after. I know that e.g. 日本でも (also in Japan) or 先生とも (also with the teacher) make sense, but e.g. 食べたばかりも doesn´t seem to make sense to me. Does somebody have a complete list that has all the possible combinations of particel + も?
Reply
#2
ばかり isn't a particle, so your example doesn't make much sense. Remember that も can be used in an intensifying sense as well, like in "10分も待っていた" meaning "I waited AS LONG AS 10 minutes".
Reply
#3
ばかり actually is usually classified as a particle (the Koujien labels it a 助詞, for instance), and in fact "ばかりも" does appear on Google.

I believe that も can go after any particle except for は, and the sentence final particles. However, がも and をも are both very limited in use in modern Japanese.
Edited: 2010-04-05, 5:27 pm
Reply
May 16 - 30 : Pretty Big Deal: Save 31% on all Premium Subscriptions! - Sign up here
JapanesePod101
#4
well there's をも
Reply
#5
What about it をも? As I said, it's not used very often in modern Japanese, and certainly is not worth worrying about for someone that's asking basic questions.
Edited: 2010-04-05, 8:11 pm
Reply
#6
Actually, I see をも relatively often. I could do with an explanation...
Reply
#7
I don't know if I've ever seen をも, would appreciate some example sentences if you have any.
Reply
#8
I hear it in Korean a lot, when girls are scared & whining in general
Reply
#9
I've possibly been misreading をも where the text had を + a word starting with も. I thought I saw をも in Harry Potter 2 and Haruhi 1, but I can't find anything now.
I did find this sentence in an online story/novel,

浮かぶ疑問のどれをも口にすることのできないまま。
Reply
#10
I'm too lazy to read this, but here:
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:井...をも」の表現について
Reply
#11
我々は、混迷の時代をくぐりぬけ、ついに新世紀の扉を開けたのです!!思えば、前世紀の二度にわたる世界大戦…そして、自らをも滅ぼす核の脅威。東西の冷戦。壁崩壊後の、相次ぐ地域紛争。そう、数々の脅威が我々を襲いました。
20th Century Boys, first chapter.


I remembered this one because I was utterly surprised when I first read it. "Wait a minute, they always told us you can't use も after は、が、を!" Sounds pretty formal from what I've read so far.
Reply
#12
Yeah, it can be used for emphasis but it's rather formal. If you look on google news you can see a number of examples.
Reply