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Goals

By the end of this part, you can…

Say “me too”, “this one too” (も)
Add someone or something to what was just said

A conversation you can have in Japanese

TanakaI am an office worker.

YouI am an office worker too.

TanakaMs. Suzuki is an engineer.

YouIs Mr. Sato an engineer too?

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Warm-up — vocabulary

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Grammar 1

も replaces は and means “too”. It says the same thing about one more person or one more thing, so you never repeat the whole sentence — わたしも, これも.

Builds onSaying what something is (X は Y です)

1See how it works

Pattern

nountooもmo~ too

It replaces, never stacksわたしはも ✗. も takes the place of は.

Iわたしwatashi(topic)はwaoffice workerかいしゃいんkaishain(polite)ですdesuI am an office worker.↓Ms. Suzukiすずきさんsuzukisantooもmo かいしゃいんkaishain ですdesuMs. Suzuki is an office worker too.

2Build the pieceは → も

e.g.わたしwatashiはwaI→わたしwatashiもmome too

1これkoreはwathis one→これkoreもmothis one too2たなかさんtanakasanはwaMr. Tanaka→たなかさんtanakasanもmoMr. Tanaka too3あれareはwathat one over there→あれareもmothat one too

3Say it in Japanese

This is a book too. これkore もmo ほんhon ですdesu。Is Mr. Tanaka Japanese too? たなかさんtanakasan もmo にほんじんnihonjin ですかdesu ka。

Summary

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Grammar 1

Also

noun もmo

すずきさんsuzukisan もmo かいしゃいんkaishain ですdesuMs. Suzuki is an office worker too.

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1. I am an office worker too.わたしwatashi かいしゃいんkaishainですdesu。もmo2. This is a notebook too.これkore ノートnootoですdesu。もmo3. Is that one over there a watch too?あれare とけいtokeiですかdesu ka。もmo

Drill — translate

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1. I am an office worker too.わたしwatashiもmoかいしゃいんkaishainですdesu。2. Is Mr. Tanaka Japanese too?たなかさんtanakasanもmoにほんじんnihonjinですかdesu ka。

Reading — read it aloud

これもほんです

The two of them look at the books on the shelf.

たなかこれkoreはwaほんhonですdesu。

すずきそれsoreもmoほんhonですかdesu ka。

たなかはい、これhai、koreもmoほんhonですdesu。

すずきあれareもmoほんhonですかdesu ka。

たなかいいえ、あれiie、areはwaノートnootoですdesu。

すずきわたしwatashiはwaかいしゃいんkaishainですdesu。

たなかわたしwatashiもmoかいしゃいんkaishainですdesu。

すずきそうsouですかdesu ka。

Reading — questions

Answer in Japanese

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1. それsoreもmoほんhonですかdesu ka。はい、ほんhai、honですdesu。2. あれareもmoほんhonですかdesu ka。いいえ、ノートiie、nootoですdesu。3. たなかさんtanakasanもmoかいしゃいんkaishainですかdesu ka。はい、かいしゃいんhai、kaishainですdesu。

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Also

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これ も ほん です

Answer in Japanese

これもほんです