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たとえ～ても: “Even if ○○”

adept #140
~ 5 Minutes

Introduction

I would never betray you, dear user, even if someone offered to pay me one million dollars!

...

Or would I?

たとえ～ても: "Even if..."

構成こうせい

  • b

    たとえ(Verb・い-adjective)ても

  • b

    たとえ(Noun・な-adjective)でも
    Example:
    → たとえ逆切ぎゃくぎれされても、言いうべきことだと思おもうよ。
    "I think it's something that you ought to say, even if you receive backlash.”

Today's lesson is all about making "even if" or "no matter how..." statements!

In Japanese, we can do this by taking the adverb 「たとえ」("even if; supposing that; no matter (how/what)") and placing it before a verb/い-adjective in its て form + も, or a noun/な-adjective + でも. Check out this table:

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たとえ～ても Even if
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