どんなに～ても

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The 「どんなに～ても」 pattern is used to express "No matter how...", and can pair with a て form verb, adjective, or noun, followed by も.

E.g. どんなに辛つらくても、私わたしは諦あきらめない！ "No matter how hard it is, I won't give up!"

E.g. どんなに高級車こうきゅうしゃでも、この色いろは乗のりたくない。 "No matter how luxurious the car is, I don't want to drive something this color."

When using どんなに with nouns, the noun must have a measurable "degree" of some kind, otherwise, に must be dropped.

どんなに can be replaced by both どれだけ and いくら.

E.g. どれだけ謝あやまられても、絶対ぜったい許ゆるさない。 "No matter how much you apologize, I will not forgive you."

E.g. いくら1人前いちにんまえでも、これは食たべきれない。 "No matter how much of a one-person serving this is (supposed to be), I can't finish it all."

いくら can be used with countable amounts such as 「一人前いちにんまえ」 or 「二十歳はたち」, which would sound unnatural when used with どんなに.

Summary

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  「どんなに～ても」 means "No matter how..."

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  「どんなに～ても」 can be paired with て form verb, adjective, or noun, followed by も

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  When using どんなに with nouns, the noun must have a measurable "degree" of some kind, otherwise, に must be dropped

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  どんなに can be replaced by both どれだけ and いくら