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GRAMMAR
（数）も
as much as ~
Explanation
NOTE

（数すう）も emphasizes that an amount is surprisingly large. It conveys the speaker's feeling that the quantity is more than expected.

NOTE

Place も after a number + counter to highlight how much or how many. It works like saying "as much as" or "as many as" in English.

STRUCTURE
... (number) も ...
昨日きのう、ビールを五ご杯はいも飲のんだ。
Kinou, biiru wo gohai mo nonda.
Yesterday, I drank as many as five glasses of beer.
この本ほんは三さん回かいも読よんだ。
Kono hon wa sankai mo yonda.
I read this book as many as three times.
彼かれは十じゅう時間じかんも寝ねた。
Kare wa juujikan mo neta.
He slept as long as ten hours.

Practice exercises

1
昨日、手紙てがみを五ご通つうもも書かいた。
Yesterday, I wrote as many as five letters.
Answer
もも書かいた
2
ケーキを五ごつも食たべた。
I ate as many as five cakes.
Answer
も
3
彼かれは十じゅっ時間じかんも寝ねた。
He slept as many as ten hours.
Answer
も
4
手紙てがみを二十にじゅう通つうも書かいた。
I wrote as many as twenty letters.
Answer
も
5
昨日、手紙てがみを五ご通つうもも書かいた。
Yesterday, I wrote as many as five letters.
Answer
もも書かいた
6
二に時間じかんも寝ねた。
I slept for as long as two hours.
Answer
も
7
昨日きのう、ラーメンを二に杯はいも食たべた。
Yesterday, I ate as many as two bowls of ramen.
Answer
も
8
この映画えいがは五ご回かいも見みた。
I watched this movie as many as five times.
Answer
も
9
彼女かのじょは猫ねこを六ろく匹ひきも飼かっている。
She keeps as many as six cats.
Answer
も