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Yuzuo Chan
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11.06.2025
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Meaning

Question word + でも: "any-/every-" (anyone, anything, anytime, anywhere); it covers every possibility with no exception.
N + でも: "even N" (an extreme example), or "N or something" (a soft suggestion).

Conjugation

疑問詞ぎもんし (だれ・何なに・いつ・どこ・どれ など) + でも: N + でも

Examples

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だれでも彼かれの名前なまえを知しっています。
この店みせでは何なんでも買かえます。
わからないことがあったら、いつでも電話でんわしてください。
このバスは、どこにでも行いけますよ。
この漢字かんじは子こどもでも読よめます。
疲つかれたね。お茶ちゃでも飲のみませんか。

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grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: だれでも来きませんでした。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: だれも来きませんでした。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: To say "nobody came," use a question word + も + negative. だれでも means "anybody/everybody" in affirmative statements, so it cannot replace だれも in this sentence.
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: どこでもに行いけます。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: どこにでも行いけます。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: The case particle (に, と, で, から) comes before でも, not after it.
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: だれがでも知しっています。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: だれでも知しっています。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: The particles が and を are dropped before でも; do not write だれがでも or 何なにをでも.

Key points

With a question word, でも generally means "any-/every-" in affirmative statements: だれでも = "anybody/everybody". Compare 疑問詞ぎもんし + も + negative = "nobody/nothing" (だれも…ない). Negative sentences with でも are also possible, but their meaning is different (e.g., だれでもできるわけではない = "Not everyone can do it"). Put particles such as に, と, で, から before でも (どこにでも, だれとでも), but drop が and を (だれでも, 何なんでも).
With a noun, でも gives an extreme example ("even a child can") or a soft suggestion (お茶ちゃでも = "tea or something"). For suggestions it is common in invitations like 〜でも飲のみませんか. It differs from でも meaning "but" at the start of a sentence.
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