でも

Particle (Basic ㊦ 111)

The て form of です plus も ‘even’.

Equivalent: Even

先生でも間違う・間違います。: Even a teacher makes mistakes.
私は難しい仕事でもする・します。: I will even do a difficult job.
ここからでも富士山が見える・見えます。: Even from here you can see Mt. Fuji.
子供でもそんなことは分かりますよ。: Even a child can understand that sort of thing.
お会いしたいんですが、日曜日でも構いませんか。: I'd like to see you, but it is all right to see you even on Sunday?
あの人は魚でも肉でも食べます。: He eats anything, whether it be fish or meat.

Formation

(i) Noun	でも
先生が (subject) →	先生でも	Even a teacher
先生を (object) →	先生でも	Even a teacher
(ii) Noun+Particle	でも
	先生とでも	Even with a teacher
	東京からでも	Even from Tokyo

Notes

1. Interrogative word+でも yields the following meaning depending on which Interrogative word is used.

誰でも	no matter who it is; anyone
何でも	no matter what it is; anything
いつでも	no matter when; any time
どこでも	no matter where it is; any place
どれでも	no matter which it is

あの図書館は誰でも入れます。
Anyone can enter that library.

いつでもかまいませんよ。
Any time will be fine.

2. The particle でも should not be confused with the particle combination で+も as in (1) below where で is a particle of location (=で1), and in (2) where で is a particle of means (=で2).

日本でもインフレが大きな問題になっている。
In Japan, too, inflation is a big problem.

そこはパスでも行けますか。
Can you also get there by bus?

(⇨ で1; で2)