Lesson Six: How To Make Something Equal to Something Else

A mo B desu.

If A is B and A is also C you use the word mo. This means too, or also.
Look at the examples below:

1. Suzuki-san wa sensei desu. Watashi mo sensei desu.
(Mrs. Suzuki is a teacher. I am a teacher, too.)
2. Kyo wa ame desu ne. Ashita mo so.
(It is rainy today, isn't it? Tomorrow, too.)
3. Kore wa ame desu. Sore mo.
(This is candy. That is too.)

Look at how you might answer Yes to the following question:

Suzuki-san mo sensei desu ka. (Is Mrs. Suzuki a teacher, too?)
- Hai, (Suzuki-san mo) sensei desu.- Hai, (Suzuki-san mo) so desu.

You can omit the subject and mo if you wish. But if you answer No to the same question you omit mo all together and replace it with wa.

Suzuki-san mo sensei desu ka. (Is Mrs. Suzuki a teacher, too?)
- Iie, Suzuki-san wa sensei de wa arimasen.- Iie, so de wa arimasen.

Does that make sense?

- Sensei

Next Lesson: Lesson Seven - How to point something (or someone) out