Interrogative (questions words) + //でも

 

Here are the summary of the usages and meanings.

 

Interrogative

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+でも

 

 

In AffirmativeSentence

In Negative Sentences


what

何か
something

みんな、みなすべて、ぜんぶ
everything

何も
nothing

何でも
anything (and everything) whatever

だれ
(どなた)
who

だれか
someone

みんな、みな(みなさん)
everyone

だれも
(どなたも)
no one

だれでも
anyone,  whoever

いつ
when

いつか
sometime

いつも

いつでも
anytime, whenever

always

never

どこ
where

どこか
somewhere

どこも

どこでも
anywhere, wherever

everywhere

nowhere

どれ

which (three or more)

どれか
one of them

どれも

どれでも
any of them, whichever

everyone, everything, all of tyem

none of them

どちら
which (two)

どちらか
either of the two

どちらも

どちらでも
either one of the two, whichever of the two

both of them

neither of them

 

E.g. 料理は上手で何でも作れます(she is good at cooking and can make anything.

 

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Note: when the particle に、へ、から、まで are part of a sentence containing the “interrogative + //でも”, they fall between the interrogative and  orでも.
E.g. 今、どこも行いきたくないです。I do not want to go anywhere now.
昨日は、だれもあませんでした。I did not meet anyone yesterday.
だれからも電話がありませんでした。 There was no call from anyone.
どこまでもついて行きます。 I will follow you to anywhere.

Other useful expressions of this type of combination:
なぜかsomehow, for some reason  E.g.なぜか すしは苦手です。Somehow I do not like sushi.
どうかsomehow, in some way (often used in a request)  E.g.どうか教えてください。Please teach me or let me know.
いくつかsome (number of), several E.g. いくつかあります。There are several (of them).

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