〜でも
〜でも means even; even if it is. It is a JLPT N5 grammar point. This lightly gives one example or shows that even that option is acceptable. It is often used in suggestions, as in お茶でも飲みませんか.
Japanese sources describe it as 「例を軽く出す「でも」」.
〜でも examples
お茶でも飲みませんか。
Would you like to have some tea or something?
日曜日でも学校へ行きます。
I go to school even on Sunday.
〜でも exercises
Pick what belongs in the parentheses. The answer is marked below.
水（ ）飲みましょう。
- だけ
- でも ✓
- まで
- から
Let's drink some water or something.
雨（ ）、行きます。
- でも ✓
- だけ
- ごろ
- まで
I will go even if it rains.
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