【Skill 5】From the presence of expressions such as ても (even if) or でも (even if), it can be understood that there is also another condition included

When expressions such as ても (even if) or でも (even if) are used, it means that besides the condition stated before ても (even if) or でも (even if), there is also another condition included.

On the other hand, when expressions like と (conditional marker), たら (if), or 場合 (in the case if) are used, only the condition stated before と (conditional marker), たら (if), or 場合 (in the case if) applies; no additional conditions are implied.

From ても (even if) or でも (even if), you can understand that there is another condition included.

In the following audio example, besides the condition stated before ても (even if) — ホルモンが足りない (hormones are insufficient) — another condition is included.

■ ホルモンが足りなくても、病気になります。(Even if hormones are insufficient, illness occurs.)

Meanwhile, in the next audio example, besides the condition stated before と (conditional marker) — ホルモンが足りない (hormones are insufficient) — no other condition is included.

■ ホルモンが足りないと、病気になります。(If hormones are insufficient, illness occurs.)

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