[Common Mistakes] なにも is used in negative sentences
Today I am going to share the homework correction quoted from my JLPT N4 course!
The student’s sentence is not correct. Can you find the mistake?
[Student’s sentence]
A:ランチに何(なに)を食(た)べましょうか。
B:何もいいですよ。
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[My correction]
何もいいですよ。
→何でもいいですよ。
Anything is fine.
何も means “nothing”, it is used in negative sentences(何も〜ない).
何でも means “anything”, it is used in affirmative sentences.
You said いいです=okay, fine, it is affirmative, so you should use 何でも, but not 何も.
e.g.
れいぞうこに何もありません。
There is nothing in the refrigerator.
むすめには何でも買(か)ってあげたい。
I would buy anything for my daughter.
私(わたし)は何もしていません。
I have done nothing.
何でもいいので、知(し)っていることを話(はな)
Tell us what you know, whatever it is.
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