Learning Japanese with Manga(Beginner Level)-DEMO

Today’s expression is でも（DEMO）.
You might know ‘demo’ meaning ‘but’ at the beginning of a sentence. But today’s DEMO is used with a noun(or noun+proposition) and it means ‘ …or something like that.’

おちゃでも のみませんか？

Let us show you an example from manga.

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でも is made from 2 hiraganas, (て 、も）so it is not too difficult to write DEMO in hiragana♪

TE

MO

で（DE）needs 2 dots at top right of て(TE).

By adding DEMO after a noun, it sounds like your suggestion is flexible and you are welcome to change the idea, the option is open.
For example…

おちゃでも のみませんか？(Ocha demo nomimasenka?)
Would you like a cup of tea(but it doesn’t have to be tea really, tea or anything like that.)?

のみます（NOMIMASU）ーのみませんか？（NOIMASENKA？）
(Shall we drink? — ‘MASENKA’ is used to make a suggestion with any other verbs.)

ex. たべます(TABEMASU)- たべませんか？(TABEMASENKA?)
いきます(IKIMASU)- いきませんか？(IKIMASENKA?)

Let’s make some sentences with noun+demo and make a suggestion!

• えいがでも みませんか？（Eiga demo mimasenka?)
• おみやげでも かいませんか？（Omiyage demo kaimasenka?)
• まんがでも よみませんか？(Manga demo yomimasenka?)