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  Pushindawood

  be also
  it also is

  Structure

  • Noun + でもある
  • な-Adj. + でもある

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  jameselias

  Just as confirmation, as I already think this is the case, this grammar is formal/written Japanese mostly, right? Not sure if I’ve heard it used much in converstions!

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  mrnoone

  @jameselias
  Hey and welcome on the community forums

  Yes, you are right. である (and of course でもある) are part of Japanese form literary style. You can see those in encyclopedia records (like wikipedia articles), thesis and so on.

  I hope it helps,
  Cheers!

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  jameselias

  Thank you! I’m finding that a lot of N3/N2 are formal versions of grammar that I use more naturally on an everyday basis. That certainly makes them easier to remember!

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  Johnathan-Weir

  If that’s the case, shouldn’t the 硬 symbol be on this grammar point?

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  Daru

  Part of literary style, not exclusively! That’s why it doesn’t have the 硬.

  I’ve heard Japanese people say でもある in conversation. A teacher once told me: ‘日本人でもある私にも意味が変わらない’ When reading Murakami. It made me laugh.

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  simias

  It’s very tangential but this point just now made me understand that だ is ultimately a contraction of である. である → であ → だ. Hence だった → でもあった. It’s obvious in hindsight but I don’t remember ever seeing it pointed out in the resources I’ve used.

  Mind blown.