JLPT Taisaku 26#然も／さも

然も／さも

Meaning

Adverb

1. really; extremely "as if"（​Usually written using kana alone）

Examples:

黙ってろ。さもないと命はないぞ

Hold your tongue, or you'll be killed.

毎日新聞を読みなさい、さもないと時勢に遅れます。

Read the newspaper every day, or you will fall behind the times.

伏せたままでいろ、さもないと撃たれぞ。

Keep down, or you'll be shot.

Video form.

Note: さも／然も in most cases gives of the sense of "truly" or "really" from certain situations. In some situations you can use さも／然も in ways of describing a situation using word close to fit would be "as if"for instance.

Example:

彼はさも自分正しいように言っているだが、実は彼は間違えてる。

He says that as if he were right, but in fact he is wrong.

I added as if to the definition because there are still other forms of using さも／然も. But I think you'll get the idea how it is used.

These sentence examples have come from jisho.org

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