connective N2 uncommon casualpolitewritten
〜も〜ば — ~ and also ~
〜も〜ば ・ も〜ば
Builds on ば形
Meaning
- ~ and also ~ / both ~ and ~ — the opening half of the 〜も〜ば〜も parallel frame; see that page
Key sentence
あの店は値段も安ければ、味もいい。
That shop is both cheap and tasty.
Easily confused with
See 〜も〜ば in real sentences
Jengo shows 〜も〜ば the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.
Study it in JengoSources Compiled with reference to A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar.