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    オレは泳いでだって行くぜ
    
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This sentence is from episode 9 of Digimon Adventure.

The character's brother is supposedly lost on another island and he says that.

The prior sentence for context:

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    空も飛べないのにどうやってさがしに行くんだよ
    
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I want to know if that is equivalent to 泳いでも.
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grammar て-form anime casual
Is TE FORM + だって a possible combination?
It is rather equivalent to 泳い **でで** も(te-form of 泳ぐ + でも).

Specifically, the
[だって](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E3%81%A0%E3%81%A3%E3%81%A6/#jn-137401)
means:

> ［係助］《断定の助動詞「だ」に係助詞「とて」の付いた「だとて」の音変化という》名詞・副詞、一部の助詞に付く。 **「でも」に似るが、語調がより強い。**
> １ ある事柄を例示し、それが他と同類、または、同様であるという意を表す。…もやはり。 **…でも** 。「鯨―人間の仲間だ」「ここから―見える」

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I think, at least in most cases, 'te-form+だって' is translatable to _even
by/even if (subj) have to ..._.

  * 泳いでだって行く I'll go even if I have to swim (even by swimming).
  * 一万円払ってだって食べる価値がある It is worth eating even if I have to pay 10000 yen.
  * 人を殺してだって生き延びたい (I) want to survive even by committing murders

All だって can be replaced by でも.
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