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> その話は前にも聞いたよ

is translated as

> "I heard that story before"

I assume that the subject is implicit, その話 "that story" is the topic, 前 is
"before" and 聞いた is the past of hear. What about にも? Why is 前 marked with
these particles?
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What's the meaning of にもin その話は前にも聞いたよ。?
に in 前に can serve as a time marker (as in `その時に`) which would complete the
"before" translation.

も and the ending よ give an additional sense of "already," perhaps multiple
times before. The combined にも can express annoyance.

> 前にもあった：It has happened before.
>
> 前にも言ったけど: I've (already) said it before, but...
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> その話は前に **も** 聞いたよ。

The も means "too; also; as well". 前にも means "(something happened) before,
_too_ (as well as now)". So you'd say 前にも when something that happened before
is happening again now. Compare:

>   * その話は前 **にも** 聞いたよ。 I heard that before, too. / This is not the first
> time you've told me the story. / This is the second time you're telling me
> that.
>   * その話は前 **に** 聞いたよ。 I heard that before. / I know the story.
>

Another example:

>   * その公園には前 **にも** 行ったことがあるよ。 I went to that park before, too. / This is the
> second time for me to go to that park.
>   * その公園には前 **に** 行ったことがあるよ。 I've been to that park.
>
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