01
PATTERN
Vても いいです
Use the て-form plus もいいです to give permission. Add か to ask for permission.
EXAMPLE · 例文ここ で 写真 を 撮っても いいですか。
May I take a photo here?
第15課 · COMPLETE LESSON
ても いいですか
Permission and states
Grammar first. Vocabulary ready when you are.These notes follow the grammar progression in the supplied Kanrin / Minna no Nihongo material. Each rule is summarized in English and paired with a fresh Japanese example, reading support, and translation.
GRAMMAR NOTES · 文法Build the pattern.
Build the pattern.
Then see it move.
Read the rule, cover the translation, and say the Japanese example aloud once.
02
PATTERN
Vては いけません
This pattern states that an action is prohibited.
EXAMPLE · 例文ここ で たばこ を 吸っては いけません。
You must not smoke here.
03
PATTERN
Vて います: resulting state
With change verbs such as 結婚します or 知ります, ています describes the resulting state.
EXAMPLE · 例文田中さん は 結婚して います。
Mr Tanaka is married.
04
PATTERN
Vて います: habit／occupation
The same form can describe repeated habits or someone’s occupation.
EXAMPLE · 例文姉 は 銀行 で 働いて います。
My older sister works at a bank.
05
PATTERN
place に N を V
With verbs such as 置きます, に marks the destination where an object is placed.
EXAMPLE · 例文机 の 上 に 本 を 置いて ください。
Please put the book on the desk.
LESSON WORDS · 語彙
Open spaced repetition →24 words from this lesson.
put
make, produce
sell
get to know
be going to live
do research
materials, data
catalog
timetable
clothes
products
software
electronic dictionary
economy
municipal office, city hall
senior high school
dentist, dentist's
single, unmarried
I'm sorry.
Ladies and Gentlemen, everybody
remember, recollect
be (honorific equivalent of います)
a shopping district in Osaka
a fictitious TV programme