GUIDED PATH · PHASE 5
Guided Japanese Course
A mastery path for complete beginners and technology professionals.
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TRACK 5 · 5-5
～てもいいです: Permission
Ask for and grant permission using Vてもいいですか / Vてもいいです.
- Accurate て-form.
Permission is valuable in workplaces and shared systems: may I change this, may I use this environment, may I leave, is it okay to save?
1. Vてもいいですか asks whether doing V is okay
て-form + も + いいですか literally frames the action as 'even if doing this, is it good/okay?' Naturally: May I...? Is it okay if I...?
2. Ask permission in realistic technical contexts
Keep the requested action explicit so the other person knows exactly what is being authorized.
Natural: May I change this setting?
Structure: this setting change-て — even — okay — question
Configuration permission.
Natural: May I use the test environment?
Structure: test environment use-て — okay?
Environment access.
Natural: May I save it here?
Structure: here at — save-て — okay?
Location + permission.
Natural: May I go home/leave early?
Structure: ahead — return-て — okay?
Everyday/work permission.
3. Permission can be granted with ～てもいいです
A simple affirmative answer can be はい、いいですよ or 変更してもいいです. Real workplace authorization may require more explicit policies; this grammar only expresses language permission.
Natural: Yes, you may use it.
Structure: yes — use-て — okay
Granting permission.
Natural: You may save it here.
Structure: here — save-て — okay
Explicit grant.
4. Change-control permission worksheet
Write eight permission questions: four technical changes/access actions and four everyday actions. Then write an appropriate positive response to each.
INTERACTIVE WORKSHEET
4. Change-control permission worksheet
Create 8 Vてもいいですか questions + 8 permission-grant responses. Include change, use, save, enter, leave, open, connect, and send.
Tip: on a foldable or tablet, use your pen directly on the page. Your strokes are saved in this browser as you work.
4. Change-control permission worksheet
Create 8 Vてもいいですか questions + 8 permission-grant responses. Include change, use, save, enter, leave, open, connect, and send.
5. Debug the permission wrapper
Keep the action structure intact and attach the permission layer.
Language IDE
Why here: Permission is a compositional wrapper around て-form.
How to use it for this lesson: Build 設定を変更します → 設定を変更して → 設定を変更してもいいですか. Label each transformation stage.
Build permission forms →Mastery checkpoint
Answer from memory. If you miss one, identify the exact transformation or sentence role that failed before retrying.
