Here we are tasked with asking a friend if it is okay to enter the room using the ‘てもいいですか’ construction.

We have learned that the word for ‘room’ is ‘部屋（へや）,’ and since it is a location into which we are moving in this sentence, we know it needs to be marked with ‘に.’ We have learned that the verb for ‘to enter’ is ‘入る（はいる）’; thus, we have everything we need to render the sentence.

There are many, many ways to ask politely if something is allowed in Japanese, but for now we will use the ‘てもいいですか’ construction to express the idea of ‘may I (do something).’ Note that this is a generic, polite way to ask if something is allowed, but it is far from the politest way to ask—this verbal construction will get you by in most everyday interactions in Japan (asking if you can take a picture at a museum, asking if you can sit down, etc.) without sounding rude. Though there are more polite and natural sounding ways to ask permission, this word form is polite enough to use with someone like your teacher or boss. We will learn more deferential ways to ask these kinds of questions later in our studies.

To conjugate a verb into the ‘てもいいですか’ construction, we find the て-form of the verb by determining which class and subclass of verb it belongs to and conjugating accordingly (please refer to Page 150-1 of your Genki I textbook if you need a reminder). Once we have done this, we append the ‘てもいいですか’ construction to the end of the て-form. Remember that ‘入る（はいる）’ conjugates like an う-verb in the う, つ, る-verb subclass instead of like an ‘eru’ or ‘iru’ verb as we would expect.

Since we are asking our friend in this exercise, you may omit the particle ‘も,’ which makes for more casual-sounding speech. In the next chapter, we will learn more about informal speech, the general rules of which can be applied to the ‘てもいいですか’ form to make an even more casual request for permission.

To ask our friend if it is okay to enter the room, we answer as follows:
部屋に入ってもいいですか。（へやにはいってもいいですか。）

Here we are tasked with asking a friend if it is okay to look at the pictures using the ‘てもいいですか’ construction.

We have learned that the word for ‘pictures’ is ‘写真（しゃしん）,’ and since ‘pictures’ is a direct object in this sentence, we know it needs to be marked with ‘を.’ We have learned that the verb for ‘to look at’ is ‘見る（みる）’; thus, we have everything we need to render the sentence.

There are many, many ways to ask politely if something is allowed in Japanese, but for now we will use the ‘てもいいですか’ construction to express the idea of ‘may I (do something).’ Note that this is a generic, polite way to ask if something is allowed, but it is far from the politest way to ask—this verbal construction will get you by in most everyday interactions in Japan (asking if you can take a picture at a museum, asking if you can sit down, etc.) without sounding rude. Though there are more polite and natural sounding ways to ask permission, this word form is polite enough to use with someone like your teacher or boss. We will learn more deferential ways to ask these kinds of questions later in our studies.

To conjugate a verb into the ‘てもいいですか’ construction, we find the て-form of the verb by determining which class and subclass of verb it belongs to and conjugating accordingly (please refer to Page 150-1 of your Genki I textbook if you need a reminder). Once we have done this, we append the ‘てもいいですか’ construction to the end of the て-form.

Since we are asking our friend in this exercise, you may omit the particle ‘も,’ which makes for more casual-sounding speech. In the next chapter, we will learn more about informal speech, the general rules of which can be applied to the ‘てもいいですか’ form to make an even more casual request for permission.

To ask our friend if it is okay to look at the pictures, we answer as follows:
写真を見てもいいですか。（しゃしんをみてもいいですか。）

Here we are tasked with asking a friend if it is okay to turn on the TV using the ‘てもいいですか’ construction.

We have learned that the word for ‘TV’ is ‘テレビ,’ and since ‘pictures’ is a direct object in this sentence, we know it needs to be marked with ‘を.’ We have learned that the verb for ‘to turn on’ is ‘つける）’; thus, we have everything we need to render the sentence.

There are many, many ways to ask politely if something is allowed in Japanese, but for now we will use the ‘てもいいですか’ construction to express the idea of ‘may I (do something).’ Note that this is a generic, polite way to ask if something is allowed, but it is far from the politest way to ask—this verbal construction will get you by in most everyday interactions in Japan (asking if you can take a picture at a museum, asking if you can sit down, etc.) without sounding rude. Though there are more polite and natural sounding ways to ask permission, this word form is polite enough to use with someone like your teacher or boss. We will learn more deferential ways to ask these kinds of questions later in our studies.

To conjugate a verb into the ‘てもいいですか’ construction, we find the て-form of the verb by determining which class and subclass of verb it belongs to and conjugating accordingly (please refer to Page 150-1 of your Genki I textbook if you need a reminder). Once we have done this, we append the ‘てもいいですか’ construction to the end of the て-form.

Since we are asking our friend in this exercise, you may omit the particle ‘も,’ which makes for more casual-sounding speech. In the next chapter, we will learn more about informal speech, the general rules of which can be applied to the ‘てもいいですか’ form to make an even more casual request for permission.

To ask our friend if it is okay to turn on the TV, we answer as follows:
テレビをつけてもいいですか。

Here we are tasked with asking a friend a question of our own creation using the ‘てもいいですか’ construction. We will ask if it is okay to swim here.

We have learned that the word for ‘here’ is ‘ここ,’ and since it is the location of an action in this sentence, we know it needs to be marked with ‘で.’ We have learned that the verb for ‘to swim’ is ‘泳ぐ（およぐ）’; thus, we have everything we need to render the sentence.

There are many, many ways to ask politely if something is allowed in Japanese, but for now we will use the ‘てもいいですか’ construction to express the idea of ‘may I (do something).’ Note that this is a generic, polite way to ask if something is allowed, but it is far from the politest way to ask—this verbal construction will get you by in most everyday interactions in Japan (asking if you can take a picture at a museum, asking if you can sit down, etc.) without sounding rude. Though there are more polite and natural sounding ways to ask permission, this word form is polite enough to use with someone like your teacher or boss. We will learn more deferential ways to ask these kinds of questions later in our studies.

To conjugate a verb into the ‘てもいいですか’ construction, we find the て-form of the verb by determining which class and subclass of verb it belongs to and conjugating accordingly (please refer to Page 150-1 of your Genki I textbook if you need a reminder). Once we have done this, we append the ‘てもいいですか’ construction to the end of the て-form.

Since we are asking our friend in this exercise, you may omit the particle ‘も,’ which makes for more casual-sounding speech. In the next chapter, we will learn more about informal speech, the general rules of which can be applied to the ‘てもいいですか’ form to make an even more casual request for permission.

To ask our friend if it is okay to swim here, we answer as follows:
ここで泳いでもいいですか。（ここでおよいでもいいですか。）

Here we are tasked with asking our teacher if we may go to the bathroom using the ‘てもいいですか’ construction.

We have learned that the word for ‘bathroom’ is ‘トイレ’ (from the English ‘toilet’), and since it is a location into which we are moving in this sentence, we know it needs to be marked with ‘に’ or ‘へ.’ We have learned that the verb for ‘to go’ is ‘行く（いく）’; thus, we have everything we need to render the sentence.

There are many, many ways to ask politely if something is allowed in Japanese, but for now we will use the ‘てもいいですか’ construction to express the idea of ‘may I (do something).’ Note that this is a generic, polite way to ask if something is allowed, but it is far from the politest way to ask—this verbal construction will get you by in most everyday interactions in Japan (asking if you can take a picture at a museum, asking if you can sit down, etc.) without sounding rude. Though there are more polite and natural sounding ways to ask permission, this word form is polite enough to use with someone like your teacher or boss. We will learn more deferential ways to ask these kinds of questions later in our studies.

To conjugate a verb into the ‘てもいいですか’ construction, we find the て-form of the verb by determining which class and subclass of verb it belongs to and conjugating accordingly (please refer to Page 150-1 of your Genki I textbook if you need a reminder). Once we have done this, we append the ‘てもいいですか’ construction to the end of the て-form. Remember that ‘行く（いく）’ conjugates like an う-verb in the う, つ, る-verb subclass instead of like a く-subclass verb we would expect.

To ask our teacher if we may go to the bathroom, we answer as follows:
トイレに行ってもいいですか。（トイレにいってもいいですか。）

Here we are tasked with asking our teacher if we may speak English using the ‘てもいいですか’ construction.

We have learned that the word for ‘English’ is ‘英語（えいご）,’ and since ‘English’ is a direct object in this sentence, we know it needs to be marked with ‘を.’ We have learned that the verb for ‘to speak’ is ‘話す（はなす）’; thus, we have everything we need to render the sentence.

There are many, many ways to ask politely if something is allowed in Japanese, but for now we will use the ‘てもいいですか’ construction to express the idea of ‘may I (do something).’ Note that this is a generic, polite way to ask if something is allowed, but it is far from the politest way to ask—this verbal construction will get you by in most everyday interactions in Japan (asking if you can take a picture at a museum, asking if you can sit down, etc.) without sounding rude. Though there are more polite and natural sounding ways to ask permission, this word form is polite enough to use with someone like your teacher or boss. We will learn more deferential ways to ask these kinds of questions later in our studies.

To conjugate a verb into the ‘てもいいですか’ construction, we find the て-form of the verb by determining which class and subclass of verb it belongs to and conjugating accordingly (please refer to Page 150-1 of your Genki I textbook if you need a reminder). Once we have done this, we append the ‘てもいいですか’ construction to the end of the て-form.

To ask our teacher if we may speak English, we answer as follows:
英語を話してもいいですか。（えいごをはなしてもいいですか。）

Here we are tasked with asking our teacher if we may borrow a textbook using the ‘てもいいですか’ construction.

We have learned that the word for ‘textbook’ is ‘教科書（きょうかしょ）,’ and since ‘textbook’ is a direct object in this sentence, we know it needs to be marked with ‘を.’ We have learned that the verb for ‘to borrow’ is ‘借りる（かりる）’; thus, we have everything we need to render the sentence.

There are many, many ways to ask politely if something is allowed in Japanese, but for now we will use the ‘てもいいですか’ construction to express the idea of ‘may I (do something).’ Note that this is a generic, polite way to ask if something is allowed, but it is far from the politest way to ask—this verbal construction will get you by in most everyday interactions in Japan (asking if you can take a picture at a museum, asking if you can sit down, etc.) without sounding rude. Though there are more polite and natural sounding ways to ask permission, this word form is polite enough to use with someone like your teacher or boss. We will learn more deferential ways to ask these kinds of questions later in our studies.

To conjugate a verb into the ‘てもいいですか’ construction, we find the て-form of the verb by determining which class and subclass of verb it belongs to and conjugating accordingly (please refer to Page 150-1 of your Genki I textbook if you need a reminder). Once we have done this, we append the ‘てもいいですか’ construction to the end of the て-form.

To ask our teacher if we may borrow a textbook, we answer as follows:
教科書を借りてもいいですか。（きょうかしょをかりてもいいですか。）

Here we are tasked with asking our teacher a question of our own creation using the ‘てもいいですか’ construction. We will ask if we may be absent tomorrow.

We have learned that the word for ‘tomorrow’ is ‘明日（あした）,’ and since ‘tomorrow’ is a non-specific time word, we know that it does not need to be marked with a particle. We have learned that the verb for ‘to be absent’ is ‘休む（やすむ）’; thus, we have everything we need to render the sentence.

There are many, many ways to ask politely if something is allowed in Japanese, but for now we will use the ‘てもいいですか’ construction to express the idea of ‘may I (do something).’ Note that this is a generic, polite way to ask if something is allowed, but it is far from the politest way to ask—this verbal construction will get you by in most everyday interactions in Japan (asking if you can take a picture at a museum, asking if you can sit down, etc.) without sounding rude. Though there are more polite and natural sounding ways to ask permission, this word form is polite enough to use with someone like your teacher or boss. We will learn more deferential ways to ask these kinds of questions later in our studies.

To conjugate a verb into the ‘てもいいですか’ construction, we find the て-form of the verb by determining which class and subclass of verb it belongs to and conjugating accordingly (please refer to Page 150-1 of your Genki I textbook if you need a reminder). Once we have done this, we append the ‘てもいいですか’ construction to the end of the て-form.

To ask our teacher if we may be absent tomorrow, we answer as follows:
明日休んでもいいですか。（あしたやすんでもいいですか。）