Questions tagged [permission]
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How to say “I let him do X to me”?
If I said “he did X to me,” I would probably say 彼にXされた. On the other hand, if I said “I let him do X,” I would say 彼にXさせた. But if I were to combine the two and say 彼にXさせられた, that would mean “he made me do X,” correct? How then would I be able to…
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How to ask if an action in the past was permissible?
I'm familiar with the てもいい form to ask for permission to do something in the future. For instance:
Is it okay if I eat the candy?
菓子を食べてもいいか。
How would I ask if something I did already in the past was permitted? I thought to change いい to よかった…
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Granting permission with the potential form
My previous question got me thinking about if/when the potential form or できる can be used to grant permission.
My doubts come about because I'm pretty sure that using the potential form/できる is never correct when seeking permission. Please correct…
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How to grant permission for something in Japanese
I know that させてくれないか is won't you let me?
But how do I say allow? させてあげる I'll let You!.
I want it to be "something + the auxiliary ageru".
Btw.
Why is 借りしてもいい right but not 借りてもいい ?!?!?
I want it like this:
(部下に) よし。そいつを殺させてあげる。はははは (悪声)
I…
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Answering ___もいいですか with すみません, ___ ですから
I don't think I fully understand the answer in this conversation:
Q: ここにくるまおとめてもいいですか.
A: すみません, みせのまえですから.
It seems to me that the answer states that it is OK to park in front of the store. But what is the role of すみません and から? If we label…
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How to say "You are able to" or "You can do this"
Title says it all. I am looking for sentence structures that can convey this meaning.
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