文法の説明

N5 レッスン 7: 11/13

～てもいいIt is alright/fine/okay even if, Can/may, ~ is also okay

使い方・接続

［い］Adjective［く］+ ても + いい
［な］Adjective + でも + いい
Noun + でも + いい

詳細

  • 品詞

    表現

  • 単語の種類

    形容詞

  • 使用域

    一般

「てもいい」の情報

Noun, い-Adjective, or な-Adjective + てもいい is a construction in Japanese that is used to express that something is 'okay', or 'alright'. It is also frequently used as a question to ask if you 'can', or 'may' do something.

As can be seen, with い-Adjectives, we will need to use the conjugation form. This is created by removing the い and then replacing it with く.

This phrase is also regularly used without the も, but is considered a bit more direct/casual in those cases. It is best to remove the も only when talking to people that you know well.

てもいい is an expression that literally means て (noun, etc) も (also) いい (is good).

Similarly to the てもいい grammar point that is used with verbs, this variant may also be used as a question. To do this, you simply need to follow てもいい with ですか, or the more casual の.

関連

例文

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    高(たか)くてもいい。

    It is fine (even) if it's expensive.

    何(なん)でもいいです。

    Anything is fine.

    誰(だれ)でもいい。

    Anyone is fine.

    水曜日(すいようび)でもいいですか。

    Is it fine (even) if it is (on) Wednesday?

    冷(つめ)たくてもいい。

    It is fine (even) if it is chilled.

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最近の返信 (合計8件)

  • Jake

    Jake

    [Nouns ・Adj.] ~ is okay
    (even if) ~ is alright to
    (even) ~ can・may

    Structure

    • いAdjective[く] + てもいい
    • Noun + でもいい
    • なAdjective + でもいい

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  • max99x

    max99x

  • Shinzo

    Shinzo

    “It is even fine …” sounds really weird. Shouldn’t it be rather “it’s fine, even if …”?

  • mrnoone

    mrnoone

    Hey and welcome to the community forums
    @Shinzo

    I have changed the translation to:

    " It is fine if you like to do sports."

    I think it sounds much better in English, what is your opinion?

    Thank you for the feedback!
    Cheers,

  • Shinzo

    Shinzo

    @mrnoone: Thank you and yes, I agree.

  • Daigo

    Daigo

    高たかくてもいい。
    What is the reason for changing the い for く in 高い ?
    Isn’t it changed only to form negative sentences?

  • FredKore

    FredKore

    That’s the correct pattern.
    Here’s the positive and negative conjugations of い-adjectives.
    高い → 高くて
    高くない → 高くなくて
    Adjective[て]・Noun[て] | Japanese Grammar SRS
    なくて | Japanese Grammar SRS

  • Boulvejak

    Boulvejak

    What’s the “てもよろしい” form mentioned in the quiz answers? I assume it’s another form, but it’s not mentioned in the lesson info at all.

  • nekoyama

    nekoyama

    よろしい is a more polite alternative to いい with more or less the same meaning.

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