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A verbal te-form plus もいいです - mo ii desu means "you may do ...," which describes
an activity that is permitted.
To ask for permission, you can turn it into
a question sentence, ～てもいいですか - ~te mo ii desu ka. |
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| きょうかしょ を みて も
いい です か。 |
May I see the text book? |
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kyookasho o mite mo ii desu ka? |
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| はい、みて も いい です
よ。 |
Yes, you may.
"Yes, see /even/ good be, yo!" |
| hai, mite mo ii desu. |
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To deny somebody permission to do something, you can use the te-form
plus はいけません - wa ikemasen. |
| いいえ、きょうかしょ
を みて は いけません。 |
No you may not see the textbook.
"No, textbook /object/ seeing /subject/ going-not." |
| iie, kyookashoo o mite-wa ikemasen. |
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