{"id":223,"date":"2010-03-16T03:10:08","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T03:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/?p=223"},"modified":"2010-03-19T03:57:15","modified_gmt":"2010-03-19T03:57:15","slug":"sentences-with-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/sentences-with-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Sentences with &#8220;May&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One way to ask for permission to do something is to use the construction ~<strong>\u3066\u3082\u3044\u3044\u3067\u3059\u304b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u5ea7\u3063\u3066\u3082\u3044\u3044\u3067\u3059\u304b<\/strong> = May I sit down?<\/p>\n<p>(<strong>\u3059\u308f\u3063\u3066\u3082\u3044\u3044\u3067\u3059\u304b<\/strong>\/<strong>\u5ea7\u3063\u3066\u3044\u3044\u3067\u3059\u304b<\/strong> = May I sit down?)<\/p>\n<p>To approve, you can use the construction ~<strong>\u3066\u3082\u3044\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3088<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u306f\u3044<\/strong>\u3001<strong>\u3059\u308f\u3063\u3066\u3082\u3044\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3088<\/strong> = Yes, you may sit down.<\/p>\n<p>(<strong>\u306f\u3044<\/strong> = yes.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u5ea7\u3063\u3066\u3082\u3044\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3088<\/strong> = you may sit down)<\/p>\n<p>To deny permission to do something, you can use the construction ~<strong>\u306f\u3044\u3051\u307e\u305b\u3093<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u3044\u3044\u3048<\/strong>\u3001<strong>\u5ea7\u3063\u3066\u306f\u3044\u3051\u307e\u305b\u3093<\/strong> = No, you may not sit down.<\/p>\n<p>(<strong>\u3044\u3044\u3048<\/strong> = No.\u00a0 <strong>\u5ea7\u3063\u3066\u306f\u3044\u3051\u307e\u305b\u3093<\/strong> = you may not sit down.)<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>\u3082<\/strong> can be left off of <strong>\u3066\u3082\u3044\u3044\u3067\u3059\u304b<\/strong>, which is more informal :<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u5e30\u3063\u3066\u3044\u3044\u3067\u3059\u304b<\/strong> = May I leave?<\/p>\n<p>(<strong>\u304b\u3048\u3063\u3066\u3044\u3044\u3067\u3059\u304b<\/strong>\/<strong>\u5e30\u3063\u3066\u3044\u3044\u3067\u3059\u304b<\/strong> = May I leave?)<\/p>\n<p>When asking permission to do something from a person of higher status, it&#8217;s probably better to use the construction ~<strong>\u3066\u3082\u3088\u308d\u3057\u3067\u3059\u304b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u5165\u3063\u3066\u3082\u3088\u308d\u3057\u3067\u3059\u304b<\/strong> = May I come in?<\/p>\n<p>(<strong>\u306f\u3044\u3063\u3066\u3082\u3088\u308d\u3057\u3067\u3059\u304b<\/strong>\/<strong>\u5165\u3063\u3066\u3082\u3088\u308d\u3057\u3067\u3059\u304b<\/strong> = May I come in?)<\/p>\n<p>When giving permission to a superior the construction ~<strong>\u3066\u3082\u3051\u3063\u3053\u3046\u3067\u3059<\/strong> can be used :<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u98df\u3079\u3066\u3082\u3051\u3063\u3053\u3046\u3067\u3059<\/strong> = You may eat it<\/p>\n<p>(<strong>\u305f\u3079\u3066\u3082\u3051\u3063\u3053\u3046\u3067\u3059<\/strong>\/<strong>\u98df\u3079\u3066\u3082\u3051\u3063\u3053\u3046\u3067\u3059<\/strong> = You may eat it)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One way to ask for permission to do something is to use the construction ~\u3066\u3082\u3044\u3044\u3067\u3059\u304b \u5ea7\u3063\u3066\u3082\u3044\u3044\u3067\u3059\u304b = May I sit down? (\u3059\u308f\u3063\u3066\u3082\u3044\u3044\u3067\u3059\u304b\/\u5ea7\u3063\u3066\u3044\u3044\u3067\u3059\u304b = May I sit down?) To approve, you can use the construction ~\u3066\u3082\u3044\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3088 \u306f\u3044\u3001\u3059\u308f\u3063\u3066\u3082\u3044\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3088 = Yes, you may sit down. (\u306f\u3044 = yes.\u00a0\u00a0\u5ea7\u3063\u3066\u3082\u3044\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3088 = you may sit down) To deny permission to do&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/sentences-with-may\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7939,7940,7938],"class_list":["post-223","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-grammar","tag-askinggiving-permission","tag-may-iyou-may","tag-7938"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}