Match your permission request to your relationship and the situation.
The idea
Attach もいいですか to the verb’s て-form for an everyday polite question. てもよろしいですか and てもよろしいでしょうか add formality. The causative させていただく presents your action as something permitted by the listener.
Examples
- ここに座ってもいいですか。May I sit here?
- この本を借りてもいいですか。May I borrow this book?
- すみません、質問してもよろしいですか。Excuse me, may I ask a question?
- 今日は少し早く帰ってもよろしいでしょうか。May I leave a little early today?
- 写真を撮らせていただいてもよろしいでしょうか。Would it be all right if I took a photo?
- この部屋を少し使わせていただけますか。May I use this room for a moment?
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Watch out
Do not confuse permission to do something yourself with ていただけますか, which asks someone else to act. Extra formality can sound distant among friends, and permission is not guaranteed.
Try it yourself
友達に:ここに座っても_ですか。(いい/いただく)
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いい
いい completes the everyday てもいいですか.
先生に:質問しても_ですか。(よろしい/いただく)
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よろしい
よろしい gives the teacher a more formal てもよろしいですか.
写真を撮る → 写真を_いただいてもよろしいでしょうか。
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撮らせて
撮らせて is the causative て-form of 撮る; it precedes いただいて.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Japanese sentences where available. We keep your score.
友達に:ここに座っても_ですか。(いい/いただく)
先生に:質問しても_ですか。(よろしい/いただく)
写真を撮る → 写真を_いただいてもよろしいでしょうか。
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Ask a friend to let you sit down, then ask a teacher whether you may ask a question.

