38.[✐2] Can I have a coffee to go?

[✐2.Andante] Ask for permission

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Note: English translations might sound occasionally unnatural as English, as I try to preserve the structure and essence of the original Japanese. I hope it also helps you to capture the pattern of the sentence structure.

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“Can I have a coffee to go?”

[00:08]

Hello, everyone. You listen to the masu form, and then answer “te Form + mo iidesuka”

[00:17]

For example,

tabemasu → tabete moiidesuka??(can I eat?)

Ready?

[00:23]

1.  see/watch/look → is it alright to watch?

2.  Sleep → Is it alright to sleep?

3.  do → Is it alright to do?

4.  come → Is it alright to come?

5.  write →  Is it alright to write?

6.  wait → Is it alright to wait?

7.  drink → Is it alright to drink?

8.  borrow → Is it alright to borrow?

Repeat after me

[02:05]

1.  May I have a look at the picture?

2.  Can I sleep here a bit?

3.  Look delicious! Can I eat?

4.  Can I come again tomorrow?

5.  Is it alright to write my date of birth later?

(seinengappi = date of birth)

6.  Can I wait here?

7.  Is it OK to drink alcohol?

8.  May I speak in Japanese?  

[YES, Off course, you can! ]

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