modality N5 essential casualpolitewritten
〜でもいい — voiced allomorph of 〜てもいい
〜でもいい ・ でもいい
Builds on て形
Meaning
- = てもいい, used after a verb whose て-form voices to で (読む → 読んでもいい) — same permission, just the で-form
Key sentence
この本を読んでもいいですか。
May I read this book?
Easily confused with
See 〜でもいい in real sentences
Jengo shows 〜でもいい the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.
Study it in JengoSources Compiled with reference to A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar. Editorial confidence: medium.