Example
sentence
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You may do as you like here!
ここでは君の好きなようにしていいんだよ！
English grammatical rules
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May is a modal auxiliary verb.
Uses
May is used to talk about possibility,
and to ask for and give permission.
Permission
May can be used to ask for
permission.
It is more formal than can and could.
May is used to give permission;
may not is used to refuse permission and to forbid.
- May I come in? Yes, you may.
- May I have a look at your papers? No,
I am afraid you may not.
Must not is also used to forbid.
It is stronger than may not.
- Students must not use the staff car
park.
May and might
are not normally
used to
talk
about permission which has already been given or
refused,
about freedom which people already have, or
about rules and laws.
Instead, we
use can,
could or be allowed.
- Can you/Are you allowed to park on both sides of the road here? (More
natural than May you allowed )
- When we were children, we could watch TV whenever we wanted to. (NOT we might watch TV )
日本語解説
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助動詞「may（～してもよい）」
助動詞の may を使って
「～してもよい」
と許可する表現ができます。
主人と使用人、教師と生徒のような場合以外は、あまり使われません。
「～してもいいですか」という疑問文は
「May I ～ ?」となります。
答え方は
Yes, you may. や
No, you may not. も使えますが、
高圧的な言い方になるので、
上下関係を強調しない場面では他の表現を使うことも多いです。
- May I sit
down?
- 座ってもよろしいですか。
- Yes, you may.（ええ、いいですよ。）
- No, you may not.（いいえ、いけません。）
- May I use your
dictionary?
- あなたの辞書を使ってもいいですか。
- Certainly.
- どうぞ。
- May I ask you a question?
- 質問してもいいですか。
- Sure, go ahead.
- ええ、どうぞ。
- May I smoke?
- タバコを吸ってもよろしいですか。
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