GI16 · It's fine: 〜ても かまわない

Before you start

The sentences use words you already know, up to the intermediate level, in kanji with furigana, and assume elementary grammar.

This lesson assumes what you saw in the earlier ones. If something feels shaky, go back to it:

• GI01say something is excessive
• GI02say whether something is easy or hard to do
• GI03say what you do something for
• GI04say what you do to avoid something
• GI05pass on what you've heard
• GI06say what seems to be so
• GI07say something has just happened
• GI08say what point of an action you're at
• GI09say you start or finish something
• GI10list some of the things you do
• GI11give a reason softly
• GI12express surprise or a complaint
• GI13describe a change in ability or habit
• GI14report a decision
• GI15say one thing grows with another

What you learn

〜ても かまいません

• かまいませんit doesn't matter (〜ても かまいません)

〜ても かまいません is like 〜ても いいです (G21) but more formal: «there's no problem if…». You'll hear it in shops and offices: ここで まっても かまいません.

• ここで 待まっても かまいません。koko de matte mo kamaimasen.You may wait here.
• カードを 使つかっても かまいません。kaado o tsukatte mo kamaimasen.You may use a card.
• 明日あした きても かまいません。ashita kite mo kamaimasen.It's fine to come tomorrow.
• 資料しりょうを 返かえしても かまいません。shiryou o kaeshite mo kamaimasen.You may return the materials.
• 英語えいごを 話はなしても かまいません。eigo o hanashite mo kamaimasen.You may speak in English.
• 窓まどを 開あけても かまいません。mado o akete mo kamaimasen.You may open the window.

Practice

A short text with words and grammar you already know; kanji carry their reading above. Read it and answer.