Asking for permission

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Asking For Permission

Asking for permission is commonly used to ask permission to someone else. Polite request is suggested. In this case, modals are commonly used for asking permission.

Example:

Can I ask you a question? (Bolehkah saya bertanya?)
May I have a piece of cake? (Bolehkah saya makan kue ini?)
Could I get you to turn off the lights? (Bisa padamkan lampunya?)

·         Beberapa frase yang umum lainnya adalah: (frase inti yang dicetak tebal, silakan dikembangkan).

·         Do you mind if I smoke? (Bolehkah saya merokok?)
Would you mind if I asked you something? (Bolehkah saya bertnya sesuatu?)
Is it okay if I sit here? (Tidak mengapa saya duduk di sini?)
Would it be all right if I borrowed your book? (Apakah boleh saya meminjam?)

·         Untuk memberikan izin/permisi digunakan frase semacam:

·         Sure (tentu saja)
Go ahead (silakan)
No problem (tidak masalah)

Asking permission expressions:

Can I ask you a question?

Could I have your phone number?

May I have a piece of cake?

May I use this table?

May I go to the toilet?

Could I get you to turn off the lights?

Could I go to theater tonight?

Some other common phrases are:

Do you mind if I smoke?

Would you mind if I asked you something?

Is it okay if I sit here?

Would it be all right if I borrowed your lawn mower?

Giving permission expressions:

Go ahead.

No problem.

That’s ok!

That’s right, but you have to finish your homework first!

All right!

Sure!

Ok!

Refusing permission expressions:

No, please don’t.

I’m sorry, but that’s not possible.

I'm afraid, but you can't.

I’m afraid if you go to the movie theater tonight.

I’d prefer that you not.

I’d rather you didn’t.

No, I don’t think you should.

I’m so sorry, you cannot.

Example 1:

One day, there is Justin Biber’s concert held in the town squere. The girl, fan of Justin Biber wants to see the concert. Therefore, she has to get permission first to her father. Let’s take a look at the cinversation!

The girl            : There is a concert tonight. The artist is vary famous not only her song is beautiful but also most of the girls are crazy with him. Would you mind if I visit the concert tonight?

Father              : I’m afraid if you go to the concert tonight because you will have an examination tomorrow. It will be right if you have been ready for your exam.

The girl            : Oke Dad, I have been ready for my exam tomorrow. I promise!

Example 2:

            In english class, one of the students want to get permission to his teacher to leave the class because of his stomatcache. Then, the teacher gives him the permission to leave the class. Here is the conversation!

The student     : Excuse me, Sir! May i go to the toilet? I get the stomatcache, Sir.

The teahcer      : Sure!

The student     : Thank you, Sir!

These phrases are used when we want to ask permission to others before doing anything. These phrases are polite expressions and by him that modals commonly used to request a license / permission. Here are some examples of phrases to ask permission / excuse me in English

Can I ask you a question? (Bolehkah saya bertanya?)

May I have a piece of cake? (Bolehkah saya makan kue ini?)

Could I get you to turn off the lights? (Bisa padamkan lampunya?)

Some of the more common phrase is : ( core phrase in bold , please developed ) .

Do you mind if I smoke? (Bolehkah saya merokok?)

Would you mind if I asked you something? (Bolehkah saya bertnya sesuatu?)

Is it okay if I sit here? (Tidak mengapa saya duduk di sini?)

Would it be all right if I borrowed your lawn mower? (Apakah boleh saya meminjam mesin pemotong rumputmu?)

Untuk memberikan izin/permisi digunakan frase semacam:

Sure (tentu saja)

Go ahead (silakan)

No problem (tidak masalah)

Ability, permission, requests and advice

The modal verbs are can, could, may, might, shall, should, will and would.

The modals are used to do things like talking about ability, asking permission-making requests, and so on.

Ability:

We use can to talk about someone’s skill or general abilities:

She can speak several languages.

He can swim like a fish.

They can’t dance very well.

We use can to talk about the ability to do something at a given time in the present or future:

You can make a lot of money if you are lucky.

Help. I can’t breathe.

They can run but they can’t hide.

We use could to talk about past time:

She could speak several languages.

They couldn’t dance very well.

We use could have to say that someone had the ability/opportunity to do something, but did not do it:

She could have learned Swahili, but she didn’t have time.

I could have danced all night [but didn't].

Permission:

We use can to ask for permission to do something:

Can I ask a question, please?

Can we go home now.

could is more formal and polite than can:

Could I ask a question please?

Could we go home now?

may is another more formal and polite way of asking for permission:

May I ask a question please?

May we go home now?

We use can to give permission:

You can go home now if you like.

You can borrow my pen if you like.

may is a more formal and polite way of giving permission:

You may go home now, if you like.

We use can to say that someone has permission to do something:

We can go out whenever we want.

Students can travel free.

may is a more formal and polite way of saying that someone has permission:

Students may travel free.

Instructions and requests:

We use could you and would you as polite ways of telling or asking someone to do something:

Could you take a message please?

Would you carry this for me please?

Could I have my bill please?

can and will are less polite:

Can you take a message please?

Will you carry this for me please?

Suggestions and advice:

We use should to make suggestions and give advice:

You should send an email.

We should go by train.

We use could to make suggestions:

We could meet at the weekend.

You could eat out tonight.

We use conditionals to give advice:

Dan will help you if you ask him.

Past tenses are more polite:

Dani would help you if you asked him.

Offers and invitations:

We use can I… and to make offers:

Can I help you?

Can I do that for you?

We can also use shall I …

Shall I help you with that?

Shall I call you on your mobile?

We sometime say I can ... or I could ... or I’ll (I will) ... to make an offer:

I can do that for you if you like.

I can give you a lift to the station.

I’ll do that for you if you like.

I’ll give you a lift to the station.

We use would you like (to) ... for invitations:

Would you like to come round to morrow?

Would you like another drink?

We use you must or we must for a very polite invitation:

You must come round and see us.

We must meet again soon.

Obligation and necessity

We use must to say that it is necessary to do something:

You must stop at a red light.

Everyone must bring something to eat.

You can wear what you like, but you must look neat and tidy.

I’m sorry, but you mustn’t make a noise in here.

We use had to for this if we are talking about the past:

Everyone had to bring something to eat.

We could wear what we liked, but we had to look neat and tidy.

adverbs of manner

Adverbs of manner are usually formed from adjectives by adding –ly:

bad > badly; quiet > quietly; recent > recently; sudden > suddenly

but there are sometimes changes in spelling:

easy > easily; gentle > gently

If an adjective ends in –ly we use the phrase in a …. way to express manner:

Silly > He behaved in a silly way.

Friendly > She spoke in a friendly way.

A few adverbs of manner have the same form as the adjective:

They all worked hard.

She usually arrives late.

I hate driving fast.

Note: hardly and lately have different meanings:

He could hardly walk = It was difficult for him to walk.

I haven’t seen John lately = I haven’t seen John recently.

We often use phrases with like as adverbials of manner:

She slept like a baby.

He ran like a rabbit.

Adverbs of manner and link verbs

We very often use adverbials with like after link verbs:

Her hands felt like ice.

It smells like fresh bread.

But we do not use other adverbials of manner after link verbs. We use adjectives instead:

They looked happily happy.

That bread smells deliciously delicious.

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