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complement each other.
Tabako sutte mo i’i desu ka. Is it okay if I smoke?
Iya, sutte wa ikemasen yo. No, it’s not good if you do.

Kore yomanakute mo i’i desu Is it okay if I do not read this?
ka.

Iya, yomanakute wa ikemasen No, it’s not good to not read
yo. this.

To be more polite, use the softer or indirect patterns including apologies,
requests, chotto, kedo, n desu, shi, etc., instead.

Tabako sutte mo i’i desu ka. Is it okay if I smoke?
Iya, sumimasen kedo, kodomo ga Well, sorry, but (there
imasu shi…. are) children here, and…

Chotto, soto de onegai-dekimasen Can I just ask you to do
ka. it outside?
Asoko ni kin’en tte… Over there it says “no
smoking”…

Kore yomanakute mo i’i desu ka. Is it okay if I do not read
this?

Iya, kore wa yonde hoshi’i n desu I’d like you to read this
kedo… at least, and…
Iya, yonde kudasai. Onegai-shimasu. Please read, if you don’t
mind.

GRAMMAR NOTE X-sugiru

The verb sugiru means “past (something)”. It can be attached to a verb stem
(verb masu-form without masu), adjective root (adjective i-form without i) or
na-nouns to make a compound verb that means “overly so” or “too much for X”.

The resulting compound form is a RU-verb.
With Verb Stem: Chotto tabe-sugimashita. I ate a little too much.

With Adj. Root: Taka-sugiru kara, I won’t buy it because it’s
kawanai. too expensive.