it's fine even if; I don't mind if

Adding かまわない (don't mind) to the ても form grants permission or signals indifference, a softer alternative to てもいい. Use it to say an action is acceptable. The plain かまわない is casual; かまいません is polite.

Examples

• ここに座すわってもかまいませんか。

  Koko ni suwattemo kamaimasen ka.

  Do you mind if I sit here?

• 明日あしたでもかまいません。

  Ashita demo kamaimasen.

  Tomorrow is fine too.

Vocabulary in these examples

• ここ here
• 座る to sit
• 明日 tomorrow

Related patterns · Conditionals

• 〜ば if (general / hypothetical condition)
• 〜なら if it's the case that; if you're talking about
• 〜ても even if; even though