[General] My parents don't permit me going out at night

[Silverobama]

Hi.

My friend V wanted to ask his students out to have a drink in a bar last night. He texted them and one student said "My parents don't permit me going out at night".

Is this sentence natural?

 

[GoesStation]

'... permit me to go ...' is more natural.

That suggests the original is somewhat natural. It isn't to me.

 

[jutfrank]

I say your sentence is incorrect.

The correct verb pattern is: permit somebody to do something

 

[Silverobama]

My parents don't permit me to go out at night".

This is the only natural sentence, may I right?

 

[emsr2d2]

This is the only natural sentence. [STRIKE]may[/STRIKE] Am I right?

Note my corrections above. "Am I right?" is not a tag question so you can't put it after a comma. It needs to be a sentence in its own right. If you omit "Am I", you can use "right?" as a tag question.

 

[teechar]

Although "permit" is okay, I think "allow" is perhaps more suitable for this rather informal sentence.

My parents don't allow me to go out at night.

 

[emsr2d2]

And "My parents don't let me go out at night". Note that with "let" you don't need "to" before "go".