Yes, you can. Oral herpes in known to affect both inside the mouth such as on the tongue and most often the lips and areas surrounding the mouth from upper lips to inside the nose and lower lips as well as on the chin and the cheeks. Oral-to-oral contact like kissing and using utensils that has been used by the infected person for eating and drinking can cause herpes blisters on your tongue. As herpes simplex virus is contagious and recurrent outbreaks are possible, exposure of herpes virus to the tongue and inside your mouth is common.