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*may I take your picture?*
Je peux vous prendre en photo ? francais
Le puedo tomar una photo? espanol
*may I take a photo*
Je peux prendre une photo ?
C'est permis de photographier ? (is it allowed to shoot photos)
Se puede tomar photo ?
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In Dutch:
Mag ik een foto van u maken? (formal)
Mag ik een foto van je maken? (informal)
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These sentences mean "May I take your picture?". When you want to ask "May I take a picture?" you say:
Mag ik een foto maken?
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In German:
May i take your picture?
"Darf ich bitte ein Foto von Dir machen?"
oder
"Darf ich Dich bitte fotografieren?"
(informal)
"Darf ich bitte ein Foto von Ihnen machen?"
oder
"Dürfte ich Sie bitte fotografieren?"
(formal)
May i take a photo?
"Darf ich fotografieren?"
oder
"Darf ich bitte ein Foto machen?"
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In Hebrew it goes like:
Efshar (may I) letzalem (take a photo) otach (of you, for a woman)?
or:
Efshar letzalem otcha (of you, for a man)?
(You probably won't need to use this phrase because you're not planning to go to Israel in the near future but you can try to pronounce it and have a laugh...)
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Speaking of Dutch, is it true that 'flickr' is considered a rude word?
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Kristina J. [deleted] says:
In Croatian
"May I take your picture"
Mogu li vas fotografirati?
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Posso tomar uma fotografia de você? - portugues
may i take a photograph of you?
Posso farle la sua fotografia? or potere porto una foto? - italiano
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In Japanese:
shashin o tottemo ii desu ka?
しゃしんをとってもいいですか？
(May I take your picture?)
If they say yes, they will say either:
(hai), ii desu
(はい）、いいです
or
(hai), daijobu desu
(はい）、だいじょぶです
(Both mean (yes), it's OK)
If they reply that you can't, they will usually shake their head and/or wave their hand in front of their face, and probably not say anything. The Japanese tend not to say the word 'no' (iie いいえ), but they will make it clear with their body language.
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Italian
Posso farle una foto?
(may I take your picture)
Posso fare una foto?
(may I take a picture)
Potrebbe farci una foto?
(Can you take a picture of us?)
Potrebbe farmi una foto?
(Can you take a picture of me?)
Italian is pronounced as it is read, so it should be quite easy to be understood ;)
btw, great idea this topic!
Ciao,
Michael
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Bulgarian
Can I take your picture?
Moze li da te snimam?
Can I take a picture?
Moze li da napravia edna snimka?
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Norwegian:
"Kan jeg ta ett bilde av deg"?
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Español-Argentino
Can I take a picture of you?
informal: ¿Te puedo sacar una foto?
formal: ¿Le puedo sacar una foto?
(just the first word changes)
Can I take pictures / is it OK if I take pictures?
Puedo sacar fotos? Se puede sacar fotos?
Slovenian
Can I take a picture of you?
Formal: A lahko vas fotografiram?
Informal: A lahko te fotografiram?
Hope this helps.
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In brazilian portuguese:
Posso tirar uma foto sua? OR
Posso tirar uma fotografia sua?
(Can I take a picture/photo of you?)
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I like your question!
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In roumainian :
Pot sa va photografiez ?
(may I take a pic of you?)
In hungarian:
Csinàlhatok egy fényképet ?
(could I make a photo?)
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In "Universal Politeness sign language":
1. Establish eye contact.
2. Smile widely and genuinely.
3. Point to your camera and then to the person.
4. Pretend you're taking a photo.
5. If they react positively, go ahead!
6. If they react negatively, please be polite, thank them and respect their wishes.
7. If they ask for money, use your discretion.
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British:
Mind if I take a picture mate?
Followed by:
Cheers
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around the world:
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Swedish:
Får jag fotografera dig?
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Polish:
Czy mogę ci zrobić zdjęcie?
(May I take your picture - 1 person)
Czy mogę wam zrobić zdjęcie?
(same - more people)
Dziękuję!
(thanks)
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Español - Spain
May i take your picture?
¿Le puedo hacer una foto?
Catalán (Catalonia) - Spain
May i take your picture?
Li puc fer una foto?
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Danish:
Må jeg tage et billede af dig?
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Awesome, the phrase was really useful when I tried it in France.
It's been really good reading through all of the other languages, interesting! (I can say the British translation is spot on)
Wondered if anyone knew the Czech equivalent? and more importantly the phonetics of it.. Czech looks difficult!
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bueno...dejen de preguntar y tómenme la foto poh!!! ;P
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well...don't ask me more and take me a photo....;P
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si uno va para CHILE debe decir/IF YOU GO TO CHILE YOU HAVE TO SAY...
disculpe señor/señora , le puedo tomar una foto?
PLURAL
disculpen, les puedo tomar una foto?
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in the Philippines, in suggested vernacular
Tagalog: Pwede bang maka-picture sa'yo?
Visayan: Pwedeng picture-an tika?
in Indonesia (polite Bahasa)
Bisa saya ambil foto anda?
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in indonesian :
gw ambil foto loe dong bow!
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in hindi:
kya mein apka photo le-sakta hun?
in telugu:
nenu mee photo theesukovacha?
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In Portugal you say:
Posso tirar uma fotografia?
or
Posso lhe tirar uma fotografia?
(May I take a picture? or May I take your picture?)
: )
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In Bangladesh you say:
Ami tomar photo neetay pari?
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@grebo guru -just asked my boyfriend-FLICKER in Dutch means "gay"
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in chinese you may say:
May I take your picture?
我可以幫你拍一張照片嗎？
(wo3 ke3 yi3 bang1 ni3 pai1 yi1 zhang1 zhau4 pian4 ma1?)
May I take a picture?
我可以拍照嗎？
(wo3 ke3 yi3 pai1 zhau4 ma1?)
ps. the numbers behind the english characters are the accents of the words.
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in Turkish:
may I take a picture of you? > resminizi cekebilir miyim?
may I take a picture? > resim cekebilir miyim?
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In Urdu or Hindi:
Can I take your picture? ----- "Kya mein aap kee tasweer lay sakta hoon?"
Can I take a picture? ---- "Kya mein aik tasweer lay sakta hoon?"
If they let you, end by saying:
Thank You ---- "Shukriya"
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In Bahasa Malaysia (and possibly Bahasa Indonesia), it goes:
Can I take your picture? -- Bolehkah saya mengambil gambar kamu?
Can I take a picture? --- Bolehkah saya mengambil gambar?
And...:
Thank You --- Terima Kasih
Rusty my Malay is, but hopefully it makes some sense :)
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PIG LATIN:
Aymay eyeay aketay ouryay icturepay?
OPENGLOPISH:
Mopay opeye topake yopour popictopure?
ELEPHANT LANGUAGE:
Melephay elepheye telephake yelephour pelephictelephure?
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MG... [deleted] says:
Polish...
Can I take your picture?
Czy mogę zrobić tobie zdjęcie?
:)
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in Tamil: (when in Tamil Nadu, India and Srilanka)
"ongalla oru padam edukattuma?" or "ongalla oru photo edukattuma?" mean "Can I take your photo?"
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"momken akheth sortek?" or "momken asawerk?"
in arabic
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Thai roop dai mai?
in Thai language, say the roop like rope, with the tone going up then down, and the mai like 'my' in a questioning upwards tone...
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may i take your photo...english
puis-je prendre votre photo...french
puedo tomar su foto...spanish
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In russian it'l be:
Можно Вас сфотографировать? (mozhno vas sfotographirovat?)
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jae-gah nuh-ee sah-jin-uhl jjee-guh-loh dae-yo?... korean
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Doc Kozzak [deleted] says:
Gee my Russian language training since I was 2 years old & I am now 60, has laways been the following:
Я могу взять вашу фотографию?
Yah mohgoo V'zyat vaamu fotografiyoo?
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"may I take your picture in Vietnamess"
"toi co the chup ban mot tam hinh khong?"
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Luxembourgish: "Därf ech eng Foto vun Iech maan?"
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Rakesh R Sahay [deleted] says:
In Hindi spoken in the whole of India.
may I take your picture
KYA MAI AAPKA PHOTO LE SAKTA HOON.
Thanks you
DHANYAWAD
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I speak several languages, but you know, what works is if you point to them, then the camera. you can do so much with sign language. a lot of times if you ask people if it is ok you won't get a candid shot.
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In Icelandic:
Má ég taka mynd af þér?
(pron.: Mow yegh taaka minnd av thier)
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grebo_guru: yes, "flikker" (pronunciation is identical with "flickr") is derogatory/offensive slang for "gay person" in Dutch. It annoys the hell out of me. When I refer to the site, people always ask me "Is it a gay dating site?" Very unfortunate indeed. [Sorry about the off-topic-ness.]
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In Slovak:
Mozem vas odfotit prosim?
May I take your picture please?
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In Italian (informal):
Posso farti una foto?
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Slovenia:
Ali te lahko fotografiram?
(May I take your picture?)
Hvala!
(Thank you!)
Vase fotografije so cudovite.
(Your photographs are wonderful.)
Odlicno ujet motiv.
(Motive caught excellently.)
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IN ROMANIAN:
POT SA TE POZEZ TE ROG?
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Arabic :
"Momkin soora?" ... doesn't translate directly to "May I take your photo?", but it's simple and they'll understand it in 22 countires from Mauritania to Oman
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In Greek:
Μπορώ να βγάλω μία φωτογραφία;
Boro na vgalo mia fotographia?
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Danish
Må jeg tage dit billede
(More yai ta-a deet bell-ed)
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Doc Kozzak wrote: Gee my Russian language training since I was 2 years old & I am now 60, has laways been the following:
Я могу взять вашу фотографию?
Yah mohgoo V'zyat vaamu fotografiyoo?
You're right - it's working staff, but this way it means that you are askind [another photographer] to take [by hands and probably away] his shot/print for using ...
Anaderi suggest a phrase for asking the right of making picture of somebody
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I've never liked the phrase "take your picture" as it implies that something is removed. Indeed, in some cultures, the 'taking of pictures' is not tolerated as the subject might feel that their soul is being taken away from them. We probably want to be sensitive about such things. I wonder if these feelings stem from the words that have been used in the past to describe what we do.
I tend to use the phrase "make a picture" but find that this is clumsy and doesn't always suit. I'm still looking out for a more agreeable phrase.
Of course, all of this is in English making the sensitive translation to other languages even more difficult.
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in arabic......momkn akhodlk sora__ممكن اخدلك صورة
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Sinhala (Sri Lanka) : Oyage foto ekak gannada?
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Chiu Chow: "wo haw hoh sieoh moh?"
Cantonese: "ngoh haw yee ying seeyong moe?"
English: "may i take a picture?"
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Estonian:
*may I take your picture?*
Kas ma tohin teid pildistada?
*may I take a photo*
Kas tohib pildistada?
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netdemon [deleted] says:
thanx alot
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Kataki fakamolemole 'e lava ke u faita' atu?
-Tongan
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In Hokkien it sounds something like this;-
Wa eh sai ka lu hip chit tiu siong mu?
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Santosh Korthiwada I hate you for beating me to it but I found a little mistake (?) in your Hindi
In pure Hindi you should say
Kya main aapka CHAYACHITRA utaar sakta hoon?
however such pure Hindi may appear funny in day to day conversation
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I see nobody added Czech here. So it is:
Můžu si tě vyfotit? (informal) - pronounced the way it's written, ů is long u, ž is... well, like "je" in French... "tě" - "tje" (almost :))...
formal: Můžu si vás vyfotit? - "vás" = va:s
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Mi kan tek' wan foto foe joe - Sranang Tongo
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In case you travel further than planned XD
Klingon:
laH jIH tlhap lIj 'picture'
Vulcan:
lazg-il-e
And more seriously, Esperanto (everyone uses this... XD )
Maj mi pren a bild?
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For Chinese, it is more accurate to say:
May I take a picture of you?
我可以拍你嗎？
(Wo Ke Yi Pai Ni Ma?)
May I take a picture of (something)?
Point to the object & say
"我可以拍照嗎？
(Wo ke Yi Pai Zhau Ma?)
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In Hungarian:
Szabad fenykepezni magat?
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In hindi:
क्या मैं आप की तस्वीर ले सकता हूँ ?
(kya mein aap ki asveer lr sakta hoo?)
Marathi:
मी आपला फोटो काढू शकतो का ?
(me aapla photo kaadhu shakto ka?)
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In Italiano
Posso farle una foto per favore?
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Alternative translation for Romanian (more polite):
Pot sa va fac o fotografie?
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( BENGALI )
AAPNAR EKTA CHHOBI TULBO ?
( your ) ( one) ( photo) ( may i take)
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Well, in Brazilian Portuguese I would ask in one of the following ways:
may I take your picture?
Posso lhe fotografar?
Posso te fotografar? (more informal)
Posso tirar uma foto sua?
may I take a photo?
Posso tirar uma foto?
Posso fotografar?
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Does anyone know how to say this in Bosnian?
Many thanks
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Nice tropic...........
(In Hindi)
mai apka tasveer le sakta hu?
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In Perú:
Can I take you a picture?
Formal: Directed to older people or someone who inspires respect
"¿Puedo tomarle una foto?" or "Le puedo tomar una foto?"
Informal: For young people, kids, etc.
"¿Puedo tomarte una foto?" "¿Te puedo tomar una foto?"
So the difference is just a letter
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In serbian:
Mogu li da Vas fotografisem?
(May I take your picture?)
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Anyone knows how to say this in Amharic (Ethiopia) ?
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In URDU language;
Kiya Mai Aapki Tasveer Ley Sakta Hun?
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Sorry guys,
not sure if its the apropiate phrase, im not english native talking
When I read "May I take your photo" it sounds to me like you want "to use" a photo of my photostream/camera/album
May be you can say "May I take a photo of you?" sounds quite precise, if its like that in spanish would say "puedo tomarle una foto
Correct me if Im wrong, I know gramatical rules of english doesnt necesarily apply to spanish, but anyway as a clarifitacion
Saludos
Martintoy
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"May I take your photo" is grammatically correct.
In Spanish there are different verbs to express "to take," as in "taking a photo." Tomar, sacar, tirar all work and would be understood, though one version might be more regionally appropriate, and depends on the Spanish-speaking country you're visiting.
In any case, I've found that "photo ok?" seems to be universally understood as a request to take a photo of a person or place.
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This is great!
But for hindi (i'm excluding urdu, penjabi etc...), we have several translations proposed. Which is most appropriate, in formal language?
Thanks
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in Korean
제가 당신의 사진을 찍어도 될까요?
JaeGa DangSinUi SaJinUl JjikUhDo DoilGgaYo?
I your photo take May
the order of the words are quite different from English ^__^
I like your question!!!
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indonesian batavia (betawi)
may i take your picture?
"nyengir bang!!"
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then they will answer with big smiley... :D
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Voisinko ottaa sinusta kuvan? in formal Finnish
Voinks mä ottaa susta kuvan? in informal Finnish
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Est-ce que je peux te prendre en photo?
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now the problem is understanding what they say next! =D
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No kidding. Especially in Greek where yes sounds like "neh" and no vaguely resembles "okay". I have trouble wrapping my head around this and generally look for a nod of approval as my go ahead.
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