How To Ask, 'May I take your photograph?' in a Different Language.

Jul
22
Submitted by Abby on Wed, 2009-07-22 04:20

Photographer, Vietnam.When your travelling in another country its very important to be respectful of the people living there.

If your planning to take lots of portrait photographs when your away, then its a really good idea to learn how to ask, 'may I take your photograph' in the countries language.

A great idea is to write down the phrase in the right lanuage in your Photographers Notebook.

Here is a list of how you can ask 'may I take your photograph' in many different languages.

 

English:
May I take your photograph?
 
French:
Je peux vous prendre en photo?
 
Spanish:
Le puedo tomar una photo?
 
Dutch:
Mag ik een foto van u maken? (formal)
Mag ik een foto van je maken? (informal)
 
German:
Darf ich Dich bitte fotografieren?(informal)
Dürfte ich Sie bitte fotografieren?(formal)
 
Hebrew:
Efshar (may I) letzalem (take a photo) otach (of you, for a woman)?
or:
Efshar letzalem otcha (of you, for a man)?
 
Croatian:
Mogu li vas fotografirati?
 
Portugues:
Posso tomar uma fotografia de você?
 
Japanese:
Shashin o tottemo ii desu ka?
 
Italian:
Posso farle una foto?
 
Bulgarian:
Moze li da te snimam?
 
Norwegian:
Kan jeg ta ett bilde av deg?
 
Spanish Argentinian:
Te puedo sacar una foto? (informal)
Le puedo sacar una foto? (formal)

Slovenian:
A lahko vas fotografiram? (formal)
A lahko te fotografiram? (informal)

 
Brazilian Portuguese:
Posso tirar uma fotografia sua?
 
Roumainian:
Pot sa va photografiez ?

Hungarian:
Csinàlhatok egy fényképet ?
 

Swedish:
Får jag fotografera dig?
 
Polish:
Czy mogę ci zrobić zdjęcie?

Dziękuję!
(thanks)

 
Danish:
Må jeg tage et billede af dig?
 
Philippines:
Tagalog: Pwede bang maka-picture sa'yo?
Visayan: Pwedeng picture-an tika?

Indonesia (Bahasa):
Bisa saya ambil foto anda?

Telugu:
nenu mee photo theesukovacha?

 
Bangladesh:
Ami tomar photo neetay pari?
 
Chinese:
Wo3 ke3 yi3 bang1 ni3 pai1 yi1 zhang1 zhau4 pian4 ma1?
(The numbers behind the English characters are the accents of the words.)
 
Turkish:
resminizi cekebilir miyim?
 
Hindi:
Kya mein aap kee tasweer lay sakta hoon?

Malaysia (Bahasa):
Bolehkah saya mengambil gambar kamu?

Terima Kasih (Thank you)

 
Tamil: (Tamil Nadu, India and Sri lanka)
Ongalla oru padam edukattuma?
 
Arabic:
Momken akheth sortek? Or Momken asawerk?
 
Thailand:
Roop dai mai? (pron: 'roop'-rope and 'mai'-my)

Russian:
Yah mohgoo V'zyat vaamu fotografiyoo?

 
Korean:
Jae-gah nuh-ee sah-jin-uhl jjee-guh-loh dae-yo?
 
Vietnamess:
Toi co the chup ban mot tam hinh khong?
 
Icelandic:
Má ég taka mynd af þér? (pron.: Mow yegh taaka minnd av thier)
 
Slovak:
Mozem vas odfotit prosim?
 
Romanian:
Pot sate pozez te rog
 
Greek:
Boro na vgalo mia fotographia?
 
Danish:
Må jeg tage dit billede(Pron - yai ta-a deet bell-ed)
 
Sinhala: (Sri Lanka)
Oyage foto ekak gannada?
 
Chiu Chow:
Wo haw hoh sieoh moh?
 
Cantones:
Ngoh haw yee ying seeyong moe?
 
Estonian:
Kas tohib pildistada?
 
Czech:
Můžu si tě vyfotit? (informal)
Můžu si vás vyfotit? (formal)
 
Peru:
Puedo tomarle una foto? Or Le puedo tomar una foto? (formal)
Puedo tomarte una foto? or Te puedo tomar una foto? (informal)
 
Serbian:
Mogu li da Vas fotografisem?
 
If you have any questions or more translations please contact me.
 
 

 

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