Learn how to ask to take someone's picture
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Hello and welcome to Portuguese Survival Phrases brought to you by PortuguesePod101.com, this course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to Brazil. You will be surprised at how far a little Portuguese will go. |
| Now, before we jump in, remember to stop by PortuguesePod101.com and there, you will find the accompanying PDF. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
Lesson focus |
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| In this lesson, we’ll introduce a question related to, “Could you take our picture?” which in Portuguese is: Por favor, você poderia tirar uma foto de nós? |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: Por favor, você poderia tirar uma foto de nós? |
| There are cases when you may want to take a picture of someone or with someone, but before doing so, you’d like to ask for permission. |
| In Portuguese, "May I take your picture?” is Posso tirar uma foto sua? |
| Posso tirar uma foto sua? |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: Posso tirar uma foto sua? |
| Now let's hear it once again: Posso tirar uma foto sua? |
| The first word, Posso, means "I can.” |
| Let's break down this word and hear it one more time: Posso |
| And, posso |
| This is followed by tirar, which means "to take.” |
| tirar |
| tirar |
| Next, we have uma, which means "one.” |
| uma |
| uma |
| So to recap here, we have: Posso tirar uma, literally, this means "Can I take a…” |
| The next word, foto, means "picture.” |
| foto |
| foto |
| The last word is sua, which means "your.” |
| sua |
| sua |
| So all together, we have: Posso tirar uma foto sua. |
| Literally, this means "Can I take your picture?” |
| There may also be times when you want to take a picture with someone. In this case, you could ask by saying “May I take a picture with you?” Posso tirar uma foto contigo? |
| Posso tirar uma foto contigo? |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: Posso tirar uma foto contigo? |
| Now let's hear it once again: Posso tirar uma foto contigo? |
| The first four words are the same as the previous phrase, Posso tirar uma foto... Only the last word changes, contigo. |
| Let's break down this word and hear it one more time: contigo |
| contigo |
| Contigo means "with you.” |
| So all together, we have: Posso tirar uma foto contigo? |
| Literally, this means "May I take a picture with you?” |
| And finally, for asking permission to take a picture, you can say: Posso tirar uma foto aqui? which in English is “May I take a picture here?” |
| Posso tirar uma foto aqui? |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: Posso tirar uma foto aqui? |
| Now let's hear it again: Posso tirar uma foto aqui? |
| As you can see the entire phrase is exactly the same except for the last word, aqui. We've already covered aqui in a previous lesson but let’s break it down and hear it one more time just for good measure: aqui |
| aqui |
| So all together, we have: Posso tirar uma foto aqui? |
| Literally, this means "Can I take a picture here?” |
| CULTURAL INSIGHTS |
| The Brazilian people really like it when a foreigner wants to take their picture with them. They always say, Sim é claro. which means "Yes, of course. Some people might laugh because they are not used to getting their picture taken. When you ask, Posso tirar uma foto sua? Often they will be embarrassed but a kind smiling face from you and soon they'll be ready and you can take as many pictures as you want. The Brazilian people like to see smiles on people's faces so with a simple, honest smile you can captivate many. |
Outro |
| Okay, to close out this lesson, we'd like you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for saying it aloud. You have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so boa sorte! |
| "May I take your picture?" - Posso tirar uma foto sua? |
| Posso tirar uma foto sua? |
| Posso tirar uma foto sua? |
| "May I take a picture with you?" - Posso tirar uma foto contigo? |
| Posso tirar uma foto contigo? |
| Posso tirar uma foto contigo? |
| "May I take a picture here?" - Posso tirar uma foto aqui? |
| Posso tirar uma foto aqui? |
| Posso tirar uma foto aqui? |
| Alright, that's going to do it for today. Remember to stop by PortuguesePod101.com and pick up the accompanying PDF. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
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