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May I take your photo?

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ID: 0180 Newbie
Things that will get your photo taken in China: - Having blonde (“yellow”) hair - Having hair on your arms - Using a mobile phone - Sitting - Being …so you might as well return the favor – nicely, of course. In this lesson, we zoom in for a tight shot of pictorial verbiage. You will learn how to ask someone if you can take a photo, using Mandarin Chinese. ChinesePod, you’re the MAN(darin)!
Tue Jul 18 2006 | Jenny, Ken
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
可以 kěyǐ may
拍 pāi to take
照片 zhàopiàn photo
说 shuō to say
我可以拍照片吗？
wǒ kěyǐ pāi zhàopiàn ma ？
May I take a photo?
可以。
kěyǐ 。
Sure.
说茄子!
shuō qiézi !
Say ‘cheese’!
茄子!
qiézi !
Cheese!
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