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Key Phrases

写真のプロジェクトをしているんだ。

shashin no purojiekuto o shi te iru n da

I’m doing a photo project.

自然な写真を撮りたいんだ。

shizen na shashin o tori tai n da

I want to take candid photos.

土曜日の午後はどう?

doyoubi no gogo wa dou

How about Saturday afternoon?

Skills You'll Learn

Talking about a current creative project

今している創作プロジェクトについて話す

ima shi te iru sousaku purojiekuto ni tsui te hanasu

Describing the kind of photos you want to take

撮りたい写真のタイプを説明する

tori tai shashin no taipu o setsumei suru

Inviting someone and suggesting a time to meet

相手を誘って、会う時間を提案する

aite o sasotsu te au jikan o teian suru

Lesson Roleplay

Imagine you’re inviting someone to join your photo project, where you want to take warm, natural pictures of friends and family, and you’re making plans together for Saturday afternoon.

ねえ、今、写真のプロジェクトをしているんだ。

nee ima shashin no purojiekuto o shi te iru n da

Hey, I'm working on a photo project right now.

いいね。どんな写真を撮るの?

ii ne donna shashin o toru n

Nice. What kind of photos are you taking?

友だちや家族の自然な写真を撮りたいんだ。

tomodachi ya kazoku no shizen na shashin o tori tai n da

I want to take candid photos of my friends and family.

あたたかい感じで、すてきだね。

atatakai kanji de suteki da ne

That sounds warm and lovely.

よかったら、参加してくれない?

yokatsu tara sanka shi te kure nai

If you're free, would you join me?

Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases

👋

ねえ

nee

Hey

💬 [ねえ] is often stretched a little in speech to get someone's attention, more like "hey…" than a crisp dictionary word. It's casual, so use it with friends, not in polite situations.

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今

ima

Right now; now

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📷

写真

shashin

Photo

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📁

プロジェクト

purojiekuto

Project

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📷📁

写真のプロジェクト

shashin no purojiekuto

A photo project

💬 Put [の] between two nouns and the first one describes the second: [写真のプロジェクト] is a project "of/about photos." You can reuse this pattern easily, like [家族の写真] for "a family photo."

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📷📁👤

写真のプロジェクトをしている

shashin no purojiekuto o shi te iru

I’m doing a photo project

💬 [〜をしている] means "am doing" or "have been doing," so it often covers both present action and an ongoing project. You can swap in other nouns too: [勉強をしている] = "I'm studying."

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📷📁👤

写真のプロジェクトをしているんだ。

shashin no purojiekuto o shi te iru n da

I’m doing a photo project.

💬 The [んだ] at the end adds an explanatory, sharing tone — like "you see" or "actually." It's very common when giving a bit of background, as in [今忙しいんだ] = "I'm busy right now, you see."

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😊

いいね。

ii ne

That’s nice.

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❓

どんな

donna

What kind?

💬 [どんな] usually goes right before a noun: [どんな写真] = "what kind of photos," [どんな人] = "what kind of person." If there's no noun after it, you'd usually use [どんなの] instead.

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