My photography project: Pitching the project
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Key Phrases
少しお話ししてもいいですか。
sukoshi o hanashi shi te mo ii desu ka
May I talk a little?
写真でのこしたいです。
shashin de nokoshi tai desu
I want to keep it in photos.
協力していただけますか。
kyouryoku shi te itadake masu ka
Could you cooperate with me?
Skills You'll Learn
Politely starting a conversation and asking for permission to speak
ていねいに会話を始めて、話してもいいか聞くこと
teinei ni kaiwa o hajime te hanashi te mo ii ka kiku koto
Describing a photo project and expressing what you want to capture
写真プロジェクトについて話し、何を残したいか伝えること
shashin purojiekuto ni tsui te hanashi nani o nokoshi tai ka tsutaeru koto
Requesting help or cooperation in a polite way
ていねいに協力や助けをお願いすること
teinei ni kyouryoku ya tasuke o o negai suru koto
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are warmly introducing your photo project in Japanese, explaining that you want to capture the gentle, everyday happiness of family and town life, and politely asking someone for their support and cooperation.
こんにちは。私の写真プロジェクトについて、少しお話ししてもいいですか。
konnichiwa watashi no shashin purojiekuto ni tsui te sukoshi o hanashi shi te mo ii desu ka
Hello. May I talk a little about my photo project?
はい、もちろんです。どんなプロジェクトですか。
hai mochiron desu donna purojiekuto desu ka
Yes, of course. What kind of project is it?
家族や町のあたたかい毎日を写真でのこしたいです。
kazoku ya machi no atatakai mainichi o shashin de nokoshi tai desu
I want to preserve the warm everyday moments of my family and town in photos.
すてきですね。どんな人を撮りたいですか。
suteki desu ne donna hito o tori tai desu ka
That’s lovely. What kind of person would you like to photograph?
おじいさん、おばあさん、子どもたち、そして家族です。
o jii san o baa san kodomo tachi soshite kazoku desu
Grandfather, grandmother, children, and family.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
こんにちは。
konnichiwa
Hello.
少し
sukoshi
A little
お話ししてもいいですか
o hanashi shi te mo ii desu ka
May I talk?
💬 [〜てもいいですか] is a handy pattern for asking permission: "may I ...?" You can swap in another action, like [見てもいいですか] for "May I take a look?".
See breakdown →少しお話ししてもいいですか。
sukoshi o hanashi shi te mo ii desu ka
May I talk a little?
💬 [少し] often softens what comes next, not just "a little" in a strict amount sense. In requests like [少しお話ししてもいいですか], it makes the approach sound gentler.
See breakdown →私の
watashi no
My
💬 [の] after a noun can mean "my," "your," or more generally link one noun to another. Here [私の写真プロジェクト] is literally "[I] + [の] + photo project" = "my photo project."
See breakdown →写真
shashin
Photo
プロジェクト
purojiekuto
Project
私の写真プロジェクト
watashi no shashin purojiekuto
My photo project
もちろんです
mochiron desu
Of course
🇯🇵 [もちろんです] is polite and reassuring, so it works well when responding to someone asking permission or checking something with you. In conversation it can sound a bit more deliberate than a casual [うん] or [はい].
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