How to Say ‘Please take a photo.’ in Japanese
写真を撮ってください。
shashin o totsu te kudasai
[shah-sheen oh toht teh koo-dah-sigh]
💬 Usage Tip: [撮って] is the [て] form of [撮る] "to take a photo," used before [ください] to make a polite request. You can reuse this pattern with other actions too: [見せてください] "please show me".
Phrase Breakdown
写真
shashin
[shah-sheen]
photo; picture
A noun meaning a photo or picture.
写真を見せてください。
Please show me the photo.
を
o
[oh]
object marker
A particle marking the direct object of the verb.
水をください。
Please give me water.
撮っ
totsu
[toht]
take; capture
The stem of 撮る, used here in the te-form phrase meaning to take a photo.
ここで写真を撮ってもいいです。
It is okay to take photos here.
て
te
[teh]
and; te-form connector
The te-form ending that connects to the next part of the expression.
座ってください。
Please sit down.
ください
kudasai
[koo-dah-sigh]
please
A polite request expression used after te-form verbs.
ゆっくり話してください。
Please speak slowly.
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