Photography

1. हांव तुमचो फोटो काडूं?

   hāṃv tumaco phoṭo kāḍūṃ?

   May I take your photo?

   Usage

   Always ask before photographing someone

   Grammar Note

   "Shall I …?" is stem + -ूं with question intonation. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

2. म्हजो फोटो काडून दिवात

   mhajo phoṭo kāḍūn divāt

   Please take my photo

   Usage

   Ask a passer-by to take your picture

   Grammar Note

   A benefactive "do for me" is the conjunctive + दिवप; the polite imperative ends in -ात. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

3. हांगा फोटो काडूं येता?

   hāṃgā phoṭo kāḍūṃ yetā?

   Can I take photos here?

   Usage

   Checks photo rules at temples, museums and similar places

   Grammar Note

   "Is possible" is the purposive form + येता. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

4. उजवाड खूब बरो आसा

   ujavāḍ khūb baro āsā

   The light is very good

   Usage

   Comments on good light for photography

   Grammar Note

   "Light" is उजवाड (masculine), so the adjective is बरो. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

5. हें दृश्य खूब सोबीत आसा

   heṃ druśy khūb sobīt āsā

   This view is very beautiful

   Usage

   Praises a view

   Grammar Note

   The dictionary has the example "the sunset view was very beautiful".

6. हो फोटो हांव तुमकां धाडूं?

   ho phoṭo hāṃv tumakāṃ dhāḍūṃ?

   Shall I send you this photo?

   Usage

   Offers to send someone a photo you took

   Grammar Note

   "Send" is धाडप and the hortative is -ूं. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

7. हो फोटो म्हाका परत काडपाक जाय

   ho phoṭo mhākā parat kāḍapāk jāy

   I want to retake this photo

   Usage

   Said when a photo did not turn out well

   Grammar Note

   "Again" is परत. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

8. तुमी खूब बरे फोटो काडपी आसात

   tumī khūb bare phoṭo kāḍapī āsāt

   You are a very good photographer

   Usage

   Compliments someone who took your photos

   Grammar Note

   The agent form is verb stem + -पी, as in उलयपी; polite "you" takes plural agreement. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

9. हांसात, हांव फोटो काडतां

   hāṃsāt, hāṃv phoṭo kāḍatāṃ

   Please smile, I will take a photo

   Usage

   Said just before taking the picture

   Grammar Note

   "To smile" is हांसप; the polite imperative ends in -ात. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

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