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INTRODUCTION
How many times have you been on a trip with your camera, trying to immortalize an epic moment? In Iran, there are so many landscapes and people to tempt your camera, that you won’t put it away! I know you don’t want to jeopardize your marvellous album in Iran. That’s why we’ll be devoting this lesson to more photography phrases.
GRAMMAR POINT
In the last lesson we learned how to ask someone to take your picture:
Mitoonid az ma aks begirid?
But what if you want to take someone else’s picture? Iranian people are certainly interesting enough! “Can I take your picture?” in Persian is
Mitoonam yek aks az shoma begiram?
Let’s break it down:
(slow) Mi – too – nam yek aks az sho - ma be – gi - ram?
Once more:
Mitoonam yek aks az shoma begiram?
The first word, mitoonam, means “can I”, which together with the last word begiram, “take”, means “can I take?”
(slow) mi – too – nam … be – gi – ram?
Mitoonam … begiram?
Next comes yek aks, which as you saw means “one picture.”
(slow) yek aks
Yek aks
Next comes az shoma, which means “from you.”
(slow) az sho - ma
Az shoma
The whole request is
(slow) Mitoonam yek aks az shoma begiram?
Mitoonam yek aks az shoma begiram?
In situations that don’t call for politeness, such as if you’re asking to take a young person’s photo, you can ask
Aks begiram azat?
(slow) Aks be – gi – ram a - zat?
Aks begiram azat?
Here azat is the familiar form of saying az to “from you.”
(slow) a - zat
azat
That more casual question was
Aks begiram azat?
Other situations where you’ll need permission to snap are museums, art galleries, and shops.
“Am I allowed to take a picture here?” in Persian is
Inja ejaze daram aks begiram?
Let’s break it down:
(slow) In – ja e – ja – ze dar-am aks be - gi - ram?
And once again:
Inja ejaze daram aks begiram?
The first word, inja, means “in this place.”
(slow) in - ja
inja
The second word, ejaze, means “permission” followed by daram, which means “have I.” So the two words together mean “have I the permission?”
(slow) e – ja – ze da – ram?
Ejaze daram?
And aks which means “picture”
(slow) a ks
aks
So the whole request is
(slow) Inja ejaze daram aks begiram?
Inja ejaze daram aks begiram?

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