Taking a Photo

Learn how to talk about photos and cameras in Thai! This lesson compares film cameras, digital cameras, DSLRs and phone cameras, and explains the different Thai words for photos, drawings and printed pictures. You’ll also pick up vocabulary for selfies, selfie sticks, tripods and popular photo poses. Then you’ll learn polite phrases for asking someone to take your picture, offering to swap photos, choosing portrait or landscape, and requesting full-body, half-body or close-up shots.

Thai Vocabulary:
ภาพถ่าย (pâap tàai) – Photograph
ภาพวาด (pâap wâat) – Drawing / Painting
ขาตั้งกล้อง (kǎa dtâng glɔ̂ng) – Tripod
แนวตั้ง (nɛɛo dtâng) – Portrait (vertical)
แนวนอน (nɛɛo nɔɔn) – Landscape (horizontal)
ถ่ายเผื่อ (tàai pʉ̀a) – To take extra shots just in case
ช่วยถ่ายรูปให้หน่อยได้ไหมคะ (chûay tàai rûup hâi nɔ̀i dâai mái ká) – Could you take a photo for me, please?

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Intermediate Art Body Camera Culture Drawing Gestures Hobbies Jobs Phone Photography Politeness Requests Selfie Technology

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Taking a Photo

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