K keikei000 後輩 Joined 28 Oct 2017 Messages 14 Reaction score 0 23 Jan 2018 #1 Does this sentence make sense? "I don't want to be taken picture of" I intended to mean the same thing as "I don't want to have my picture taken".
Does this sentence make sense? "I don't want to be taken picture of" I intended to mean the same thing as "I don't want to have my picture taken".
Mike Cash 骨も命も皆此の土地に埋めよう Twenty-year veteran Joined 15 Mar 2002 Messages 16,758 Reaction score 2,298 23 Jan 2018 #2 No, you should use "I don't want to be photographed" instead.
Alex Franke Over the river and through the woods Joined 22 Jan 2018 Messages 31 Reaction score 2 24 Jan 2018 #3 I don't want my picture taken. I don't want to be photographed. Please, no pictures. Please don't take my picture. All of those listed above would work. But, the sentence "I don't want to be taken picture of" is incorrect.
I don't want my picture taken. I don't want to be photographed. Please, no pictures. Please don't take my picture. All of those listed above would work. But, the sentence "I don't want to be taken picture of" is incorrect.
K keikei000 後輩 Joined 28 Oct 2017 Messages 14 Reaction score 0 24 Jan 2018 Thread starter #4 thank you:emoji_laughing:
A Andromedashun 先輩 Joined 3 Jan 2012 Messages 842 Reaction score 9 24 Jan 2018 #5 Your sentence is understandable to me, but I'm not a native speaker, so it is just my conjecture that a native speaker can understand it haha. EDIT: Sorry I didn't read carefully, ugh. Those two sentences have totally different meanings.
Your sentence is understandable to me, but I'm not a native speaker, so it is just my conjecture that a native speaker can understand it haha. EDIT: Sorry I didn't read carefully, ugh. Those two sentences have totally different meanings.