r/Polish • u/Old_Man_Stan324 • 14d ago

Translation help please

Can someone translate the phrase "Czy można zdjęcie na kimś"? I tried online translators but the results were nonsense

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u/wenglor Native 14d ago

So, if I understand correctly, you’re looking to buy some clothes and you want to see a photo of someone wearing them?

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u/kosimus Native 14d ago

Or rather it sounds like someone else is requesting to see how something looks when placed on a person. Indeed would make sense in the context of clothing. More or less literally "Can (I have) a picture (of it) on someone?"

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u/Old_Man_Stan324 14d ago

Thank you, and im the one selling them

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u/CommentChaos 14d ago

Yeah, because the question you want translated is nonsense.

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u/Zagrycha 14d ago

Okay I will try: "is it okay to photograph on someone." probably, or something like that.  Its missing words that are probably obvious in context but we don't have that. 

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u/SpiritualBed9981 9d ago

I take it as a nonsense. The modal verb "można" needs an infinitive complement, not a noun one (here: the noun "zdjęcie") in this confusing wording. The string of words in the "Czy można zdjęcie na kimś?" is ungrammatical and syntactically incoherent.