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〜ていただけませんか: the polite request

The longer and more negative the request, the politer it sounds — ていただけませんか sits near the top of that scale.

Also known aste itadakemasenkaていただけませんかpolite request japanese

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V-て いただけませんかていただけませんか — could you please…?
Request

A very polite request: て-form + いただけませんか.

すみませんが、写真を 撮っていただけませんか

すみませんが、しゃしんを とっていただけませんか。

Excuse me, could you please take a photo?

More polite than 〜てください. It literally asks “couldn't I receive the favour of your doing…?”, so it is softer and suited to requests of people you don't know well.

In the textbooksMinna II, lesson 26