"Er det dig på det fotografi?"

Translation: Is that you in that photograph?

[btwillbethere]

Why can't it be 'on that photograph'?

[xatkaru]

Why is the translation "Is it you in that photo" not correct? Isn't photo a common short version of the "photograph"?

[konlaasz]

Check Google, the phrase "on that photograph" shows up in blog posts, song lyrics, and even books. Why is it not accepted here?

[RyagonIV]

It's not idiomatic.

"On that photograph" is a correct phrase, but has a different meaning, in that there's a physical object on the surface. Like a smudge.
It's a common mistake, though, especially among non-native English speakers, since literally every other European language I encountered deals with a picture's contents with its form of "on".

[NeilHutchi2]

I agree. As a native English speaker, on or in are correct here. Grrr!

[Steffen972813]

Why is"in the photograph" not correct? Couldn't it be the definite form of the noun?

[PierrePoutine]

No, because "the photograph" would be "fotografiet".

[deactivated user]

Photo, picture and image should all be accepted translations (they are not in this exercise) - photograph is too formal for an informal conversation suggested in this sentence.

[robinmolle2]

I am confused about when it is "this"or"that"