Pick up in Japanese 🇯🇵

ひろう info.

ひろう (拾う) – Pick Up

Tips to Remember the Japanese Word:
1. Visual Association: Imagine picking up something from the ground and saying "Hi, low!" as you bend down and stand up.
2. Sound Similarity: The English word "hero" sounds similar to "ひろう (hirou)." Imagine a hero picking someone up.
3. Kanji Breakdown: The kanji 拾 (hirou) consists of the hand radical 扌, indicating an action involving the hands.

Other Words That Mean the Same Thing:
1. 持ち上げる (もちあげる, mochiageru): Lift up
2. 拾い上げる (ひろいあげる, hiroiageru): Pick up (more explicitly indicates the action of picking up from below)
3. 取る (とる, toru): Take, grab

Conjugations:
1. Present/Future:
– 拾う (ひろう, hirou) – I pick up / I will pick up
2. Past:
– 拾った (ひろった, hirotta) – I picked up
3. Negative Present/Future:
– 拾わない (ひろわない, hirowanai) – I don’t pick up / I will not pick up
4. Negative Past:
– 拾わなかった (ひろわなかった, hirowanakatta) – I didn’t pick up
5. Te-form:
– 拾って (ひろって, hirotte) – Picking up (used for request or continuous action)
6. Volitional:
– 拾おう (ひろおう, hirou) – Let's pick up
7. Imperative:
– 拾え (ひろえ, hiroe) – Pick up! (command)
8. Conditional:
– 拾えば (ひろえば, hiroeba) – If I pick up

Example Sentences:
1. Present/Future:
– 私はこれを拾う。(わたしはこれをひろう。 Watashi wa kore o hirou.) – I will pick this up.
2. Past:
– 彼は道で財布を拾った。(かれはみちでさいふをひろった。 Kare wa michi de saifu o hirotta.) – He picked up a wallet on the street.
3. Negative Present/Future:
– 彼女はゴミを拾わない。(かのじょはゴミをひろわない。 Kanojo wa gomi o hirowanai.) – She doesn’t pick up trash.
4. Te-form:
– これを拾ってください。(これをひろってください。 Kore o hirotte kudasai.) – Please pick this up.
5. Volitional:
– 一緒にゴミを拾おう。(いっしょにゴミをひろおう。 Issho ni gomi o hirou.) – Let's pick up the trash together.
6. Imperative:
– それを拾え！(それをひろえ！ Sore o hiroe!) – Pick that up!
7. Conditional:
– もしペンを拾えば、返してね。(もしペンをひろえば、かえしてね。 Moshi pen o hiroeba, kaee ne.) – If you pick up the pen, please give it back.

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