hikitorisyuuri wo erabimasu.

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How do you read 引き取り修理を選びます。?

It is read:

ひきとりしゅうり を えらびます。

In normal Japanese writing, it would usually appear without spaces:

引き取り修理を選びます。


Why are there spaces between the words here?

The spaces are mainly for learners.

Japanese is normally written without spaces, so a native text would usually be:

引き取り修理を選びます。

Textbooks, apps, and beginner materials often add spaces to make the structure easier to see.


What kind of word is 引き取り修理?

引き取り修理 is a noun phrase / compound noun.

It is made from:

  • 引き取り = pickup, collection
  • 修理 = repair

Together, they form one service name: a kind of repair service involving pickup/collection.

So grammatically, the whole chunk 引き取り修理 acts like one noun, and that is what を marks as the object of the verb.


Why is it 引き取り and not all in kanji?

Because 引き取り comes from the verb 引き取る.

  • 引き取る = to collect, take back, pick up
  • 引き取り = the noun form derived from that verb

This kind of spelling, with kanji plus hiragana, is very common in Japanese. The hiragana part is called okurigana. It helps show the native Japanese reading and the word’s form.

So 引き取り is a very normal spelling.


Why is there no particle between 引き取り and 修理?

Because they are forming a single compound noun.

Japanese often puts nouns together directly, without particles, to make one larger noun:

  • 日本語教師 = Japanese-language teacher
  • 修理サービス = repair service
  • 引き取り修理 = pickup repair / repair with collection service

So 引き取り修理 is not 引き取りが修理 or 引き取りの修理 here. It is just one combined term.


What does を do in this sentence?

を marks the direct object of the verb.

Here, it shows that 引き取り修理 is the thing being chosen:

  • 引き取り修理を = the pickup-repair option
  • 選びます = choose

A very common beginner way to think of を is: it marks what the action is done to.

Also, although it is written を, it is usually pronounced simply as o in modern Japanese.


Why does the verb 選びます come at the end?

Because Japanese usually follows Subject–Object–Verb order, and the verb often comes last.

So the structure is:

  • 引き取り修理 = object
  • を = object marker
  • 選びます = verb

In English, we say I choose pickup repair, with the verb earlier.
In Japanese, it is natural for the main verb to come at the end of the sentence.


Why is it 選びます and not 選ぶ?

選びます is the polite form of 選ぶ.

Japanese often uses -ます forms in customer service, instructions, formal conversation, and beginner example sentences.

So:

  • 引き取り修理を選ぶ。 sounds plain/casual
  • 引き取り修理を選びます。 sounds polite

What tense is 選びます here?

It is non-past polite.

That means it can mean:

  • present: choose / am choosing
  • future: will choose

Japanese does not separate present and future the same way English does in this form. The exact time is understood from context.

So 選びます does not specifically mean only choose now or only will choose later. It is a general non-past form.


Where is the subject? Does this mean I choose?

The subject is omitted.

Japanese very often leaves out words like I, you, we, or it when the context makes them clear. So this sentence could be understood as:

  • I choose pickup repair
  • We choose pickup repair
  • or, in the right context, simply Choose pickup repair as part of a guided interaction

In many textbook examples, learners mentally supply 私は:

  • 私は引き取り修理を選びます。

But in natural Japanese, the subject is often left unsaid.


Is 選びます the most natural verb for choosing an option like this?

Yes, it is natural and correct.

選ぶ means to choose/select. It works well when you are choosing among options.

Depending on the situation, Japanese might also use words like:

  • 選択します = select
  • 申し込みます = apply for
  • 利用します = use

But 選びます is perfectly normal if the focus is simply on making a choice.

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