Word
塗料 を 選ぶ。toryou o erabu.
Meaning
I choose paint.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about toryou o erabu.
How do you read 塗料を選ぶ?
It’s read とりょう を えらぶ.
- 塗料（とりょう） = paint, coating material, paint substance
- を = object marker
- 選ぶ（えらぶ） = to choose, to select
So the structure is literally paint/coating material + object marker + choose.
Why is を used here?
を marks the direct object of the verb.
In this sentence, the thing being chosen is 塗料, so it takes を:
- 塗料を選ぶ = choose paint / choose a coating material
This is very similar to English choose X, where X is the thing being chosen.
Why is 選ぶ at the end?
Japanese normally follows Subject–Object–Verb order, so the verb often comes at the end of the sentence.
Here:
- 塗料 = the thing being chosen
- を = marks it as the object
- 選ぶ = the action
So the sentence ends with the verb, which is completely normal in Japanese.
Is 選ぶ in present tense or dictionary form?