Vocab Info

N4 Expressions, Kuru verb (special class)

(むか)えに()to call for somebody, to come for someone, to pick someone up

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    A collocation meaning that someone is coming to collect or pick up someone from a location.

    1. Expressions, Kuru verb (special class)

      1.

      to come to meet (someone), to come to pick up

    All Forms

    迎えに来る 【むかえにくる】迎えにくる 【むかえにくる】

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    • Pitch Accent

    Examples

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      (はは)保育園(ほいくえん)(むか)えに()

      My mother will come to pick me up from daycare.

      • N4

      わざわざ(えき)まで(むか)えに()てくれてありがとう。

      Thanks for coming all the way to the station to pick me up.

      • N4

      (つま)(おっと)に:「明日(あした)(わたし)会議(かいぎ)(おそ)くなるから会社(かいしゃ)まで(むか)えに()てくれる?」

      Wife to husband: 'I will be running late with a meeting tomorrow, so can you pick me up from work?'

      • N4

      今日(きょう)幼稚園(ようちえん)(むか)えに()のは(はは)ではなく(ちち)のはずです。

      My father, not my mother, is supposed to pick me up from kindergarten today.

      • N3

      土砂降(どしゃぶ)りだから、(わたし)()れないように(くるま)(むか)えに()()しいな…。

      It's pouring, so I want you to pick me up in the car so I don't get wet...

      • N3
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