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I previously practice reading beginner’s japanese book and was surprised by
this verb form, the verb+り. Can someone please help explain about its usage or
where I can study more about this form of verb. Thanks so much!!

> 「ロバートは何枚かのＣＤを手に **とり** 、ポールの部屋へ向かいます。」  
>  「ロバートは彼のお気に **入り** の歌手の名前を挙げます。」

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grammar conjugations set-phrases parsing conjunctions
Can someone explain the usage of Verb+り in these sentences please
The two instances you indicated in the image are not `[VERB]`+り. These are
instead the verb in the _-masu_ stem form, also sometimes called tine
"continuative", "infinitive", or even "gerund" form in English, and also
called the 連用形【れんようけい】 in Japanese.

The two verbs in your image:

  * とる  
Sometimes spelled in kanji as 取る, meaning "to take". This has the _-masu_ form
とります, and we see that とり is the stem form.  
There are various threads on the site regarding the use of the 連用形【れんようけい】 to
end a clause, as we see with the 「とり、」 example. In short, this is often
roughly equivalent to saying "`[VERB]`, and..." in English.

  * 入【はい】る (usually)  
Usually means "to enter, to go into something". This has the _-masu_ form
入【はい】ります, and we see that 入【はい】り is the stem form.  
**However** , in this specific case, the verb is part of a set phrase. The
verb form of this set phrase is 気【き】に入【い】る, which literally means something
like "to enter into one's mood", but it's used idiomatically to mean "to
really like something". The noun form of this set phrase as used in your
sample text is お気【き】に入【い】り, meaning basically "something one really likes,
one's favorite". ~~The honorific お prefix here is a clue that the narrator
isn't talking about themselves.~~ Despite the honorific お prefix, this term
has been fully lexicalized (i.e. it's become a word unto itself), and it is
often used in reference to oneself as well as others.  
In context, we have 彼【かれ】のお気【き】に入【い】りの歌手【かしゅ】の名前【なまえ】 or "the name of his
favorite singers".

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