取り替える

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 取り替える is read as とりかえる and is an ichidan transitive verb whose past form is 取り替えた.
• Basic usage: It is used to replace an unusable or dirty item, such as a burned-out bulb or a chair cover, with another one.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Replacement frame
  • Mark the old item with を and the new one with に in the pattern AをBに取り替える.
• Condition of the item
  • Both examples make an item that needs replacement the object of the verb.