"Chłopiec podnosi niebieską książkę."

Translation: The boy is picking up a blue book.

[vogliocapire]

the boy is picking the blue book up.
is that wrong?

[Jellei]

Seems okay, added.

[KingOfConquerors]

Boy raises a blue book - shouldn't it be correct too?

[franco.magurno]

I wrote putting up and it gave me error, but on en.wiktionary.org/wiki/podnosić such translation is considered correct. Anyway I am a bit confused because the two verbs are not synosyms. Which translation is better fitting?

[Lorraine500486]

Boy raises a blue book sounds strange to me as a native English speaker. If you said, "The boy holds up a blue book", that would be ok. The other two sentences are correct.

[Jellei]

It wasn't added, actually. It also sounds strange to me.

[JerryMcCarthy99]

although you can, for example, "raise a blue flag". Would that still be "podnosić"? Also, with a bit more context, something like "the boy raises a blue book above his head" would also work.

[Jellei]

For the flag - I think I'd go with "wznosić". For the other one, I guess "podnosić" would be ok, "wznosić" as well.

[Vengir]

Well, if said flag was on a mast rather than being held in hands, I would still be ok with „podnosić”.

[hwodzak]

Why not "lifts up"?

[edB4zK]

Can podnosić be used to talk about shopping? e.g "I'll pick up some eggs on my way home"

[Vengir]

No, it can't. For that you would use wziąć or kupić.

[RobertEddy]

Anybody thinking about blue books for exams, and the boy has just walked into an exam room? Or, is chłopiec too young for college?