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Originally Posted by Nebelherz
Can anyone helping me explaining this. I have this sentence: おむすびと かきの たねを とりかえっこ しようよ 。 (I know it means: Let`s trade the Musbi with the kakiseed.) But what is とりかえっこ for a conjugation? (I mean the ending っこ . What does it makes to the verb and how do I build it)
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Good question!
There is no conjugation involved in とりかえっこ. It is a noun.
「こ」（often becomes 「っこ」） is a suffix attached to the conjunctive form of a verb or another word to form a noun that describes an action performed among a group of people (mostly children, but not always) as an informal kind of a game.
とりかえっこ You give me A and I'll give you B.
かけっこ a running race
にらめっこ a game in which two people stare at each other and/or do funny faces to make the other laugh. First one to burst into laughter loses.
The verbs used in these are:
とりかえる
かける
にらむ
Simply take the conjunctive form and add 「っこ」. にらめっこ is exceptional. We do not say にらみっこ.