What is the Mandarin equivalent of "take"? By "take", I mean the plain spatial sense, eg. "I took the pen from the desk", or "He took his phone with him", or "Did you take my watch?" From looking it up on JuKuu, I've found the verbs 取 and 拿, but they seem to always be grouped together in sentences with other words like 走, 下来, etc., such that I'm not completely sure of how the grammar works. Could someone please help me with this?