Are you BORROWING or LENDING Confusing English Verbs

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hi everybody my name is Alisha in this

lesson I’m going to talk about borrowing

and lending expressions I’m going to

share some sample requests you can use

for borrowing and lending things and I’m

going to introduce some time expressions

you can use with these requests to make

more specific questions so let’s begin

okay

first I want to look at a category for

expressions you can use when you want

something so you want to receive

something in other words let’s look at

the first sentence here then

so it’s will you lend me your car here

we’re using the verb lend and the person

receiving the item follows the verb lend

so in this case me who is receiving it

me I am receiving it the item I’m

receiving your car comes after the

person receiving it so in this case lend

is used but let’s look at the kind of

opposite of this question can I borrow

some money

so here the verb borrow is being used

but the person receiving in this case

money the person receiving the item is

the subject here can I borrow some money

so here we’re not saying can I borrow

some money from you you can include can

I borrow some money from you that’s okay

but here it’s understood we understand

the speaker wants to borrow money from

the listener so this is a key difference

when the verb used is lend the person

receiving the item is the object of the

verb however when the verb is borrow the

person receiving the item is the subject

so this is something to keep in mind

let’s look at some other examples here

I’m not using the word lend and I’m not

using the word borrow here I’m using use

can I use some item for a minute so this

specifically includes a verb what am I

going to do I’m going to use the item so

I use your pen for a minute can I use

your computer for a minute can I use

your phone for a minute for a minute

means a short period of time literally

it means 60 seconds but this indicates

just a short period of time about a

minute perhaps another one if you don’t

want to use a will or can you can also

use just a simple please statement so

this is not a question but please lend

me something something something so

please lend me your car please lend me

your pen this sounds quite formal

actually please lend me keep in mind

though we cannot use please borrow we

can’t say please borrow me that’s

incorrect we can only use lend here

please lend me something okay let’s go

though to the next category here which

is borrowing and lending for someone

else

so in these sentences I’ve included you

and me as the basic pattern however if

you’re talking about someone else or you

want to ask person a for something for

person B how do you explain that let’s

look at these examples first similar to

this will you lend person your item so

this is very similar to this pattern

here I’ve replaced me with person here

so will you lend your classmate your

pencil will you lend your teacher the

paper so something you want comes at the

end of the sentence here and the person

follows the verb right here we can do

the same thing when we’re using the verb

borrow as we did in this example

sentence here we’ve replaced I in the

original sentence with person so can

person borrow your item so again because

we’re using borrow the person receiving

the item is the subject of the verb so

can my roommate borrow your car can my

parents borrow your house for the

weekend for example so just keep in mind

that these two verbs always follow this

same rule about the positioning of the

subject and the object and the person

receiving or giving the item

let’s look at one more example though

this is quite a complex situation

because the person lending the item and

the person receiving the item are not

participating in the conversation the

speaker and the listener are talking

about some other group of people for

example here I wonder if person a can

borrow item from person B so here we

need specifically to describe who is

person a and who is person B they’re not

participating in the conversation so I

wonder if my dad can borrow a tool from

my uncle for example so these two people

are not participating in the

conversation but we’re discussing the

possibility this is how we would do it

this is one example of them alright so

just to recap them these are kind of the

simple requests that I’m using and that

you can use when you’re doing borrowing

and lending conversation practice so can

I will you and please you’ll notice

please is not made as a question please

it’s just a statement can I and will you

our actual questions there so just

remember

can I borrow will you lend because the

subjects of the sentence indicate

different people are receiving and

giving the item also just to review as

well this is a key point from this

lesson when you’re using the verb lend

the person receiving the item is the

object of the verb as in here please

lend me your car will you lend me your

car me is the object here when you’re

using the verb borrow the person

receiving the item is the subject of the

verb as we saw here can I borrow some

money is the subject I am receiving the

money in this case okay so with that I

want to look at some time expressions

that you can add to your request so I

talked about it in this point here can I

use something for a minute that’s an

example of a time expression we can use

to make our requests a little more

specific so I’ve used two

kind of patterns here the first group

uses for the second group uses until so

remember we use for for a period of time

a time period a length of time in other

words here for a minute I talked about

before for a bit is a casual way to say

a short period of time for a sec a sec

is short for a second a second also a

very short period of time literally not

a second one second but very short

period of time here specifically for a

week and for a year so these are just

some examples of lengths of time you can

use to add to your request in the other

group until here we see some situations

that might happen that would cause the

speaker to return the item they have

borrowed or to return the item they have

been lend in so can I borrow your car

until I get a new one for example or can

I borrow your calculator until I find

mine so these sentences or rather these

time expressions show for example can I

borrow your calculator until I find mine

means at the point in time I find my

calculator I will return your calculator

to you so until I find mine shows that

another one until I can pay you back

this would be used for money so we

talked about here can I borrow some

money until I can pay you back it’s

quite a risky question perhaps but until

I can pay you back is one example here

are some more specific ones with time

until tomorrow so until this point in

time until the test so again a specific

point in time so we can use until and

for with our requests for borrowing and

lending I hope that that helps you make

some more specific questions anyway

those are all the things that I want to

talk about for this lesson if you have

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