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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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