Hi guys and welcome back to Love English. I'm Leila and today I've got a nice
simple lesson for you. I say it's simple because I'm looking just at two words
that you guys frequently get confused. Those words are 'lend' and 'borrow'. Lend and
borrow are very similar words, in that their meaning is referring to the same
thing the temporary exchange of something of
an item before we get started and I explain the difference between lend and
borrow, do make sure you click that subscribe button below and of course at
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there I have put at the top of the comments bar some questions some gap
Phil's looking at when to use lend and borrow so two pieces of homework for you
today the gap fill and some questions and sentences that you create yourself
with lend and borrow and of course Sabra and I always do correct your English so
you've kind of got your own personal teacher for free
right guys on with the lesson lend and borrow first of all let's start with the
meaning quite simply lend is to give and borrow
is to take now when we do lend something to another person we expect to get it
back it is for a temporary period of time likewise when we borrow something
from another person we only want it for a short temporary period of time so
there's certain things that you can't borrow you wouldn't say can I borrow
your sandwich because really you can't give that back the kinds of things we
would talk about in this situation is a pen money someone's car your computer so
to lend in American English they often say loan it has the same meaning to give
someone something for a short period of time so I lent him my car or I loaned
him my car pay attention there if you hadn't already realized lend is an
irregular verb lend lent lent whereas borrow to take is a regular verb so it
ends in E D I borrowed his car now when you borrow something it means you owe it
back you have to give the item back it does not belong to you now the structure
of these sentences is something that can frequently get confused and depending on
where you place your object pronouns you may need to use a preposition so for
example sabra lent me 10 pounds Sabra subject length the verb me the object
Pro now and 10 pounds this would be the
secondary object so you would have an object pronoun the person that is taking
the item that is borrowing the item subject verb object pronoun and object
now you could also switch this around and it kind of just changes the emphasis
of the sentence what you are more focused on
so you could say sabra lent 10 pounds to me
Sabra lent 10 pounds to me now be careful because when we have the object
pronoun at the end of the sentence coming after the item the object that
was lent then you need a preposition and this goes for both borrow and lend in
the case of lend remember it means give and the preposition we have with give is
2 so sabra lent 10 pounds to me whereas if the object pronoun doesn't come at
the end you don't need the preposition sabra lent me 10 pounds now let's look
at the structure of borrow I borrowed 10 pounds from Sabra so in this case
Sabra is going to be the object pronoun the name Sabra is who I borrowed it from
so you do need the preposition from here to identify where the item came from and
who you owe that item back to I borrowed 10 pounds from Sabra let's look at some
more examples I borrowed a jumper from Sabra I
borrowed a jumper from Sabra or I borrowed say Burris jumper I borrowed
Sabres jumper there you can see I have got a possessive s to show that it
belongs to Sabra of course if we were use an object pronoun I borrowed her
jumper it needs to be a possessive pronoun the possessive adjectives in
this case so those common errors that you guys do make is obviously confusing
the meaning between lend and borrow and as well the structure so for example he
borrowed me his pan he borrowed me his pan or getting those prepositions
confused he lent it from me he lent it from me so remember those
prepositions so you don't get them confused give to lend to take from
borrow from let's just have a look and go through a few more examples to make
sure the meaning is really clarified as well as the structure
I borrowed a cup from him I borrowed a cup from him he lent me his cup he lent
me his cup he lent his cup to me can you lend me a pen can you lend me a pen he
lent his pen to me I borrowed a pen from him I borrowed his pen so comment below
check out that little mini quiz in the comment section and of course write some
sentences about yourself as well have you ever lent anything to someone and
not got it back have you been the person to borrow something from someone and not
give it back lend and borrow two words that you guys
will frequently get confused but hopefully now I have clarified the
difference in meaning and as well the structure you need to use thank you so
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