to another lesson about confusing
English verbs because some English verbs
are quite similar and sometimes it’s
hard to know which one is the right one
to use last week I talked about the
verbs been and gone in this lesson I’ll
be talking about the verbs
to lend and to borrow and they’re
confusing because the meanings happen to
be very similar but different but don’t
worry in this lesson I’ll be sharing
some tips to help you use these verbs
correctly and remember which one is the
correct one to use just like the
difference between bean and gone the
main difference between to lend and to
borrow is the direction of the action ok
so what do these verbs actually mean to
lend means to give something to someone
for a short period of time
and you expect to get it back again I’ll
lend you some money when I get paid he
lent his car to a friend for the weekend
it’s important to note that with this
verb there is a difference between
British and American English lend is
used in British English and instead loan
is used in American English now lend is
an irregular verb so the past tense form
becomes lent loan is a regular verb so
it becomes loaned in the past tense can
you lend me some money can you loan me
some money both of these sentences are
the same
okay so lend means to give something to
someone for a short period of time and
you can expect it back again now when we
use borrow we simply need to switch the
action to the person who is receiving
the item to borrow means to get
something from someone with the
intention of giving it back you don’t
plan to keep it and the person who gave
it to you expects to receive it back
again now borrow is a regular past tense
verb so we just need to add edy to make
it borrowed in the past tense right so
let me show you lend is similar to give
and borrow is similar to take or receive
but both of these verbs mean that the
action only happens for a short period
of time let’s take a closer look can you
lend me your car for the weekend can I
borrow your car for the weekend these
two sentences are describing exactly the
same situation but from a different
perspective the subject so the person
who is doing the action is different in
each sentence so the verb must be
different – you can’t say can I lend me
your car for the weekend
because the car is not mine so I can’t
lend the car to me or to anyone else for
that matter you can only lend something
if it belongs to you
you also can’t say can you borrow me
your car and this is a really common
mistake the person who owns the car
cannot borrow it getting the information
about who’s giving and who’s taking
something is really important when
you’re you
these birds so let’s make sure you’re
getting that part right so we have the
subject and lend now remember the
subject is the person who is doing the
action so the person who is lending or
who owns the object we have subject with
land with our object pronoun and our
object so the object pronoun tells us
who is receiving the action can you lend
me some money now
lent can also be directly followed by the object but if you want to say who’s
the object but if you want to say who’s receiving the action you need to use the
receiving the action you need to use the preposition to so subject lend object to
preposition to so subject lend object to someone can you lend some money to me
someone can you lend some money to me now when using borrow you can’t use an
now when using borrow you can’t use an object pronoun after the verb you can’t
object pronoun after the verb you can’t say can you borrow me your car but you
say can you borrow me your car but you can use subject with borrow and the
can use subject with borrow and the object can I borrow a pen and then you
object can I borrow a pen and then you can add the preposition from and the
can add the preposition from and the person can I borrow a pen from you can
person can I borrow a pen from you can you lend a pen to pull okay are you
you lend a pen to pull okay are you ready to practice with me practice using
ready to practice with me practice using lend and borrow when I you my hairdryer
lend and borrow when I you my hairdryer you said you’d give it back
when I lent you my hair dryer you said you’d give it back now there is an
you’d give it back now there is an object pronoun here so it can’t be
object pronoun here so it can’t be borrow canon and also take note of the
borrow canon and also take note of the temps used in the second clause the past
temps used in the second clause the past simple so your verb needs to reflect
simple so your verb needs to reflect this they said we could bear lawnmower
which one is it they said we could borrow their lawnmower their lawnmower
borrow their lawnmower their lawnmower is not ours
is not ours so it must be borrow heal him the money
so it must be borrow heal him the money if he really needs it he’ll lend him the
if he really needs it he’ll lend him the money if he really needs it so there’s
money if he really needs it so there’s an object pronoun here so it can’t be
an object pronoun here so it can’t be borrow she asked me if she could $500
she asked me if she could borrow $500 now the clue here is in the verb asked
now the clue here is in the verb asked the person who is lending the item is
the person who is lending the item is not asking for it are they so it must be
not asking for it are they so it must be borrow okay well I hope that lesson was
borrow okay well I hope that lesson was useful for you just remember that lend
useful for you just remember that lend is to give and borrow is to take if you
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