Name: Confusing English Verbs | LEND & BORROW
Uploaded: 2018-04-10T09:42:31.000Z
Duration: 8 min 47 s
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because some English verbs are quite similar

and sometimes it's hard to know which one

Last week, I talked about the verbs, been and gone.

In this lesson, I'll be talking about the verbs

And they're confusing because the meanings

and remember which one is the correct one to use.

Just like the difference between been and gone,

the main difference between 'to lend' and 'to borrow'

Okay, so what do these verbs actually mean?

'To lend' means to give something to someone

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,

and instead, loan is used in American English.

Okay, so lend means to give something to someone

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

so we just need to add -ed to make it borrowed

And borrow is similar to take or receive.

that the action only happens for a short period of time.

Can you lend me your car for the weekend?

The subject, so the person who is doing the action,

You can't say "Can I lend me your car for the weekend?"

You can only lend something if it belongs to you.

You also can't say, "Can you borrow me your car?"

The person who owns the car cannot borrow it.

Getting the information about who's giving and who's

So, let's make sure you're getting that part right.

We have subject with lend with our object pronoun

Now, lend can also be directly followed by the object

but if you want to say who's receiving the action,

you can't use an object pronoun after the verb.

You can't say "Can you borrow me your car?"

But you can use subject with borrow and the object.

And then you can add the preposition, from,

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