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[MA_TESOL]

How do you explain the use of borrow and lend. Up to now I have illustrated it through several examples, but there must be some rules governing their use. I can not find these on the net.

[mountainous]

I borrow money from a lender.

Illustrate this by handing money to a student, the borrower.

The words have different meanings...

[Gideon]

Borrow ? OR Lend ?

Examples

I often borrow my father's car

My father generously lends me his car.

Definition

Borrow: to take

Lend: to give

You need to know when to use the words borrow and lend.

If you borrow, you receive , get, or take something from someone with the expectation that you will return the thing or things to the person.

If you lend, you give, allow , or permit someone to use something with the expectation that the person will return the thing or things to you.

Grammar

Borrow and lend are both verbs , however:

Borrow is a regular verb, so the forms are:

borrow / borrowing / borrowed

Both the past tense and the past participle of borrow is borrowed.

Lend is an irregular verb, so the forms are:

Lend / Lending / Lent

Both the past tense and past participle of lend is lent.

That help?

[oskinny1]

You may want to ask for a refund for that MA.

[BS.Dos.]

^Ouch.

[purple_buddha]

If you're able to read Hangeul, the best way that I've found to approach this concept is through L1. This is because the verb 빌리다 can mean both borrow and lend; thus, it's generally confusing to students.

Try using each verb with its appropriate preposition, borrow 'from' and lend 'to'. For example, (�에게서) 빌리다 means to borrow from a person: 'May I borrow a pencil (from you)?' 'May I borrow some money (from you)?' 에게서 is used in written form not in speech, but students will get the idea.

(...에게) 빌려 주다 usually translates the best for the meaning of lend. For example, 'Can you loan me a pencil? = Can you loan a pencil to me?'
'Please loan me some money. = Please loan some money to me.
Please give me an eraser. = Please give an eraser to me. Again, 에게 isn't typically spoken in this manner, but students should be better able to differentiate the two verbs with the emphasis on the appropriate preposition.

[TBirdMG]

If the students already know give and receive, you should be fine.

Lend = short time give
Borrow = short time receive.

Money is a great example, because lending and borrowing money is a universal concept.

[poet13]

Borrow FROM

Lend TO

[Hotpants]

Try this borrow/lend YouTube video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvVRFKlRLuE