Si tienes dudas sobre la diferencia entre lend y borrow, en este publicación encontrarás la respuesta a ese duda.
Las personas tienen problemas en entender la diferencia entre lend y borrow por una mala traducción de los verbos.
| #1 | Lend significa prestar |
| #2 | Borrow significa pedir prestado |
Si entendemos eso, la confusión sobre qué verbo usar se termina.
- Can you lend me some money? = ¿Puedes prestarme algo de dinero?
- Can I borrow $5? = ¿Puedo pedirte prestado $5?
Si deseas entender mejor la diferencia puedes, leer el resto de ejemplos en esta publicación
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Oraciones con Lend
Estos son ejemplos de oraciones con lend
- Could you lend me $5 for the bus ticket?
- Can you lend me $10?
- She doesn’t want to lend me her book
- She doesn’t want to lend me any money
- I will lend you the money
- I will lend you my computer
- Can you lend me your car for the weekend?
- I am going to lend my sister some money
- I lent my friend my laptop to finish a school project.
- She lent her sister her favorite dress for the prom.
- Can you lend me your umbrella? It’s raining outside.
- I can lend you my bike if you want to go for a ride.
- Could you lend me a hand with this heavy box?
- Sarah agreed to lend her car to her brother.
Oraciones con Borrow
Estos son algunos ejemplos de oraciones con borrow
- can I borrow your Lexus?
- Can I borrow your car?
- Can I borrow your phone?
- I had to borrow a pen from the security guard
- I had to borrow $100 from my sister
- I had to borrow the book from the library
- I need to borrow some money from you to pay my bills
- He borrowed a book from the library to read over the weekend.
- They are going to borrow a boat to go fishing on the lake.
- He always borrows his neighbor’s lawn mower
- We are going to borrow a tent for our camping trip next weekend.
Dialogo: Diferencia entre Lend y Borrow
Este es un dialogo que te puede ayudar a entender la diferencia entre lend y borrow
| A | Hey, do you have a pencil I can borrow? |
| B | Sure, here you go. |
| A | Thanks a lot! |
| B | No problem. |
| A | Hey, do you happen to have a calculator I could borrow? |
| B | I’m sorry I don’t, but I know my friend who might lend you one. |
| A | Oh, that would be great. Thanks for your help. |
| B | No problem, I’ll text him right now |
| A | That would be awesome, thanks a lot. |
| B | No problem, I’ll let you know as soon as I hear back from him. |
| A | Thanks, I really appreciate it. |
| B | No problem, happy to help. |
Este es un segundo dialogo que te puede ayudar a entender la diferencia entre lend y borrow
| A | Hi, do you happen to have a car that I can borrow for the weekend? |
| B | Sure, I can lend you my car for the weekend. |
| A | Aren’t you going to need it? |
| B | No, but return it on Monday morning before I go to work. |
| A | Thank you so much! I really appreciate it |
| B | Of course. Here are the keys |
| A | Thanks again for lending me your car. |
| B | Just be careful and have a safe trip. |
| A | I will. See you on Monday. |
| B | See you on Monday |
Video: Diferencia entre Lend y Borrow
En este video encontrarás la explicación de la diferencia entre los verbos lend y borrow
Nota: Vale la pena señalar que lend y borrow tienen significados similares pero tienen connotaciones diferentes, Lend sugiere que la persona le está dando algo temporalmente a otra persona y espera que se lo devuelva en el futuro, Borrow implica que la persona está tomando algo temporalmente de otra persona y lo devolverá en el futuro.
