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Kátia Santos Euzébio
What's the difference between borrow and lend?
9 dic 2017 00:53
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Both are about something temporary.
"Borrow" meaning something you're getting temporary period.
"Lend" meaning something you're giving for a temporary period.
"Hey, can I borrow a pencil?"
"Yeah, I think I have one to lend to you."
9 dicembre 2017
2
They're two different perspectives of the same event.
Sue needs a hammer. Jane has a hammer. If Jane lets Sue use the hammer for a while
you could say: Sue is borrowing the hammer from Jane
or you could say: Jane is lending the hammer to Sue
Both of those describe the same thing. It's similar to the difference between giving and getting.
9 dicembre 2017
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Kátia Santos Euzébio
Competenze linguistiche
Inglese, Portoghese
Lingua di apprendimento
Inglese
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