Can you ask to use someone’s charger without mixing up borrow and lend? Libraries offer a useful example. Borrow means receive something temporarily: “I borrowed a book from the library.” Lend means give something temporarily: “The library lent a book to me.” The same exchange, from two different viewpoints. With a friend, you could ask: “Could I borrow your charger?” “Could you lend me your charger?” Your turn: Complete both sentences: 1. Could I ______ your pen? 2. Could you ______ me your pen?