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A* 那支筆你可以借給我嗎?*

* nà zhī bǐ nǐ kěyǐ jiègěi wǒ ma? *

* Could you lend me that pen?*

B* 對不起,這支筆不是我的,我現在得還給他。*

* duìbuqǐ, zhè zhī bǐ bù shì wǒ de, wǒ xiànzài děi huángěi tā. *

* Sorry, this pen isn’t mine. I have to return it to him now.*

A* 哦,那我可以問他借嗎?*

* ò, nà wǒ kěyǐ wèn tā jiè ma? *

* Oh, then can I ask him to borrow it?*

B* 應該可以。你問他吧。*

* yīnggāi kěyǐ. nǐ wèn tā ba. *

* It should be fine. Go ahead and ask him.*

Key Vocabulary* *

* zhī* [measure word]

* bǐ* pen

可以* kěyǐ* can

借給* jiègěi* to loan to

我的* wǒ de* mine

現在* xiànzài* now

* děi* still must

還給* huángěi* return to

* ò* oh

* nà* in that case

* wèn* to ask

* jiè* to borrow

應該* yīnggāi* should

Supplementary Vocabulary* *

……* xiàng ... jiè* to borrow from ...

不肯* bù kěn* to not willing to

愛護* àihù* to cherish

一定* yīdìng* certainly

好借好還* hǎojiè hǎohuán* make it a point to return everything one has borrowed

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