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@ 20259 Borrowing and Returning
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* *
支* zhī* [measure word]
筆* bǐ* pen
可以* kěyǐ* can
借給* jiègěi* to loan to
我的* wǒ de* mine
現在* xiànzài* now
得* děi* still must
還給* huángěi* return to
哦* ò* oh
那* nà* in that case
問* wèn* to ask
借* jiè* to borrow
應該* yīnggāi* should
Supplementary Vocabulary* *
向……借* 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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