Difference between Lend and Borrow - English Lesson via Skype

Difference between Lend and Borrow - English Lesson via Skype Lets talk about the difference between Lend and Borrow.Do you think that English is a hard language to learn? Well, English confusing words dont make it very easy for you, dear ESL students.Lend vs Borrow. Borrow vs Lend. Are you confused when and how to use them in English?I know, I know, many of my students are confused. And this is exactly why Ive decided to create a video lesson. So hopefully by the end of it you will know exactly what is the difference between Lend and Borrow. But you have to watch it to the end!And for those of you, my dear students, who prefer reading to watching, there is a detailed transcript below. (I personally hate watching any videos when I am on the bus.)Do make your life easier and find out the difference between Miss and Lose here. Difference between Lend and Borrow Hi thereIm Harry and welcome back to  my English grammar lessons and were  going to talk to you about another  English expression. And today what were  going to actually talk about is the  difference and the confusion between the  words  BORROW  and LEND.So many of my  students and people out there learning  English get them confused. When do we  borrow and when do we lend?  Theres  actually an old English expression*  which  goes:Never a borrower or lender beThis  really means you should never borrow  money and you should never lend money.  If  you dont do either those things  actually the world is going to be pretty  good for you.So how do we use them?When we BORROW  something,  we take or we  get something from somebody.Okay.  We take  or we get.And when we LEND, we give to somebody.  Okay.  But not permanently.  We  give it to them for a short period of  time and then we expect to get it back  or we expect them to return it to us.A very simple example is when you go to the bank y ou want some money to buy a car. You dont have the money in your account  and the bank will be prepared to lend  you the money.They will give you the  money to buy the car.And  you will borrow the  money from the bank.  You will take it  from them and you go off and you buy the  car and youre a happy camper.  Okay.  But  of course,  you have to return the money. You have to pay it back.So money that  you borrow you must pay back to the bank.And the money that they have lent to you   thats the past participial that they  have lent to you,  they expect you to  return it.Okay.  With interest of course.So thats a simple situation in the bank  of borrowing and lending.If you go to the library less expensive. You wont get a car loan, of course, but youll get books.So you go to the library and you  get some books.  So you borrow books from  the library. Okay. You take one or two  books,  you receive them and you promise  to return them in a few days or a few  weeks.So that the library le nds you the books. You borrow them. You read them. You return them and take them back. Okay. Difference between Lend and Borrow - Image to share Or with brothers and sisters.Brothers and sisters like to lend and borrow things.Sister has all the good records. At least when I was young, my sister had all the good records. And we used to sneak into her room and wed take some of the records to play them on the record player. Those are the  old old days.  And we would borrow them. Okay.  So my sister would come in and say: ‘Where are my records?  Where’s  my record?’  â€˜I only borrowed them. Dont worry,  Ill give  them back when Im finished.’  So she lent  them to us (well, sort of).  We took them and  borrowed them and then we returned them. Okay.So you might have a friend that has  something that you need.  A  bicycle, for example. And you  need a bicycle to go on a cycle with  your friends. You dont have a bike of  your own so you say to your friend:‘Could  I borrow your bike for the weekend? I  want to go on a cycling tour with my  friends.  I dont have my own bike.  Its  down at home and I dont have time to come  a nd get it.  But you know,  Id like to borrow  yours. I  look after it and I return it when Im  finished.’‘Yeah,  no problem,  I lend it to  you.  Im not using it.  Just take it  when you need it.’  Okay.So borrowing and  lending.  Neither a borrower or lender be. Okay.Talk to you again soon and remember you can join me on the website  www.englishlessonviaskype.comRemember,  youll get a  link on those to some of our wonderful  grammar courses.  Weve got a special  offer coming up soon that will advise you about in the meantime youll see some of our grammar courses. They are really good value.Buy them today and  improve your English and Ill talk to  you again soon.*Apologies, I got slightly confused the first time I was mentioning this phrase.  The correct saying is from Shakespeares Hamlet, 1602:  LORD POLONIUS:  Neither a borrower nor a lender be;  For loan oft loses both itself and friend,  And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.