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As a fellow Dutch-speaker, I know in Dutch both are “lenen”, but in English borrow and lend are separate. You will lend them a bike, and they will borrow it fr

by slau 3y ago

As a fellow Dutch-speaker, I know in Dutch both are “lenen”, but in English borrow and lend are separate. You will lend them a bike, and they will borrow it from you. (I still don’t know how English ended up with separate verbs for both actions whereas Germanic languages only have one.)

jacquesm 3y ago
Thanks for the correction, you are right.
dasil003 3y ago
Interestingly, this usage in English is not unheard of, and it tracks. Whereas the opposite “thank you for letting me lend your bike” doesn’t work and in fact implies a different meaning involving an unstated third party.