Elementary - Borrowing and Returning (B0259)

那支笔你可以借给我吗？
nà zhī bǐ nǐ kěyǐ jiègěi wǒ ma ？
Could you lend me that pen?

对不起，这支笔不是我的，我现在得还给他。
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.

哦，那我可以问他借吗？
ò ，nà wǒ kěyǐ wèn tā jiè ma ？
Oh, then can I ask him to borrow it?

应该可以。你问他吧。
yīnggāi kěyǐ 。nǐ wèn tā ba 。
It should be fine. Go ahead and ask him.

Vocabulary

支	zhī	/
笔	bǐ	pen
可以	kěyǐ	can
借给	jiègěi	to loan to
我的	wǒ de	mine
现在	xiànzài	now
得	děi	still must
还给	huángěi	return to
哦	ò	oh
那	nà	in that case
问	wèn	to ask
借	jiè	to borrow
应该	yīnggāi	should
向……借	xiàng ... jiè	to borrow from ...
不肯	bù kěn	to not willing to
爱护	àihù	to cherish
一定	yīdìng	certainly
好借好还	hǎojiè hǎohuán	make it a point to return everything one has borrowed