When you want to say “to borrow” in Korean, you’ll use the verb 빌리다 (billida). This verb is used in a similar way to its English counterpart. For example, if you want to say “I want to borrow a book,” you can say 책을 빌리고 싶어요. The object being borrowed takes the object particle (을/를).
While 빌리다 primarily means “to borrow,” it can also be used in situations where something is temporarily obtained for use, such as borrowing money or borrowing a car. It implies an intention to return the item.
There's also a related verb, 대출하다 (daechulhada), which specifically means "to loan" or "to borrow money from a financial institution." However, for general borrowing of items, 빌리다 is the appropriate verb.
How Formal Is It?
"도서관에서 책을 차용했습니다. (I borrowed a book from the library.)"
"친구에게 펜을 빌렸어요. (I borrowed a pen from a friend.)"
"야, 돈 좀 꿔줘! (Hey, lend me some money!)"
"엄마, 장난감 빌려줘. (Mom, let me borrow a toy.)"
"야, 담배 한 개비만 땡겨줘. (Hey, bum me a cigarette.)"
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记忆技巧
Imagine yourself in a BILLION-dollar library, surrounded by books you want to BORROW. BILLION sounds like '빌리다' (billida).
视觉联想
Picture a friend asking to borrow your favorite book. You hand it to them, saying '빌리다' (billida) as you lend it, and they say '빌리다' (billida) as they borrow it. Imagine the book literally 'billing' you for its temporary use.
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挑战
Think of 5 things you might need to borrow. For each, write a short Korean sentence using '빌리다'. For example: '저는 친구에게 펜을 빌리고 싶어요.' (Jeoneun chinguege peneul billigo sipeoyo.) - I want to borrow a pen from my friend.
自我测试 6 个问题
저는 친구에게 돈을 ___ 싶어요.
The particle '-고 싶다' means 'want to'. To say 'want to borrow', you use '빌리고 싶다'.
도서관에서 책을 ___ 수 있어요.
The grammatical pattern '-ㄹ/을 수 있다' means 'can do something'. To say 'can borrow', you use '빌릴 수 있다'.
어제 친구에게 우산을 ___.
The sentence indicates a past action ('어제' - yesterday). Therefore, the past tense form '빌렸어요' (borrowed) is correct.
저는 친구에게 책을 빌려줄 수 있어요. (I can lend a book to my friend.)
'빌리다' means 'to borrow'. If you want to say 'to lend', you should use '빌려주다'. The sentence says 'I can borrow a book to my friend', which is grammatically incorrect and semantically different from the English translation.
핸드폰을 빌릴 수 있어요? (Can I borrow your cell phone?)
This is a correct usage of '빌리다' to ask if you can borrow something.
저는 돈을 빌려요. (I lend money.)
'빌리다' means 'to borrow'. So, '저는 돈을 빌려요' means 'I borrow money'. To say 'I lend money', you would use '빌려주다' (to lend).
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