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Domande Inglese (Stati Uniti)

Qual è la differenza tra rent e borrow ?Sentiti libero di rispondere con un esempio.

When a friend rent/borrow me a book, then should I say either one? "Thank you for renting."? or "Thank you for borrowing"? :/
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fishfood
10 feb 2018

  • Inglese (Stati Uniti)

Rent means you must pay money to use it. As for borrow, you don't have to pay money.

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10 feb 2018

@fishfood Oh, I see! I've never thought that there was such a understandable point to tell the difference! Thank you so much for answering! :D

fishfood
10 feb 2018

  • Inglese (Stati Uniti)

@imarle Glad I could help!

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r1singphoenix
10 feb 2018

  • Inglese (Stati Uniti)

あなたの例えは、the word you are looking for is "loan".

"Thanks for loaning me this book."

I hope that made sense, 僕の日本語はゴミです😂すみません！

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10 feb 2018

@r1singphoenix Oh, That's an accident! I forgot this word! Thanks for the suggestion! So, is there something difference between loan and rent?
No worries, your Japanese is very natural in this dialog box. :)

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r1singphoenix
10 feb 2018

  • Inglese (Stati Uniti)

Yes, there is!

First, "rent" involves money, "loan" doesn't. You rent an apartment. You rent movies. Etc. Paying money to use something.

Second, "rent" can be used with both "to" and "from".

"He rented the apartment to me."
"I rented the apartment from him."

"Rented to" and "rented from" are both correct.

But, "loan" is only used one way. "Loaned to".

"I loaned the book to him."
"He loaned the book to me."

But it's English, so the rules aren't always true 😅

You can also say that something is "on loan" from somewhere else. If a museum (let's call it Museum A) lets another museum borrow a painting for a while, you could say:

"This painting is on loan from Museum A"

I hope that helps! If you have any other questions, just ask 👌🏻

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10 feb 2018

@r1singphoenix Wow, what an exhaustive answer! I have to appreciate it! That is to say,
I borrow some money.（Good）
I borrow him some money.（Not good）
I borrow some money to him.（Not good）
I borrow some money from him.（Good）
Something(including money) is borrowed.（Good）
Something(including money) is borrowed to him.（Not good）
Something(including money) is borrowed from him.（Good）

I loan some money.（Good）
I loan him some money.（Good）
I loan some money to him.（Good）
I loan some money from him.（Not good）
Something(including money) is loaned.（Good）
Something(including money) is loaned to him.（Good）
Something(including money) is loaned from him.（Not good）
Something(including money) is on loan.（Good）
Something(including money) is on loan to somewhere/someone.（Good）
Something(including money) is on loan from somewhere/someone.（Good）

I rent some money.（Not good）
I rent something(but money).（Good）
I rent something(but money) to him.（Good）
I rent something(but money) from him.（Good）
Something(but money) is rented.（Good）
Something(but money) is rented to him.（Good）
Something(but money) is rented from him.（Good）
The money is rented.（Not good）

Is my comprehension right? Anyway, thank you so much for your time and the great explanation! :D

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r1singphoenix
10 feb 2018

  • Inglese (Stati Uniti)

Excellent! The only thing that is not quite right is "on loan". "On loan" is not nearly as common as the rest, and is kind of strange in how it's used.

You would usually only say something is "on loan" when talking about an object, not money. And it's usually used when talking about something being borrowed from an organization. Like, "the Bugattis we're using in this parade are on loan from Bugatti."

Everything else is perfect!

Also, when you loan or borrow money, that money is called a loan. So someone could say "what happened to that loan I gave you?", and they would be talking about money that was loaned.

Also (I know this is a lot, I'm just including everything I can think of right now), when you rent something, you can call it a rental. So if you rented a car, and someone said "hey man, nice car!" you might say "thanks, but it's not mine, it's a rental."

Or you could pretend it was your car, if you wanted 😂

Hope that all was helpful!

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11 feb 2018

@r1singphoenix I got it! Thank you so much for everything! This time, I learned really a lot more than I expected! Okay, now I can pretend when renting something gorgeous that is mine! XD

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r1singphoenix
11 feb 2018

  • Inglese (Stati Uniti)

Haha 問題ない！Glad I could help :)

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