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How do you say in french Could you borrow me ...?

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i dont mean to borrow my services, i mean to ask someone in school to borrow me anything

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  1. English: Could you borrow me...?

    French: Pourriez-vous m'emprunter… ?


  2. Pourriez-vous m'emprunter ? (vous = formal "you" for 1 or informal for several persons)

    Peux-tu m'emprunter ? (tu = informal you for 1 person)

    I don't know what you mean by this phrase ?! Do you really mean to ask if somebody can borrow you or....borrow your services ? Normally one borrows something not somebody.

    for services : could you hire me ?

    Pourriez-vous m'engager ?

    Peux-tu m'engager ?

    Hope this helps.

    Edit :

    After your additional explanation, this is how you want to say to somebody that he/she can borrow anything from you.

    You 'll have to use "tu"  because you are at school talking to one of your co-students :

    You can borrow anything from me.=

    Tu peux m'emprunter ce que tu veux.

    You can borrow a pencil from me.=

    Tu peux m'emprunter un crayon.

    I can lend you anything you want.=

    Je peux te prêter ce que tu veux.

    I lend you a pencil. =

    Je te prête un crayon.

    To borrow from = emprunter à = to use - temporarily - something from somebody else

    e.g.

    I borrow a pencil from my friend. =

    J'emprunte un crayon à mon ami.

    To lend to = prêter à quelqu'un= to give - temporarily - something to somebody.

    e.g.

    I lend a pencil to my friend. =

    Je prête un crayon à mon ami.

    I lend to my friends.=

    Je prête à mes amis.

    un ami (a friend), mon ami (my friend)= male friend

    unE amiE,mon amiE = female friend

    des amis (some friends), mes amis (my friends) = all male friends or some male & some female

    Hope this helps.

  3. Fascinating mental process, "Positive." First you don't get the question, then you give a wrong answer, then you copy someone else's right answer. Is that how you got to be a top contributor??

  4. It is not correct to say in English "Could you borrow me something?"

    You probably mean "Could you lend me something?"

    Peux-tu me prêter quelque chose?

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