Use 借かりる to borrow something. These everyday examples show polite speech and the words and particles that accompany the verb.

The idea

借かりる is an ichidan verb: remove final る and add ます or て to make 借かります and 借かりて. 借かりません is polite negative and 借かりました is polite past; the non-past can describe a habit or the future. The item takes を; the lender takes に or から. 借かりる is borrowing, while 貸かす is lending.

Patterns to compare
Dictionary formPolite non-pastPolite negativePolite pastて form
借かりる借かります借かりません借かりました借かりて

Examples

  • 図書館としょかんで本ほんを借かります。I borrow books at the library.
  • 今日きょうは車くるまを借かりません。I will not borrow a car today.
  • 昨日きのう、友達ともだちに傘かさを借かりました。Yesterday I borrowed an umbrella from a friend.
  • この本ほんを借かりてもいいですか。May I borrow this book?
  • 姉あねは友達ともだちからペンを借かりています。My older sister has borrowed a pen from a friend.
  • 明日あした、先生せんせいから辞書じしょを借かります。Tomorrow I will borrow a dictionary from the teacher.

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Watch out

The dictionary form 借かりる is plain speech. In polite conversation use 借かります; the て form is 借かりて, not the dictionary form plus て.

Try it yourself

  1. 図書館としょかんで本ほんを_。(借かりる→ます)

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    借ります

    借かります is the polite non-past of 借かりる; context tells whether it describes a habit or a future action.

  2. _。(借かりる→て)

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    借りて

    借かりて is the て form of 借かりる. It can join clauses or precede ください in a request.

  3. 友達ともだち_本ほんを借かります。(に/を)

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    に

    に marks the lender; から can also mark the person from whom something is borrowed.

Use it today

Make a new sentence with 借かりる. Change it to the polite past and identify its particle, then compare it with the table.