Explore lending with 貸す through polite Japanese examples and practice.

The idea

貸かす is a transitive godan verb meaning lend: the lender is the subject, the recipient takes に and the item takes を. Its polite form is 貸かします and its て form is 貸かして.

Patterns to compare
Dictionary formPolite non-pastPolite negativePolite pastて form
貸かす貸かします貸かしません貸かしました貸かして

Examples

  • えんぴつを一本いっぽん貸かしてください。Please lend me one pencil.
  • 友達ともだちに本ほんを貸かします。I lend a book to a friend.
  • 昨日きのう、兄あにに傘かさを貸かしました。Yesterday I lent my older brother an umbrella.
  • この車くるまは今日きょう、貸かしません。I will not lend this car today.
  • ペンを貸かしてもらえますか。Could you lend me a pen?
  • この本ほんを妹いもうとに貸かして、学校がっこうへ行いきます。I will lend this book to my younger sister and go to school.

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Watch out

借かりる means borrow, from the borrower’s viewpoint. 貸かしてください asks the other person to lend, not to borrow.

Try it yourself

  1. Write the polite non-past form: ＿。（貸かす→ます）

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    貸します

    貸かします is the polite non-past of 貸かす; context tells whether it refers to the present or future.

  2. Write the て form: ＿。（貸かす→て）

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    貸して

    貸かして is the て form of 貸かす. It can connect this action to another clause.

  3. Choose the option in brackets to complete the sentence: 友達ともだち＿本ほんを貸かします。（に／を）

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    に

    に marks the friend receiving the loan; を marks the book.

Use it today

Make a sentence with 貸かす, change it to the polite past and check its particles against the examples.