10: Please lend me the stapler.
Making requests and borrowing items
Learn how to make polite requests, borrow and lend items, and use basic classroom/office vocabulary. This lesson focuses on practical communication in workplace or school settings.

Key topics:
- ・Making requests politely
- ・Borrowing and lending items
- ・Office and stationery vocabulary
- ・Using counters for items
- ・Telephone expressions
- ・Basic verbs for daily tasks
Vocabulary
Conversation
Kanji
Grammar Rules
Rule 1: て下さい - Making Polite Requests
Use this pattern to make polite requests. The て-form of the verb is followed by 下さい to ask someone to do something.
Rule 2: を かす/かりる - Lending and Borrowing
かします means 'to lend' and かります means 'to borrow'. The particle を marks the object being lent or borrowed.
Rule 3: で - Means or Method
The particle で indicates the means or method by which an action is performed.
Rule 4: に - Destination or Target
The particle に indicates the destination or target of an action.
Rule 5: ~まい - Counter for Flat Objects
Use まい as a counter for flat objects like paper, sheets, or notes.
Exercises
Question 1
Complete the sentence meaning 'Please lend it to me.'
かして ______。
Question 2
How do you say 'I lend scissors'?
Question 3
Complete the sentence meaning 'I borrow scissors.'
はさみを ______。
Question 4
How do you say 'I will contact you by phone.'?
Question 5
Choose the correct reading of 朝 to complete the sentence.
______ ごはん を たべます。
Question 6
What does つくえのうえに mean?
Question 7
Complete the request meaning 'Please give me three sheets of paper.'
かみを さん ______ 下さい。
Question 8
What is the correct reading of 昼?
______ ごはん です。
Question 9
Complete the sentence meaning 'Please don't lend it.'
かさないで ______。
Question 10
Which verb means 'to borrow'?
Question 11
Choose the correct reading of 夜 to complete the sentence.
______ に べんきょうします。
Question 12
How do you say 'one sheet of paper'?
Question 13
Complete the sentence meaning 'I write with a pen.'
ペン ______ かきます。
Question 14
What is the reading of 時 in '3時'?
Question 15
Complete the request meaning 'Please lend me the scissors.'
はさみを かして ______。
Question 16
What is the reading of 分 in '5分'?
Question 17
Complete the sentence meaning 'I will put it on the desk.'
つくえの うえ ______ おきます。
Question 18
What is the reading of 半 in '2時半'?
Question 19
Complete the sentence meaning 'I go to school by bus.'
バス ______ がっこうに いきます。
Question 20
How do you politely ask someone to lend you a pen?