house property exchange

hi. james from engvid. i've noticed a lot ofpeople have a problem using "borrow" or "lend". in fact, sometimes i found it difficult toteach it to people. but today's lesson, i'm going to try to simplify it and make iteasy. now, there's probably one or two lessons on borrow and lend on engvid already, so pleasefeel free to check them out. i just try to simplify it, and give you a couple of phrases orexpressions, general expressions you can use. so let's go to the board. as you can see,i've got some money, and e is trying to... oh, is he trying to borrow or lend? let'sgo find out. okay? so, mr. e says: "can i borrow $5?" and the other worm, i don't knowwho this is, says: "i don't have that on my person." when someone says that, it means:"i don't have it with me." look underneath

here, it says: "neither a borrower nor a lenderbe". well, what does that mean? okay? we want to do a lesson on borrow and lend, correct?and look here, "borrow", "lend". today i'm going to give you something that'll help youremember it easily, what the difference between the two are so you can use them properly. andthen we're going to learn some other words that are similar. yeah, synonyms, becausei think as... if you understand one thing properly, we can teach you many other things,so the lesson can just grow and grow. and you're smart, solet's get started. all right? e talk to me. well, what's the difference?we have "having", "giving", "receiving", and "miscellaneous". these are the four legsof our table. all right? every table has four

legs, and when people exchange things, orgive, or receive, it's going to be one of these four legs we're talking about. let'stalk about the first leg: "having". you can't give if you don't have. right? so, we'll startwith "having". people, we'll start with a noun. so what are nouns for "people"? "owners".when you own something, it belongs to you or it is yours. okay? i own my body, i ownthis pen, and this jacket. they are mine. okay? i'm an owner. now, when you have a houseand you have paid for the house, you become a "landlord" or a "landlady". lady, me lady.right? and the lord, you are the lord of the manner. you own your own home. mwahahahahahaha.yes. a "landlord" is when you go someplace, you need a place to stay but you cannot buy ahouse, you will pay these people on a monthly

basis, and they will give you a place to stay.and they're called "land owners". you will generally say, if it's a man: "my landlordwants the rent today." or, if it's a woman, you'll say: "the landlady wants the rent",because they own the land that you live on. okay? and this goes back a long time ago tokings and queens when they owned everything, and they were called the lordsand the ladies of the land. now, "proprietor". can you say that again?"proprietor", "proprietor". this is the formal word for an owner. this is usually used for abusiness. okay? so you might own a bicycle or a motorcycle or something, but you're not theproprietor. when you talk about proprietors, think about restaurants and stores. okay?it's the formal word for "owner", and it's

used for those people. so if you come to mcdonald's,you go: "who's the proprietor?" ronald mcdonald will come out and go: "hi. hi. here's my friends."he's not the proprietor; he's just a cartoon guy. but the person who owns the businessis the proprietor of it. think restaurant, bar, store. "owner" can be for a home or of amarker. i own a marker. i am not the proprietor. okay? landlord, landlady, they own the landwhich you are a "tenant" or a "renter". let's go on to "having" for things. now, forthese are the people owned, what do we call things that we own? well, "property". propertyis something that belongs to you. we also use "property" for land: "this is my property."it means my house has this much land, and i own all of it; it's all mine. my property.but something small, such as a pen, a watch,

my shoes-you can't see them, i just lifted myleg up-my shoes, they're my property. okay? they belong to me. "possessions" is the samething. "to possess" means to take on. if you're possessed by a demon, it controls you. sowhen you have something in your possession, you have control over it or it belongs to you.it can be either one. okay? "belongings", it's yours. "be" as a prefix means completely,but i don't know what "long" means, i'm not going to lie to you. but it's completely yours.okay? one day i'll figure it out and let you know. but if i say: "are these your belongings?does this completely belong to you?" and if you notice, we say: "belong", right? and thisis "belonging", add on the "ing", and suddenly, it's a thing, your thing. these are mybelongings. my coat, my vest, my watch, my pen

are my belongings. "estate". this is a funny one. "estate". an"estate" is... well, most of us have property, we have houses. when you have an estate, you'rerich. you have a mansion. you have a big house. this is my estate with my 15 cars, my threewives, my five helicopters is my estate. people with homes don't call it an estate, becausewe will [laughs]. we will laugh at you. "you call that an estate? you have one toilet there,bro. one toilet. that ain't an estate. estate's got to have at least five toilets." so, if youhave an estate, it's usually a large piece of land and it's a big home, but there's anothermeaning for "estate", and once again, it has to do with belongings. when you die, you know,dead, the things you leave behind are your

estate, and that includes your house, yourcar, your golf clubs if you play golf, baseball bat, comic books,everything you own are your estate. so these are thethings you own, but it's not your estate, unfortunately, untilyou die. so this is one you don't want to visit. you want to have an estate, i'm rich,but you don't want to be given your estate because you're dead. okay? so try to keepthat in mind with "estate", that it's two meanings, and one has to do with death, whenyou die, you leave your estate behind; an estate is a wealthy or rich man's place tolive. all right? so we talked about having, you got to have stuff before you give it oryou can receive it. now, if you have that

stuff, why don't we go back on tothe other leg, here? all right? we're going to go over here, and look at thisleg of "giving". i've got stuff, now i can give it away. so, we're going to start withthe nouns, and these are the people. you've got your "lenders", your "providers", or your"donors". a lot of people who speak english will actually say: "lender, provider, supplier,donor, okay, same, except for this one here." they'll say: "lenders, providers, suppliers,almost the same." and i'm about to educate you who are learning english and those people- there's a difference. "to lend", as you can see down here, means to give. that's easy.i'm a lender, there are lenders. a "provider" means to get something ready to be given up,to set it up. huh? when you provide something,

it means you have to getit ready to send it off. this word is also down here in our verbs,which we'll come to. a "supplier" is a source of something. huh? well, see, a provider setsit up. a supplier is like... when you have water, where do you get your water supply?there's no thing called: "where do you get your water provider?" supply, where do i getmy water? my supply of water is here. this is my supply of water. i can actually havea supply. "provider" is only a verb. - "oh my god, didn't know that." yeah. so whenwe come down here... we going to come down... oh, before i move down there: a "donor". "donate"means to give, and usually when you donate, you give for free. trust me, in canada wehave cable providers and cable suppliers - it

ain't free. because when you donate something,you give it, it has value, and you give it for free. we donate blood. you give your bloodfor free. i'm waiting for free internet. mm-hmm. not going to happen. all right? so these guyscan charge money. a donor usually doesn't; they give whatever they have for free. and alender just gives. okay? they can also charge money, because that's what banks are, they'relenders. all right? so, we've done these four for what are nouns and whatnames you can call someone. let's look at the verb. you'll notice a lotof the verbs are the same as the nouns, and i said we'd come back to them for that reason."lend" means to give, i'm going to lend it to you, and i am the "lender". i'm givingto someone. "supplier", remember i told you

"supply" and "provider" is similar, but notthe same? well, "supply", as a verb, right? you can have... this can also be a noun, aswell as a verb, while "provide" is only a verb. something to keep in mind when you'resaying: "what's the difference?" because you can have a supply of something. right? water,a supply of money, a supply of oxygen. you need to breathe, you need some oxygen. right?but there's no verb... there's no nouns for that, for "provide". so that's one of thedifference is actually a physical thing you can have. all right? "assign" means to give. "sign". well, a signlike this, a number represents. when you assign, you give something, it's usually a key or anumber, like: "i'm going to assign..." i'm

talking so fast. let me slow down. "i willassign you a number. you are number two." i'm giving you something. and you can thinkof "sign", it will help you remember. right? it will help you remember. i will assign you,give to you. okay? a key, a pen, a house, you're giving... given something. and thisis a sign of something, maybe a sign for... i don't know. your position? or i'll assign youa key. so you're given a key which represents the house. okay? "leave", well, when you leave...i know you're thinking like now: "bye." yeah, but it's different. when we leave something,we leave something. the full thing is behind. right? remember we talked about estates? youdie? remember we said you die and you leave stuff behind? so that's it, he left behind ahouse for his wife. what did he leave for

the family? right? and "behind" means behindyou because you're not here anymore, but there is something that remains or stays there. okay?so, "left behind", "leave behind". these are the verbs. what are you leaving for yourfamily? what are you leaving for the class? if a teacher's not there, we say: -"what areyou going to leave for the class to do?" -"i will leave this behind", or: "i will leavethis information/i will leave this work." so i think this word is there, but we don'tsay it half the time. all right? so, we've talked about "having", "giving". so you'reso lucky you have stuff, and you're so... you have so much,you can give it. well, who are you giving it to? well, somebodyhas to "receive". and "receive" means to get.

right? let's take a look. when we have "receivers",you're a "borrower". that means you are asking for something, i'm going to receive it, iwill get it. right? another is a "renter". remember we talked about landlord and landlady?they have rooms, or houses, and you pay money? well, you can be considered the "renter".the "renter" is a person who pays money to have something for a small amount of time, andthey must give it back or they must continue to pay. rent is usually every month; january,february, march. april, i will rent an apartment, which means i will pay money every month tothe landlord or the landlady. you could also rent a car, you can rent that for a day ortwo. rent a movie for 12 hours or a week. and in this case, you're giving money to havesomething for a little while, and then you

must give it back. okay?that's "rent". now, another thing is if we don't call you a"renter", we call you a "tenant". "tenant" is when you stay in a home, a place, an apartment,a house. so, a renter can rent a bicycle, a car, a helicopter, a house. a tenant livesin a home, so think of a home or an apartment, so that's different ifyou're a tenant. okay? "lease". okay? now we're looking at the verbs,here. when you lease something... a lot of times people lease, it means they make payments,like rent, but what they want to do is maybe to buy it later on or hold it for a long periodof time. a lot of people who lease cars, they will pay monthly for the car, and after fouryears, they'll say: "now do you want to buy

the car?" when you rent, you can't do that.you must return it or continually pay. so, leasing is one option when you're receiving,like i want to lease a car, which means i will make payments every month for two years,and after two years, i might say: "okay, now i'm going to buy it." if you were rentingit, you would never be able to buy it; you would have to keep paying. and that's thedifference between "rent" and "lease". and "borrow", we've talked about, you receive,generally. "can i borrow a pen?" right? good. now, if we have the basics down, which i thinkwe do, we're going to go on our next little outing. what are we going to do? well, wemight as well learn how to use it. like i say, vocabulary, if you don't know how to useit, there's no point to it. so let's come

back, and we're going to look atsome common expressions that we use for borrowing and lending.ready? [snaps] and we're back. sorry, elvis, whois possessed. remember we did "possession" before? possessed by the spirit of elvis. allright, so: "can you lend a hand?" we talked about "lend" means to give. well, a hand isa good thing. right? so when i lend a hand, it means i will give you some help. right?give you a hand. "can you lend a hand?" "something lends itself." we use this to saysomething can be used for... it's pretty good when you use it. a great example is this:there are many books that lend themselves to becoming great movies, which means it has aparticular use; we can use the book to make

a movie, or a comic book, if you've seen batman,the justice lady, avengers, they are lending themselves to being movies; they are goodfor that use. right? so it's not just the book, we can use it for something else, andit will be good for that thing we use it for. yeah? you like that? yeah. so, this will lenditself to helping you. this lesson will, actually. how about this one? "lend an ear"? well, idon't mean cut the ear off, go: "okay, give it back in two weeks." no. what i mean is this:when you lend an ear, it means to listen carefully and in a friendly way, especiallywhen somebody has a problem. if i say: "look, i've got this problem. i don't know what todo about going to italy or israel. they both start with 'i'. i'm confused, and they'vegot l's in them, like you know, like uhh,

what do i do?" then you go: "lend me an ear?"and i go: "sure." i'll sit down, take my water, and go: "mm. mm. yes. mm-hmm. yeah, mm-hmm,yeah, and there is that", and i will listen carefully, especially because it's a big problem.travelling. love it, should do it. okay? so when you lend someone an ear, it means tolisten carefully and in a friendly way to what they have to say so they can have anear or something to bounce off of, someone to listen so they can express themselves andmaybe hear themselves a bit better. "lend me an ear", okay? "borrow trouble". borrow trouble, what thehell does that mean? when you borrow trouble, it means you do something and you make troublefor yourself. you don't have to do something,

but when you do it, it's going to bring youtrouble. for instance, if you see a pretty girl at a bar, sitting there with her boyfriendwho is two metres tall and 100 kilograms, and is an mma super weight fighter, and youhave a couple drinks, and you think: "maybe i should tell that girl she's pretty", and she'sdating a stupid guy, you're just borrowing trouble, my friend. why are you doing this?it's going to bring you trouble. don't borrow trouble, which means bring trouble to yourselfby the actions of something you do. not smart. "beg, borrow" steal", a lot of movies, especiallywhen it has to do with money or something, the guy will say: "i don't care if you have tobeg, borrow, and steal it - just get it done!" what they mean: do whatever you can toget something done. "begging" is like:

"please, please, please, please, please.","borrowing" is like: "i'll give it back later, i promise", and "steal", you know, just kindof, it's gone, i got it. it's mine. all right? so if someone says to you: "i don't care ifyou have to beg, borrow, or steal, get that assignment done", it meanswhatever you can do, do it. "to live on borrowed time", okay. no way tosay this, but imagine someone is supposed to live for five years. they say: "you havefive years, then you will die." okay? the person gets worried, he goes: "okay, i might aswell enjoy myself." maybe they start working out, they go out with their friends, theystart taking selfies. you know, all that fun stuff. and then five years comes, and they'restill alive. they wake up, they go: "this

is five years and one day. woo-hoo." so they'rehappy, okay? they start partying, they have more fun, and they keep doing this. you mightsay you're living on borrowed time because you were supposed to die in five years, oryou were supposed to end at five years, but you're continuing to live. that's borrowedtime, my friend. be happy. now, that could be not just about life, you live longer thanyou were expected. that could be like your camera, the power is supposed to be dead,you took 50 pictures, but magically, you're taking 51, 52, you're like: "wow! it's onborrowed time." meaning: this thing should end at any time, and you're getting lucky.all right? we usually use it for life, for people, if you live longer, you have a disease,you don't die, you're old, you keep living.

just die already. all right? you're livingon borrowed time. or relationships. if two people are alwaysfighting, always fighting, and you're like: "man, they shouldhave broken up five years ago", but they're still together, you say: "thatrelationship is living on borrowed time." it should have been done, and for somereason, it just won't die. which reminds me of a joke, but another time. so, let's do a quick quiz. all right? we willtalk about "lend" and "borrow" which was the primary reason for this lesson. and remember:"lend" is when you give something, "borrow" is when you receive it. but let's do a quickquiz to see if you can remember some of these

popular phrases, or the words themselves,what they mean. i've got three questions, let's check you out. all right. "their marriage should have died years ago.now it's living on _______." what would you put in there? "beg, borrow,steal"? "lending an ear"? "lending a hand"? or would you say...? correct, it's living on borrowed time.they should have been divorced four years ago, they're still together. i don'tknow how come it's living. should be dead. how about this one? "hi,can you _______ a pen?" now, would you say: "lend me a pen" or"borrow me a pen"? think about it carefully.

i know some of you said: "hi, can you borrow mea pen?" why? because i have students who say that all the time, and that's wrong. okay?all of you, it's wrong. remember: "hi, can you lend me a pen?" right? can you lendme a pen? because you're going to give it to me. right? i am receiving, but you havethe power and you're giving it to me. "can you lend me a pen?" and finally, finally,finally, finally, you can help me with this one.hint, hint, hint, hint. all right? "hi, can you _______. i need somehelp moving this big chair." can you...? [yawns].i don't know, that's

so difficult. did you say: "can you lend me a hand"?[laughs] see, i love you because you are smart. not just good looking. i know,your momma tells you this, but i'm going to tell you you're not just good looking, youare smart, too. "can you lend me a hand?" because it's a really big chair. i'm goingto need extra hands to help me. yeah? cool. so, look, you helped me, you gave me a hand.i would like to say thank you once again, because i love it when you help us out. thanks.we love it here at engvid when you visit, but i need you to come back and see us again,because this is a puny test. hulk wants bigger test. okay? you got about 10 more questionsor more at the website, and there are other

videos. what website, may you ask?okay, i'll tell you. it is www.eng as in english,vid as in video.com. (www.engvid.com). go visit, see myself, the otherteachers, take the test, and see how you do. and if you have a problem, come back,i'll lend you a hand, and you know, we'll get it sorted. cool? anyway, youhave a good one. i'll see you in a bit. popular expressions,"lend a hand". chow.