"저는 친구에게 연필을 빌려줍니다."

Translation: I lend a pencil to my friend.

[sonnert]

shouldn't this be "... to a friend" not "... to my friend". a currently gives an error whereas my does not.

[wintertriangles]

Both should be accepted

[SvedishPlumber]

Because meaning is often implied, it could be both. But youre right that this course seems to favor literal translations.

[Ziel0]

I agree.

[tontonzark]

빌려 + 줍니다 : borrow+ give => 빌려줍니다 = Lend

[LuffyHana]

Doesnt 빌리다 mean "to borrow" ??

[nogi132]

I think 빌리다 is to borrow and 빌려주다 is to lend.
I think of it as 빌리다+주다(give) to kind of say "let you borrow ...", or as "gives you ... to borrow"

[kltran]

According to wiktionary, it seems to be both. I guess it will depend context for which is being implied.

In this case, 친구에게 implies lending.

[ElielF4]

빌리다 means "to borrow" and 빌려주다 means "to lend"
You can also interpret 빌려주다 as "to give as borrowed"

[Christie4lifue]

Beware that you will never get your pencil back

[ChelseaTopaz]

I lend my friend a pencil was accepted....

[Marijoski]

How does it mean borrow and lend at the same time?

[ElielF4]

빌리다 means "to borrow" and 빌려주다 means "to lend".

You can also interpret 빌려주다 as "to give as borrowed", 빌리다 meaning "to borrow" and 주다 meaning "to give"; so basically it means "to lend"

[talynnn]

What's wrong with 'I lend friends pencils'?