"I'm sorry. Can I borrow your notes?"

Translation: 对不起，我可以向你借笔记吗？

[Kechinsky]

Can it be like this? 不好意思。我可以借你的笔记吗

[jcreed]

Zfe10's comment below seems to suggest that, yes, 借你的[noun] ("borrow your [noun]") is an acceptable (and perhaps even preferable?) alternative way to express 向你借[noun] ("borrow [noun] from you")

[Zfe10]

我可以向你借笔记吗 sounds weird, as a native speaker i wouldn't speak like that.

usually i'd just say 我可以借你的笔记吗？

[theShmuli]

What does the '向' mean in this context?

[AndrewPfaff]

from

[langtu_1979]

It is very difficult to understand this grammar

[Patrick_Dark]

The "when", "where", and "how" information describing a verb must precede the verb in Chinese. "向你" is the "how" ("from you") and so must precede the verb "借" ("to borrow").

The grammar should otherwise be straightforward.