Can you lend Seoyeon money? in Korean 🇰🇷

Sentence info.

서연에게 돈을 빌려줄 수 있나요?
Romanized: Seoyeon-ege doneul billyeojul su innayo?

Breakdown:
• 서연에게 (Seoyeon-ege)
 – 서연 = Seoyeon
 – 에게 = to (dative particle indicating the recipient)

• 돈을 (doneul)
 – 돈 = money
 – 을 = object marker

• 빌려줄 (billyeojul)
 – Derived from 빌려주다, which means “to lend”
 – The stem 빌려주- is modified with the future/attributive ending -ㄹ, connecting it to the following noun

• 수 (su)
 – Means “the ability” or “possibility”
 – Used to form expressions like “be able to”

• 있나요? (innayo?)
 – From 있다 (“to exist” or “to be”) in its interrogative form
 – 전체적으로 “is it possible?” or “can you?”

Tips to remember:
– Identify the recipient using 에게 after the person’s name.
– Use object marker 을 after the noun receiving the action.
– For asking about possibility, attach 수 있다 after the verb’s modifying form.
– 빌려주다 means “to lend,” so modifying its stem with -ㄹ (빌려줄) allows it to modify 수.

Alternate ways to say “Can you lend Seoyeon money?”:
• 서연에게 돈을 빌려줄 수 있어요?
 Romanized: Seoyeon-ege doneul billyeojul su isseoyo?

• 서연한테 돈을 빌려줄 수 있어요?
 Romanized: Seoyeon-hante doneul billyeojul su isseoyo?

• 서연에게 돈 좀 빌려줄래요? (more casual)
 Romanized: Seoyeon-ege don jom billyeojullaeyo?

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