Oh boy...

[marfstravels]

Today I woke up and decided to make toast. Normally not a big feat, unless you're in a foreign country. My roommate was busy so I didn't want to bother her and ask if I could use her oven toaster (she's said it's ok if I use it, but I still ask because that's the polite thing to do). So I went downstairs to use the oven toaster there. The mickey

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[labluething]

If you can get a bigger picture I can probably help you out with the buttons in case of FURTHER TOAST EMERGENCIES. Y'know, if you want.

[anonymous]

yup bad news when a toaster reduces you to swearing, and questioning your intelligence. I think the toaster won.

[lordmachiavelli]

I have an HP49G+ calculator. It does symbolic calculus, matrice operations, and can solve multi-variable non-linear equasions. It looks simpler to use than that oven.

Translating "may I borrow..." is only one sentence though, and I'm sure you'll run into somebody who can translate that for you soon enough. Then, you'll have a whole world of things you can ask for :) On the other hand, you might want to start with "how do I use..."

LM

may i borrow

[thejamalhakim]

omg! burnt toaster oven. I had to reprogramme a Stbux oven today! once we found the manual it was easy :p

btw. to ask to borrow something in Japanese, "Kariru" is to borrow. so u can construct the sentence: ＸＸＸをかりていい（か）？

more politely: ＸＸＸをかりてもいいですか？

to lend is Kasu. u can use it to ask someone to lend u something by constructing the sentence as follows:

ＸＸＸをかしてくれないか？

Hope it helps :D I think all language classrooms are useless :p Using the language with ppl learning and people who are speak it as a second language is probably the best way to cement the language. Argh. I dunno. too many factors I guess. my best wishes are with u xxooxx

[romantic_writer]

Everyday conversations are the most difficult, I think.
But if you have a slice of bread in hand and asking something about a toaster, even if you spoke in Sanskrit people would guess what you mean:D

"ＸＸＸをつかってもいいですか？"　means "Can I use ＸＸＸ?" You can put most thing in ＸＸＸ, like toilet, chair, computer, telephone, kitchen knife, etc.

Since you're a girl, "かりていいか？" and "かしてくれないか" would sound unnatural.