may i borrow
chooto kairitte ii desuka
The romans
The Japanese borrowed ideas such as writing system, architecture, Buddhism, Confucianism, and government structure from China. The adoption of these elements greatly influenced the development of Japanese culture and society.
"Julia, may I borrow your eraser?"
"Julia, may i borrow your eraser?"
You mean 'borrow'. Can I borrow <thing here> would be: <thing here> wo karite ii desu ka?'.
The japanese first borrowed from the Chinese. Then they simplified the chinese characters into the 50 'kanas'
Julia, may I borrow your eraser?
no
Chinese has different sounds, lettering, and meanings to their writings. Japanese is the same way but Japanese do borrow the Chinese lettering from the Chinese and but the Japanese do have their own pronunciation for it. They are still different languages.
No. You cannot borrow from an IRA period. (You may borrow from some 401k plans, w/o penalty).
The sentence "May you borrow this" is an example of an interrogative sentence, specifically a polite request or permission seeking question. It is structured as a question with the modal "may" as the helping verb.
From a bank you may be able to, but not from me.