Why is 跟 in 陈叶可以直接拿跟胡灵阳的钥匙?

Question

I wrote this:

...陈叶可以直接借她的钥匙。

I intend for it to mean "Chen Ye can directly borrow her [Hu Lingyang's] keys", as in, he doesn't need to ask---the keys were on the table, and he just took them and walked off (they're good friends and trust each other). My teacher changed it to the following (I think):

...陈叶可以直接拿跟胡灵阳的钥匙。

I don't understand why 跟 is in here, and I feel it should be deleted. This may be my misunderstanding, as I'm looking at corrections I made from a WeChat conversation from a while ago. Although maybe I'm missing something.

Question: Why is 跟 in 陈叶可以直接拿跟胡灵阳的钥匙?

Answer 1

陈叶可以直接拿跟胡灵阳的钥匙

The 跟 doesn't look quite right in the sentence. It implies that 陈叶 and 胡灵阳 share the keys. That's not what you intended to mean according to your English sentence. On the other hand, it's not a good sentence.

So, it should be removed:

陈叶可以直接拿胡灵阳的钥匙

Answer 2

To me it doesn’t sound very natural, but the meaning of “跟” is “that belongs to” in this case.

It’s a bit awkward to translate, and my attempt is as follows:

Chen Ye can directly take (of which it belongs to) Hu Lingyang’s keys

Answer 3

I think this is not a correct sentence, since 拿 is before 跟 in this example.

跟 means to.

To fit your need. you can use Chen Ye 可以直接拿 Hu Lingyang 的鑰匙。

To form a correct sentence. If you want to use 跟, Chen Ye 可以直接跟 Hu Lingyang 拿她的鑰匙。 If you don't want to use 跟, Chen Ye 可以直接拿 Hu Lingyang 的鑰匙。

Consider the meaning of Chen Ye 可以直接跟 Hu Lingyang 拿她的鑰匙。. It means Chen Ye can directly ask key from Hu Lingyang. This doesn't suit your need.

Consider the meaning of Chen Ye 可以直接拿 Hu Lingyang 的鑰匙。. It means Chen Ye can directly take Hu Lingyang's key. This suit your need.

Answer 4

It is a typo.

I think your teacher meant 根 which could be a counter(量词) for nouns.

But 钥匙 usually use 个。 Anyway, 拿跟 is not a valid word no matter what is before or after it.