> 私は山田さん **から** 本を借りました。
>
> 私は山田さん **に** 本を借りました。
>
> (I borrowed a book from Yamada-san.)

Is it ok to use から or do I have to use に ?
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particles particle-に phrases particle-から
Can I use Xさんから。。。かりました？
Without context, I can only say either is fine.

These postpositions are not exactly interchangeable even in a sentence with
the same grammatical structure though. For example, 図書館に本を借りた sounds a bit
strange; it sounds like you're personifying the library and saying you owe him
a favor or something. In a normal context, it should be either 図書館で (marking
the "place" by で), 図書館から (marking "from who/where/which" by から) or something
along those lines. But since X is a person in your question, and because
there's not much context to take into account here, they both make perfect
sense as isolated sentences and are as grammatical as it can get.
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