When I asked my parents for a drum kit they told me, "Sorry but we can't afford it right now.".
I cannot afford a house that big.
Maybe I can afford it in a few years.
You can't afford to not know how to use afford in a sentence.
Afford is a transitive verb. Without an object, this sentence makes little sense.
I can't afford a lavish gift.
I could not afford a tablet so I went to the bank to loan some money.
I cannot afford the bus fare today.
You can make a sentence using "you" as a pronoun by saying something like, "You are doing a great job" or "Can you pass me the book?" In these sentences, "you" is being used as the second person pronoun to refer to the person being spoken to.
Their child was abducted for a ransom they can't even afford.
I am holding a sidewalk sale so that I can afford to neuter my cat.
I love this shirt! But I don't think I can afford it; it is very costly.
The word "frivolous" is an adjective. An example of a sentence using the word would be: She was unable to afford the maintenance such a frivolous lifestyle.
Ashley decided not to buy the purse because she couldn't afford the expense.
The Smiths' must be well-off to afford that new car.