Bobo.id - Teman-teman pernah menemukan kata gonna dan wanna dalam teks, film, atau lagu bahasa Inggris?
Apa artinya gonna dan wanna, ya? Ternyata arti gonna adalah going to, sedangkan wanna adalah want to.
Selain gonna dan wanna, ternyata banyak kata singkatan bahasa Inggris yang perlu teman-teman ketahui.
Seperti di dalam bahasa Indonesia, dalam bahasa Inggris juga ada istilah singkatan (contractions).
Contractions biasa digunakan dalam kalimat bahasa Inggris yang menggunakan tenses.
Apa saja contoh contractions? Yuk, kita simak contohnya berikut ini!
- She doesn't like coffee. (Dia tidak suka kopi.)
doesn't = does not
- They'll go to Hongkong tomorrow. (Dia akan pergi ke Hongkong besok.)
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They'll = they will
Berikut adalah contoh Contractions bahasa Inggris lainnya:
Positive Contractions (Singkatan Positif)
- I'm = I am
- I've = I have
- I'll = I will
- I'd = I would / I should / I had
- you're = you are
- you've = you have
- you'll = you will
- you'd = you had / you would
- he's = he has / he is
- he'll = he will
- he'd = he had/ he would
- she's = she has/she is
- she'll = she will
- she'd she had/she would
- it's = it has/it is
- it'll = it will
- we're = we are
- we've = we have
- we'll = we will
- we'd = we had/we would
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- they're = they are
- they've = they have
- they'll = they will
- they'd = they had/they would
Negative Contractions (Singkatan Negatif)
- aren't = are not
- can't = can not
- couldn't = could not
- didn't = did not
- doesn't = does not
- don't = do not
- hasn't = has not
- haven't = have not
- hadn't = had not
- isn't = is not
- mayn't = may not
- mustn't = must not
- needn't = need not
- shan't = shall not
- shouldn't = should not
- wasn't = was not
- weren't = were not
- won't = will not
- wouldn't = would not
Other Contractions (Singkatan yang lain)
- There's a book. = There is a book (Ada sebuah buku)
- What's is that. = What is that? (Apa itu?)
- Who's he? = Who is he? (Siapakah dia?)
- Who'll be there? = Who will be there? (Siapa yang akan berada disana?
Informal Constractions (Singkatan Informal)
Selain singkatan kata dalam tenses, ternyata ada singkatan kata informal. Seperti kata gonna dan wanna.
Contoh :
- Gonna = going to
Contoh: I'm gonna tell you = I'm going to tell you. (Saya tidak akan menceritakan kepadamu.)
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- Lemme = let me
Contoh: Lemme chek it first! (Biarkan saya mengeceknya terlebih dulu.)
- Wanna = want to
Contoh: I wanna eat chocolate. (Saya ingin makan coklat.)
- Whatcha = what are you
Contoh: Whatcha going to do? (Apa yang akan kamu lakukan?)
- Gimme = give me
Contoh: Can you gimme a blanket? (Dapatkah kamu memberi saya selimut?)
- Ain't = has not / have not
Contoh: He ain't finished yet. (Dia belum menyelesaikannya.)
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Source | : | Cambridge Dictionary |
Penulis | : | Niken Bestari |
Editor | : | Iveta Rahmalia |
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