Lesson (5): Verb-Agreement

Agreement
adalah penyesuaian antar kata dalam kalimat. Verb-agreement adalah penyesuaian Verba
yang mengawali bagian predikat dengan subjek-nya dalam hal personal dan situasi
waktunya.

Tono
lives in Kendal.

Tono
tinggal di Kendal.

I want
to learn to speak English.

Saya
ingin belajar berbicara bahasa Inggris.

Pada
dua kalimat diatas Verba yang mengawali bagian predikat (finite
verb)-nya adalah : lives dan want.

Berikut
adalah contoh-contoh verb-agreement.

1.     Situasi Biasa atau Kini (Present)

I

You
       go

We

They

                           To school everday

He

She

It
            goes

Tono

I

You
       do

We

They                  not       go        to school on Monday

He

She
       does

It

I              am                                           I           am

You
                                                       You

We         are                                           We       are

They                  diligent                         They                not
      lazy

He
                                                         He

She
       is                                              She
     is

It
                                                            it

I
                                                             I

You
                                                       You

We
                                                        We

They           will     go     to
school          They    will       not    go    
to

school

He
                                 tomorrow         He                                     tomorrow

She
                                                       She

It
                                                            it

I                                                           I

You                                                      You
     do

Do
         We                                           Yes      We

They    go        to school                      They

He                   everday?                     He

Does
     She                                          No,
     She      does
   not

It                                                          It

2.     Situasi
Lampau (Past)

I                                                              I

You
                                                       You

We
                                                        We

They          want
      to school               They    did     not    
go     to school

He
                            yesterday             He                                     two days

She
                                                       She
                                   ago

It
                                                            it

I              was                                          I
          was

You
                                                       You

We
        were                                        We       Were

They                  on time                        They
               not   late yes terday

He
                     yesterday                    He

She
       was                                          She
     was

It
                                                            It

   I                                                                I

   You                                              Yes,     You

 We                                                           we

Did    They   
go    to school                              They     did

       
He               yesterday?              No,
     He                   not

        She                                                          She

        It                                                              It

3.     Menggunakan
verb Bentuk-Gabungan

I
                                                                I
          am

You
                                                          You

We               have                                                 We
      are

They
                      done 
homework       They                doing     homework

He
                                                            He
                                 now

She               has                                      She
     is

It
                                                               It

4.     Verba
Nominatif

Adalah
bentuk verba yang ditempatkan selayaknya nomina. B entuk yang biasa digunakan
adalah to+kata dasar atau Gerund (~ing).

To
speak                          English      needs                   practice

Untuk
berbicara  B. Inggris   membutuhkan      latihan

Smoking
can
destruct our health

Merokok
dapat merusak kesehatan kita

5.     Verba
adjektif

Pada
prinsipnya yang dapat digunakan sebagai adjektif adalah bentuk Past-Prarticple
atau Present-Prarticiple suatu verba. (lih. tabel 5).

Contoh
:

-         
sleeping 
(sedang tidur)         seperti
dalam a sleeping chiid

-         
closed    
(tutup)                                             it’s
closed

-         
wanted   
(dicari)                                            the
most wanted artist

namun
ada beberapa kata bentuk Past-Participle dan Present-Participle-nya lazim
digunakan, misal

-         
bored, boring                          (bosan, membosankan)

-         
interested, interesting             (tertarik, menarik)

contoh
:

I
am interested in that book because the book is interesting.

Bila
past-participle atau present-participle tersebut ada objeknya, (berarti frase
adjektiva) maka ditaruh di belakang nomina, misal :

-         
The chiid sleeping on the sofa is Adi.

-         
A robber wanted by the police has not
been arrested.

Note
:

Finite varb
adalah verba yang menyesuaikan subjek-nya dalam hal personal dan jumlahnya.
Setiap kalimat pasti ada finite verb-nya. Biasanya jatuh setelah subjek, dan
bentuknya pasti dalam present atau past-tense. Selain dari finite
verb disebut non-finite verb.

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2002