Sekilas tentang Adverb
Adverb merupakan kata yang digunakan untuk menerangkan verb, adjective, ataupun adverb lain.
- adverb of time (waktu)
- adverb of manner (cara)
- adverb of degree (derajat)
- adverb of modality (kemungkinan)
- adverb of frequency (frekuensi)
- adverb place & direction (tempat & arah)
- focusing adverb (fokus)
Adverb Position
Adverb dapat menempati berbagai posisi didalam suatu kalimat. Kata keterangan ini mungkin dapat ditempatkan di awal, di tengah, atau di akhir kalimat. Penempatan adverb di tengah kalimatpun dapat dibedakan lagi menjadi: setelah linking verb be, setelah auxiliary verb, atau sebelum main verb (kata kerja utama). Penjelasan dan beberapa contohnya adalah sebagai berikut.
| Adverb Position | Contoh Kalimat Adverb |
|---|---|
| Time (contoh: finally, recently, today) | |
| sebelum verb | Tita finally found a solution to solve her academic problem.) (Tita akhrinya menemukan sebuah solusi untuk mengatasi masalah akademiknya.) |
| diantara auxiliary verb dengan main verb | The children have recently gone home. (Anak-anak baru saja pulang.) |
| di akhir/awal kalimat | Rita arrives from Osaka today. atau Today, Rita arrives from Osaka. (Hari ini Rita tiba dari Osaka.) |
| Frequency (contoh: always, rarely, sometimes) | |
| sebelum verb | I usually wake up at 4 a.m. (Saya biasanya bangun jam 4 pagi.) |
| setelah be | That man is always angry. (Pria itu selalu marah.) |
| diantara auxiliary verb dengan main verb | She has rarely prepared a delicious breakfast in 5 minutes. (Dia jarang telah menyiapkan sarapan lezat dalam 5 menit.) |
di akhir/awal kalimat berlaku untuk:
tidak berlaku untuk:
namun always dan never dapat berada di awal kalimat ketika digunakan pada kalimat imperative |
Sometimes I feel bored with my work. (Kadang-kadang aku merasa bosan dengan pekerjaanku.) |
| Manner (contoh: automatically, fast, gently) | |
| setelah main verb jika tidak ada object | He always drives fast. (Dia selalu mengemudi dengan cepat.) |
| setelah main verb + object (transitive) |
I will wipe my LCD screen gently. (Saya akan melap layar LCD-mu dengan lembut.) |
| diantara auxiliary verb dengan main verb |
The toaster will automatically turn off . (Pemanggang roti akan mati secara otomatis.) |
| Modality (contoh: certainly, definitely, maybe) | |
| setelah be | The organic brown rice is definitely great for your health. (Beras merah organik tersebut pasti bagus buat kesehatanmu.) |
| diantara auxiliary verb dengan main verb | You will likely regret your decision one day. (Dia mungkin akan sangat menyesali keputusannya suatu hari nanti.) |
| sebelum main verb | I certainly want to came to my birthday party. (Aku tentunya ingin kamu datang ke perta ultahku.) |
| di awal kalimat (maybe, perhaps) | Maybe I call her tonight. (Mungkin saya akan meneleponnya nanti malam.) |
| Place & Position (contoh: above, here, north, there) | |
| setelah main verb jika tidak ada object | The jet plane flew above. (Pesawat jet terbang di atas.) |
| setelah main verb + object (transitive) |
He watched the football match there. (Dia menonton pertandingan bola di sana.) |
| Degree (contoh: rather, somewhat, too, very) lihat disini | |
| Focus (contoh: also, just, only) lihat disini | |
Related Posts:
- Literally (Adverb)
- Pretty (Adverb)
- Eventually (Adverb)
- Anyway (Adverb)
- Somehow (Adverb)
- Ever (Adverb)
- Maybe / Perhaps (Adverb)
- Maybe (Adverb)
- Else (Adverb)
- Ago (Adverb)
References:
- Adverb Placement. http://faculty.washington.edu/marynell/grammar/AdverbPl.html. Accessed on December 3, 2012.
- Adverbs. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/adverbs.htm. Accessed on December 3, 2012.
- Adverbs. http://webhome.broward.edu/~ydaniels/powerpoints/Adverbs.ppt. Accessed on December 3, 2012.
Iya mba. Mba wilma guru bahasa inggris..?
bukan kok hehe
Mba saya mau nanya dalam kalimat di adverb of time kan ada kalimat “the children have recently went home.” Dalam kalimat ini menggunakan went knpa tidak menggunakan gone.
maaf saya keliru Muhrizki..mungkin karena kepisah recently, saya lupa kalo ada have nya :(