Sure (Adjective): Pengertian dan Contoh Kalimat Bahasa Inggris

Pengertian Sure

Sure adalah adjective (kata sifat) yang berarti “certain; without any doubt” (yakin, tanpa keraguan). Kata yang sering menempati posisi setelah linking verb (predicative adjective) ini dapat diikuti that-clause, infinitive, question word/whether, atau prepositional phrase “of/about + something”.

Pada contoh kalimat pada gambar di atas, sure diikuti prepositional phrase “about that anymore”.

Lihat juga:

• sure thing
• all right / alright
• anyway (adverb)
• at least
• enough
• ever
• really
• somehow
• thank (you) / thanks
• tho (informal though)

Contoh Kalimat Sure dan Artinya

1. Are you sure?
   (Apakah kamu yakin)
2. I’m sure (that) he’s not a bad person.
   (Saya yakin bahwa dia bukan orang jahat.) sure + that-clause
3. The team is sure to win the tournament.
   (Tim tersebut yakin akan memenangkan turnamen tersebut.) sure + infinitive
4. I’m not sure how to pronounce his name.
   (Saya tidak yakin bagaimana melafalkan namanya.) sure + question word
5. She is not sure whether her decision is right or wrong.
   (Dia tidak yakin apakah keputusannya benar atau salah.) sure + whether
6. They aren’t really sure about that yet.
   (Mereka belum benar-benar yakin tentang itu.) sure + about

Beberapa Idiom dengan Sure

be sure to do something (digunakan untuk mengingatkan seseorang untuk melakukan sesuatu)

Be sure to turn off the light before you leave.
(Jangan lupa untuk mematikan lampu sebelum kamu pergi.)

for sure [informal] (tanpa ragu)

There are chances for sure.
(Ada kesempatan-kesempatan pastinya.)

sure thing [informal] (digunakan untuk mengatakan “yes” terhadap permintaan seseorang)

• A: Can you help me fix this? (Dapatkah kamu membantu saya memperbaiki ini?)
• B: Sure thing. (Ya.)

References:

1. Sure. http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/sure_1. Accessed on December 7, 2016.
2. Sure. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/sure. Accessed on December 7, 2016.
3. Be Sure to Do Something. http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/be-sure-to-do-something. Accessed on December 7, 2016.
4. Sure Thing. http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/sure+thing. Accessed on December 7, 2016.