Pengertian dan Penggunaan Ago
Ago adalah adverb (kata keterangan) yang berarti “before the present time” (sebelum waktu sekarang). Adverb ini mengarah pada suatu periode waktu yang telah rampung dari suatu waktu spesifik di masa lampau hingga saat ini.
Ago mengikuti suatu ekspresi waktu yang dihitung mundur dari waktu sekarang (a few years ago, two months ago, five weeks ago, etc), dan normalnya digunakan dalam simple past tense. Ketika ago diikuti clause, maka yang seharusnya mengikuti adalah that-clause, bukan since-clause.
Contoh Kalimat Ago
| No | Contoh Kalimat Ago |
|---|---|
| 1 | My mother sent you a package two days ago. (Ibu saya mengirimu paket dua hari lalu.) |
| 2 | The train left five minutes ago. (Kereta pergi lima menit yang lalu.) |
| 3 | A few months ago he graduated with a master’s degree. (Beberapa bulan lalu dia lulus gelar master.) |
| 4 | It happened to me five weeks ago. (Itu terjadi pada saya lima minggu lalu.) |
| 5 | It was four years ago that the orthodontist removed my braces. (Empat tahun lalu ortodontis melepas kawat gigi saya.) that-clause |
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References:
- Ago. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/ago. Accessed on October 25, 2016.
- Ago. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/grammar/british-grammar/ago. Accessed on October 25, 2016.
- ‘Before’ or ‘Ago’. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv350.shtml. Accessed on October 25, 2016.